Today is

Home Page
Things to Do
Strokestown house
Belvedere House
Carrigglas Manor
Golf - 30mls radius
Longford
Glasson
Roscommon
Mullingar
Viewmount House

Carrigglas Manor

Five kilometres north of Longford town on the T15 stands stately Carrigglas Manor. A beautifully restored Gothic Revival style Manor house, it was built by Thomas Lefroy in 1837 and has been the Lefroy family seat ever since. The romantically castellated and turretted house was designed by the prominent Irish architect Daniel Robertson of Kilkenny.


The internationally accaimed James Gandon designed the magnificent stable-yard; to-day it is the only surviving example of his 'agricultural' work.

Chief Justice Thomas Lefroy who built the house was a youthful inamorato of the novelist Jane Austen, it being frequently suggested that the character D'arcy in Pride and Prejudice was modelled on him.

There is a costume and lace museum containing many memorabilia and artefacts depicting the Lefroy association with the manor and their Hugenot ancestry. This romantic castellated Manor, its impressive Gandon Stables, gardens and museum are open to the public. Guided tours are available from May to September. (Coffee/Craft shop).

Situated 1.6 km from Longford on the R194 Ballinalee/Granard Road
Open details to follow
Admission Museum & Gardens adults £2.50
OAP/Students £1.5
House Additional £2.00
Pre - booked groups (12+) welcome May-September(Group rates available)
Telephone + 353 43 45165