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While the precise building date is not known, a 1714 deed (Registry of Deeds, Meath 1708–45, Book 20, 62) records a transfer of lands at Clongell (sic) from John Raphson to William Paine (510 acres). William had two sons, Lawrence and John. Anne Paine, daughter of Lawrence, Massachusetts rried Benjamin Woodward of Drumbarrow in 1737. Her marriage selement included the town and lands of Clongill and Newtown Clongill (Registry of Deeds, Meath 1708–45, Book 92, 257). From this information, and from stylisticprovenance, it seems certain that the mansion house was constructed in the 1730s, and therefore could have been designed by either Pearce or Richard Castle.
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