Smoking Room

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Pictures

Left of fireplace
Attributed to William Watson, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Sadlier of Sopwell Hall, Co. Tipperary. She married John Bateman of Alta Villa, Co. Limerick, in 1745. This pastel came from Riddlestown as the Batemans and Blennerhassetts were intermarried.

Over the chimney piece
The Market House in Ennis, Co. Clare, painted in 1820 by William Turner de Lond.

Right of fireplace
A portrait of Lady Rachel Wyndham Quin, as a girl, by Walter William Ouless. She married in 1897, Desmond FitzJohn Lloyd FitzGerald, 27th Knight of Glin. She died in 1901 and he died in 1936.
North wall

Top left
A 1770 pastel of Surgeon General Cunningham by Charles Forrest who trained at the Dublin Society Drawing Schools.
Above door to back hall
An allegory of the Arts on a panel by Vincent Waldre who redecorated St. Patrick's Hall in Dublin Castle in 1801.

Top right
A pastel of Miss Cunningham by Robert Healy; he was also a distinguished pupil of the Dublin Society Drawing Schools.
Corner by door to hall

Top
Windham Henry Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven, who, with his wife, built Adare Manor. His wife is below.

Middle
Baron Vincent de Tuyl van Serooskerken age 4 ˝ in 1850. He discovered the tin mines at Billeton in Sumatra. He was the Dutch great-great grandfather of Olda FitzGerald, wife of the present Knight.

Below
Caroline Wyndham, heiress of Dunraven Castle in Glamorganshire; she married, in 1810, Windham Henry Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven of Adare Manor. This marriage brought coal miners into the Dunraven family.

Right of door to hall

Top
Portrait of Desmond John Villiers, 29th Knight of Glin, painted by Derek Hill in 2000.

Below
Olda Anne Willes, wife of present Knight, by Andrew Festing circa 1994.
Right of bookcase

Top
A drawing of Madam Veronica FitzGerald nee Villiers, wife of 28th Knight, by Sean O'Sullivan RHA in 1937. She died in 1998.

Below
Oil of Veronica Milner, previously married to the 28th Knight, by Bernard Hailstone, circa 1975.

Furniture

Left of door to back hall
An Irish key patterned mahogany side table of c. 1770. This has always been in the house.

Right of door to back hall
A particularly fine Irish mid-18th century mahogany cabriole legged side table with trifid feet and central shell.

Right of door to hall
A notable springy cabriole legged Irish card or games table with trifid feet of about 1760.

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An Irish Regency china cabinet with a collection of famille rose and famille verte Chinese porcelain.

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A less well drawn mid-18th century Irish card table.