A palladian villa in strokestown, county roscommon, ireland
Strokestown Park House is a Palladian villa in Strokestown, County Roscommon, Ireland, set on about 300 acres (120 ha).
The house is open to the public, as is the Famine Museum on the grounds.
The house was the family home of the Cromwellian "adventurer" family - the Pakenham Mahons - from the 1600s until 1979.
By the early 18th century, the estate comprised over 11,000 acres (4,500 ha), scattered throughout north east Roscommon, put together from the later seventeenth century as a result of land acquisitions by Captain Nicholas Mahon around 1660. Later, his great-grandson, Maurice Mahon, purchased several additional lands, following elevation to the Peerage of Ireland as the first Baron Hartland in 1800.
