County Mayo
County Mayo (; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, County Mayo, Mayo, now ge ...
and the historic
family seat
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of the
Lynch-Blosse baronets
The Lynch Baronetcy of Galway – which later became Lynch-Blosse Baronetcy – is a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 8 June 1622 for Henry Lynch, a member of an Anglo-Norman family and one of the merchant Tribes of Galway. ...
. It was built in the 17th century, originally as a
dower house
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, on the ruins of the family's Cloonlagheen Castle.
History
Partry House was built by Arthur Lynch in 1667, on the remains of Cloonlagheen Castle, as a
dower house
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for his mother, Lady Ellis, the widow of Sir Roebuck Lynch of Castle Carra. It is located in the village of
Partry
Partry () is a villagePartry Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 2012-04-15. and a in
County Mayo
County Mayo (; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, County Mayo, Mayo, now ge ...
.
The house remained in the Lynch family from 1667 until 1991. It was the ancestral seat of the
Lynch-Blosse baronets
The Lynch Baronetcy of Galway – which later became Lynch-Blosse Baronetcy – is a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 8 June 1622 for Henry Lynch, a member of an Anglo-Norman family and one of the merchant Tribes of Galway. ...
.
The house sits on a 250-acre estate of farmland, bogs, and woodland.