Killyon Manor
- Klasifikace
- Panské sídlo
- Země
- Irsko
- Region
- County Meath
- Adresa
- Hill of Down, A83 E277, Hill of Down
- Období / styl
- Georgian
The Loftus family occupied the Killyon Manor estate at County Meath's western edge from the 16th century, possibly within a tower house that 'Loftus the Magnificent' constructed in the mid-18th century. The house unusually remains one room deep, though a ballroom was added to the rear in the late 18th or early 19th century, alongside a perpendicular wing representing the Georgian building's oldest section. Around 1800, the façade was redesigned with a small Ionic portico and flanking screen walls featuring blind arches. The property transferred to the Magan family in the 1850s following William Henry Magan's marriage to heiress Elizabeth Georgina Loftus. Their combined holdings encompassed 20,000 acres across three counties plus a St Stephen's Green townhouse. Their daughter Augusta, after being jilted, reportedly left her wedding breakfast untouched for three decades, potentially inspiring Dickens's Miss Havisham. She became a compulsive hoarder, filling the ballroom to waist-height with unopened purchases before her death. Her controversial will sparked a decade-long legal dispute that significantly depleted the family fortune. Brigadier Bill Magan sold the estate during the 1960s and later published "Umma-More," documenting family residences. Currently held by the Purcell family, the estate sits on a River Boyne tributary and is undergoing rewilding as an important biodiversity zone. A weddings, concerts and events venue with holiday cottages, available as a film location and for photo shoots.
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