Blessington

Blessington, historically referred to as Ballycomeen, is a town on the River Liffey in Wicklow, Ireland, close to the border with Kildare. It is round 25 km south-west of Dublin, and is located at the N81 road, which connects Dublin to Tullow. Evidence of Bronze Age interest in the vicinity is verified by using the stunning Blessington gold lunula, now in the British Museum. The nearby Rath Turtle Moat turned into occupied from the twelfth century onward via Norse Gaels and Normans. Blessington turned into previously called Munfine, and inside the Medieval period turned into part of the lordship of Threecastles. In 1667, Michael Boyle, Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, bought the lordship of Threecastles, formerly the assets of the Cheevers for 1,000.

Boyle received a Royal Charter to establish the metropolis of Blessington, inside the townland of Munfine, as a borough. Construction of Blessington House was started in 1673 and afterwards St. Mary’s Church in Blessington, which changed into finished in 1683. On Boyle's demise in 1702 his son Murrough Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington and Baron Boyle, inherited the Blessington property. Murrough’s son, Charles, died in 1732 with out an heir and the estate turned into inherited by way of his sister Anne, then her son William Stewart, 1st Earl of Blessington and Baron Stewart.