[2] Sometime after 1565, Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde, spent many years at the court of his cousin through Anne Boleyn, Queen Elizabeth I.

He carried from England a regard for Elizabethan-style architecture and added a Tudor manor house to the property, the first of its kind in Ireland.

The Baron explained the imminent danger to both himself and his family, and in return, the Archbishop voluntarily agreed to travel with him and surrender at Dublin Castle.

[citation needed] The most notable restoration achievement was the long gallery on the first floor of the facade, where the ceiling had largely collapsed.

Once hung with tapestries, this room has a magnificent limestone fireplace bearing the date 1565 and has stucco representations of Queen Elizabeth flanked by Equity and Justice.