When William Conolly, then speaker of the Irish House of Commons, set his heart on a palatial country home, he turned to Italian architect Alessandro Galilei, who designed the facade of the main house in 1722.
Conolly was the speaker of the Irish House of Commons.
A great favourite is zarzuela de mariscos, a variation of a Catalan dish, which combines many different ingredients, just like the Spanish operetta from which it takes its name.