grenane

Updated: May 31, 2025

They have long made a part of the estate of the Butlers. We rattled rapidly through the quiet little town, and whisking out of a small public square into a sort of wynd between two houses, suddenly found ourselves in the precincts of Grenane House.

William Henry Hurlbert - Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888)

The house takes its name from the old castle of Grenane, an Irish fortress established here by some native despot long before Thomas Fitz-Anthony the Norman came into the land. The ruins of this castle still stand some half a mile away. "We call the place Candahar," said Mr.

William Henry Hurlbert - Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888)