Gal, Ube, how about this limestone house. Jurak would you like to come along?


The Belvedere House - Home of Robert Rochfort, Earl of Belvedere

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Although its rooms are now empty, this 18th century house remains much as it
was in the Earl's time. A solid grey limestone house of two stories over a
basement with a long front and curved end bows.

Visitors are told the tale of Rochfort's cruel 31 years imprisonment of his
second wife, Mary Molesworth; Sir John Pier's seduction of Lady Cloncurry at a
picnic(immortalised in verse by Sir John Betjemen) and the creation of Irelands
largest man-made folly - The Jealous Wall


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The first Earl of Belvedere, Robert Rochfort, married the young and beautiful
Mary Molesworth. After she bore several children he locked her up at aged 20
in his old family home at Gaulstown, for suspected adultery.

She remained a prisoner for the better part of her life, and was only released
on the death of her tyrannical husband. It is said that he erected the Jealous
Wall to block out the view of his brother's nearby mansion, Tudenham, because
he suspected him of fancying his wife too.

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Last edited by Shantara; 25/02/05 01:46 AM.