Clonalis House
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Clonalis House, Castlerea, County Roscommon is is the seat of the family who has the pre-eminent claim to the non existent throne of Ireland. It is the ancestral home of the O'Conor Don who is a direct descendant of the last High King of Ireland, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair.
Clonalis was constructed in 1878 by Charles Owen O'Conor as a replacement for an earlier house on the same site which was frequently damaged by flooding. Built of mass concrete it's design by the renowned Pepys Cochrell is of a mixture of styles drawing on the traditions of Italianate and Queen Anne Style architecture.
Its history reflect the turbulence of Irish history having once been occupied by the Irish Republican Army before it was shelled and liberated by Free State Forces during the Irish Civil War.
Some 100,000 volumes are contained in the family archives and library of the O'Conor Don which are still held at Clonalis House, making it a valuable repository of Irish history.
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