Constructed in 1765 for the Duke of Leinster as an accompaniment to his country lodging at Carton Estate, Ravensdale House, with its 223-acre surrounds just outside modern-day Leixlip, is itself an impressive manor. Ravensdale has since passed through several hands, from a Parisian baron to a major in the British army and on to the Bruton family of cattle farmers in 1917. It stayed with the Brutons for close to 100 years before passing to its current owners, the Magnier family. In June 2015, the family of the bloodstock magnate behind Coolmore Stud, John Magnier, snapped up the two-storey mansion,…

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