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Conolly's Folly

Kildare, Ireland

Conolly's Folly
Photo by Ilja Klutman from Ballinakill, Ireland / CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

A 1740 obelisk monument on the Castletown estate, designed by Richard Castle. Commissioned by Katherine Conolly to provide employment during the famine winter of 1739.

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