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style in the early nineteenth-century, adding towers and a moat. It was by then larger than any other castellated house in Ireland. Since then, the house has passed down through successive generations of Pakenhams to the present head of the family,
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laid out in the early 19th century with a limestone grotto and ornamental lakes. In the 21st century, a Chinese garden with a pagoda and a Tibetan garden of waterfalls and streams have been added.
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In 1665 Henry Pakenham, a captain in the Parliamentary Dragoons, was granted land in lieu of pay arrears that included Tullynally. His grandson
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The house is surrounded by twelve acres of parkland and gardens, including
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The site entrance from the public road is situated 1.5 km outside
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roads. The grounds are open to the public from April to September.
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and 3rd Baron Longford, also inherited the superior title of 2nd
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Sir Arthur Wellesley in 1806. Wellesley subsequently became
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The 2nd Earl remodelled the 17th-century house in the
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