[1] Privately owned by the Westward Group, the house and National Famine Museum which occupies its former out buildings are both open to the public.

Later, his great-grandson, Maurice Mahon, purchased several additional lands, following elevation to the Peerage of Ireland as the first Baron Hartland in 1800.

On the eve of the Famine, the estate was in debt with over £30,000 having accrued as a result of family dispute over inheritance[8] and expensive land purchases which had gathered from the second half of the eighteenth century.

In 1911 and 1912, over 8,600 acres were vested in the Congested Districts Board for Ireland in order to alleviate poverty by redistributing and making more efficient use of agricultural land.

[11][12] In 1997, the 4-acre (1.6 ha) walled pleasure garden was officially opened by the then President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, having been faithfully restored.