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Ardtermon House 



Our rendezvous on July 13 was at the ruin of Ardtermon House, once 

 the Irish residence of the Gore-Booth family. With the solitary exception 

 of a plain lancet-headed door, every vestige of architectural, and most of 

 the internal constructive detail has disappeared ; hut the sturdy old 

 walls reveal the interesting fact that it was one of the fortified mansions 

 of the district, and no doubt had many a time to fight for dear life with 

 a people labouring rom a sense of oppression, either imagined or real. 

 Fortified mansions were by no means uncommon in Ireland in its 

 stormy history that followed Elizabeth's time, and we know of one, at 

 least, still inhabited, but with more peaceful occupiers. 



