Landed Estates
University of Galway

Murroogh House

Estate(s)
Townland Murroogh
Civil Parish Oranmore
PLU Galway
DED Galway Rural 41
County Galway
Barony Galway
Description Part of the Blake estate at Merlin Park. Built by James Henry Ryan in the 1860s who spent nearly £5,000 on the property and occupied in the 1880s by the Bishop of Galway. Owned by the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst in the 1930s and bought by the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology in 2003.
Murroogh House (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, www.buildingsofireland.ie)

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