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Russborough House

Russborough House is a Georgian Palladian house between and Ballymore Eustace near the Blessington Lakes in , . The house was designed by Richard Castle for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown and built between 1741 and 1755.
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  • Type: House
  • Description: art museum in Ireland
  • Also known as: “Russborough”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Poulaphouca Reservoir and St. Mark’s Cross.

Power station
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, officially Pollaphuca, is an active reservoir and area of wild bird conservation in west , named after the Poulaphouca waterfall on its south-western end where the water exits the lake. is situated 3 km southwest of Russborough House.

Cross
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Mark's Cross is a high cross and National Monument located in , , . is situated 3 km northeast of Russborough House.

House
is a castle in Ballymore Eustace, , . It stands on the site of a late 12th century Anglo-Norman castle. It now hosts the Barretstown camp for sick children. is situated 2½ km northwest of Russborough House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blessington and Valleymount.

Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small town in , with a population in 2022 of about 5600. It's west of the Wicklow mountains and this part of the county is low-lying and rural.

Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in western , . The name 'Valleymount' does not appear before 1839. Previously, the village was known as 'the Cross of Ballymore' or simply 'the Cross', with 'cross' referring to land belonging to the church. is situated 5 km southeast of Russborough House.

Hamlet
or Lackan is a townland and small village in the west of , , located on the shores of the Blessington lakes and western edge of the . is situated 5 km east of Russborough House.

Russborough House

Latitude
53.14147° or 53° 8′ 29″ north
Longitude
-6.56934° or 6° 34′ 10″ west
Elevation
198 metres (650 feet)
Open location code
9C5M4CRJ+H7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 255714879
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­house
Geo­Names ID
2961647
Wiki­data ID
Q281359
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Uzbek—“Russborough House” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Russborough etxea”
  • Catalan: “Russborough House”
  • Chinese: “拉斯伯勒故居”
  • Dutch: “Russborough House”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيت رسبورو”
  • French: “Russborough House”
  • German: “Russborough House”
  • Italian: “Russborough House”
  • Japanese: “ラスバラ・ハウス”
  • Japanese: “ラスバラ家”
  • Portuguese: “Russborough House”
  • Russian: “Рассборо-хаус”
  • Spanish: “Russborough House”
  • Uzbek: “Russborough uyi (Irlandiya)”
  • Uzbek: “Russborough uyi”
  • “Alfred Beit Foundation”
  • “Russborough Hall”
  • “Russborough House”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Russborough House”. Photo: Ramón, CC BY-SA 2.0.