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The Wonderful Barn
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The barn was built in 1743 on the Leixlip side of the Castletown Estate. • Several purposes are suggested for the unique structure: • One theory is based on the custom in Georgian times of using doves as a delicacy when other game or animals were not in season, and suggest its use as a dovecote. • The height of the structure would also lend itself to sport shooting, supporting another theory of its use as a shooting or gamekeepers tower. • The tower is seen from the east windows of Castletown House, so it filled that vista, possibly as a folly. • However, a central hole through each of the floors supports the generally accepted theory of its use as a granary. The barn was built in the years immediately following the famine of 1740-41, as there was a need for new grain stores in case of another famine. The Conollys owned Kilmacredock and rented it out, so the barn was also useful for their tenants. • The construction project also likely served as a way to keep the local poor employed.[4] In this, it is not unlike the Conolly Folly (an Obelisk), which was built on the estate in 1740-41. • A similar structure known as the Bottle Tower, built in imitation of the Wonderful Barn, is located in Churchtown, close to Rathfarnham. • • • • Discovery by Scott Buckley https:// • soundcloud.com/scottbuckley • • • • #爱尔兰 • #アイルランド • #Irlandia • #Irlanda • #Ireland • #Eire, • If you like the videos and would to help fund them ,any thing is welcomed help on • PayPal. • https://www.paypal.me/storybud • On PayPal , • • Or • https://gofund.me/083b875c,
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