Baltyboys House

Baltyboys House, also known as Boystown House, is an 18th-century Georgian country house in Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland.

Baltyboys House is a mansion built in the Georgian style. The estate sits on one hundred acres in Blessington, County Wicklow.[1][2][3] It is located a mile from Russborough House, near Poulaphouca Reservoir.[4]

The estate was previously owned by the Smiths, a gentry family. Elizabeth Grant Smith, the wife of Colonel Henry Smith, wrote extensively about managing the estate, particularly during the Great Famine.[5] Dame Ninette de Valois, the great-granddaughter of Elizabeth Grant Smith, was born at Baltyboys.[6][7]

In January 2014 the estate sold for €4.925 million by the owner, Elizabeth McClory, daughter of Vincent O'Brien and second wife of Kevin McClory. Baltyboys was not listed on the market, instead being sold through a private auction at Christie's.[1]

References
  1. Lyons, Madeleine (15 May 2014). "Owning the big house: Who buys a country pile?". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  2. "Baltyboys House". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. Long, George (1843). The Penny Cyclopædia. 27. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. p. 356.
  4. Hayes, Jim (February 2014). The Road from Harbour Hill. Bloomington, Indiana: iUniverse LLC. p. 229. ISBN 9781491716236.
  5. TeBrake, Janet K. "Personal narratives as historical sources: the journal of Elizabeth Smith 1840-1850 (3:1)". History Island. History Publications Ltd. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  6. "Baltyboys House, Hill and Cairn". Wicklow Heritage. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  7. "Blessington Lakeside". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

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