Qualla: Castletown Cox https://qualla.com/castletown-cox en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:12 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Castletown Cox https://qualla.com/castletown-cox Castletown Cox: Introduction https://qualla.com/castletown-cox/ Country Life magazine once called it the most beautiful house in Ireland, and the people who have lived there over two and a half centuries have ranged from an archbishop to a Texan oil billionaire. Castletown Cox sits in 513 acres of County Kilkenny countryside, close to Piltown and Carrick-on-Suir. Its seven-bay facade and flanking pavilions catch the light the way Palladian architecture is meant to, but its real story is in the names of the families who passed it on, sold it, restored it, and in one case, were evicted from it.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/6/c/castletown-cox-wp/gc6c-castletown-cox-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Castletown Cox: The Archbishop's Vanity https://qualla.com/castletown-cox/ The house exists because Michael Cox, Anglican Archbishop of Cashel, decided in 1767 that he needed a country seat to match his rank. He commissioned Davis Ducart, an Italian-born architect working in Ireland, to design something in the Palladian style. Ducart delivered a main bl...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/6/c/castletown-cox-wp/gc6c-castletown-cox-the-archbishops-vanity.mp3 0:06 2 full Castletown Cox: Earls and Auctions https://qualla.com/castletown-cox/ When Michael Cox died in 1779, the house passed to his only son Richard, and from Richard to a grandson, also named Michael, born in 1768. The Cox family connection ran out by inheritance in 1833, when Catherine Cox married William Villiers-Stuart and the property changed hands w...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/6/c/castletown-cox-wp/gc6c-castletown-cox-earls-and-auctions.mp3 0:06 3 full Castletown Cox: Restoration and Eviction https://qualla.com/castletown-cox/ Lord Magan undertook an extensive restoration of the house in the early 21st century, the kind of work that returns Georgian interiors to museum standard. Then in 2017 the house and 513 acres went on the market, and Country Life ran the headline that became the property's tagline...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/6/c/castletown-cox-wp/gc6c-castletown-cox-restoration-and-eviction.mp3 0:06 4 full Castletown Cox: The Gardens and the Gates https://qualla.com/castletown-cox/ The formal gardens were designed by Mollie Cecil, the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, who was born a Wyndham-Quin and brought her famous horticultural eye back to her family's old house. Around the demesne, twin gate lodges from around 1825 are listed as being of special artist...

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