The original house was built in the early part of the 16th century by the Fitzgeralds (a branch of the Desmond Geraldines) and was owned by them up to 1724.
[1] By 1774 it was recorded as being in the possession of the Uniake family, and by the time of Griffith's Valuation in 1868 it was owned by Robert Uniacke and was valued at £52 10s.
In 1942, the Irish Tourist Association survey notes that the owner of the house, Major Lord William Beresford was then resident in India.
Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves.
[4]The property was bought in 2012 by James E. (Jim) Thompson, founder and chairman of Crown Worldwide Group for €6.5m.