Ballyfarnon

<h2 id="kilronan-castle">Kilronan Castle</h2>
<p>Kilronan Castle, which was also known as Castle Tenison, is a 19th-century castle dating from two different periods. The earlier part was built by Thomas Tenison, consisting of a 3-storey-over-basement, 3-bay symmetrical castellated block with slender corner turrets, pinnacled buttresses and tracery windows. This was built in about 1820, and may incorporate a Palladian style Georgian house. The later part is two storeys high, is irregular, and of rubble stone with a baronial tower.
</p><p>The castle was inherited by Florence (née Tenison) wife of the <a href="/facts/Henry_King-Tenison%2c_8th_Earl_of_Kingston/yHvQFdPU">Henry King-Tenison, 8th Earl of Kingston</a> whose husband assumed the additional name of Tenison.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The Tenisons were early photographers. In particular Edward King-Tenison travelled in Spain in the 1850s, where he took pictures of its castles and scenery.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> E.K. Tenison took photographs of Kilronan Castle in 1859 which were printed with albumen.
</p><p>In 1814 the castle was occupied by Thomas Tenison. The castle is a now a hotel.
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<h2 id="amenities">Amenities</h2>
<p>A memorial to a local musician and songwriter, Josie McDermott, lies in the village centre, and a memorial garden on the Feorish bank is dedicated to all who attended fair days in the village for centuries, and who worked in Arigna Coal Mines overlooking the village.
</p><p>Kilronan Castle Hotel can be seen on walks to Lough Meelagh, the former home of the Earl of Kingston, and Alderford House, the last home of Turlough O'Carolan, is adjacent to the village. Turlough O'Carolan is buried in nearby Kilronan Abbey.
</p><p>There is also a primary school, church, and GAA grounds in the area.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> There are two pubs in the village, although one is not open full-time. There is a garage/petrol-station(convenience shop), a grocery shop, a furniture shop, a steel building manufacturer and hardware store.
</p><p>St. Lasair's well is a spring feed well outside the village.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_towns_and_villages_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland/wolVj5Ld">List of towns and villages in Ireland</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Placenames Database of Ireland (see archival records) <a href="http://www.logainm.ie/1167099.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.logainm.ie/1167099.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Mark Bence Jones (1978). Burkes Guide to Country Houses. ISBN 9780827772755. <a href="9780827772755" target="_blank">9780827772755</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>National Photographic Library [not specific enough to verify] <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" target="_blank">/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Ballyfarnon". kilronanparish.ie. Kilronan Parish. Retrieved 7 March 2020. <a href="http://www.kilronanparish.ie/content.aspx?par=6&ContentId=40" target="_blank">http://www.kilronanparish.ie/content.aspx?par=6&ContentId=40</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"St. Lassair's Holy Well". kilronanparish.ie. Kilronan Parish. Retrieved 7 March 2020. <a href="http://www.kilronanparish.ie/content.aspx?par=6&ContentId=49" target="_blank">http://www.kilronanparish.ie/content.aspx?par=6&ContentId=49</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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