Smokehouse at Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon
By Damian Murphy The neo-Palladian Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon, was built c. 1730 for John French (d. 1734) or his son Arthur (d. 1761), its design attributable to Richard Castle (d. 1751), although a lunette on its pedimented red-brick façade recorded a pedigree dating back to 1667, when the estate was inherited by Dominick French (d. … Read more