Rossmore Castle also known as Rossmore Park was a castle in Monaghan

Monaghan

Monaghan is the county town of County Monaghan in Ireland. Its population at the 2006 census stood at 7,811 . The town is located on the main road, the N2 road, from Dublin north to both Derry and Letterkenny.-Toponym:...

 in Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. It has been demolished now.

History

The building was a 19th century castle. Originally built by the 2nd Lord Rossmore

Baron Rossmore

Baron Rossmore, of Monaghan in the County of Monaghan, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1796 for the soldier Robert Cuninghame, with remainder to his wife Elizabeth's nephews Henry Alexander Jones and Warner William Westenra...

 in 1827

1827 in Ireland

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 in the Gothic style

Gothic Revival architecture

The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...

, it was extended in 1858. Lord Rossmore and the Shirleys of Lough Fea had competed for many years for the largest room in County Monaghan

County Monaghan

County Monaghan is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County Council is the local authority for the county...

 with the result that the drawing room at Rossmore was extended five times.

After the Second World War, dry rot

Dry rot

Dry rot refers to a type of wood decay caused by certain types of fungi, also known as True Dry Rot, that digests parts of the wood which give the wood strength and stiffness...

forced the abandonment of the castle, which has since been demolished.