Highlight • Historical Site
Tyrone House Ruins
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Willem VS
May 19, 2026
Cycling
Tyrone House is the imposing and melancholic ruin of an 18th-century country house, majestically situated on a hill overlooking Kilcolgan Bay. This former palace of the St. George family was once one of the most luxurious homes in the west of Ireland, until it was destroyed by the IRA in 1920 during the Irish War of Independence. The skeletal walls, which served as inspiration for the novel The Big House of Inver, now form a dramatic and photogenic silhouette against the sky.
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Natalie
May 3, 2023
Cycling
It is impossible to miss the ruins of Tyrone House which stand overlooking the Kilcolgan River. It was built in the late 18th century for Christopher French St. George and destroyed by fire during the Irish War of Independence by the local Irish Republican Army. Some say it is haunted by the ghost of Christopher St George.
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