Lotabeg House — Recovering a Lost History
This website began as a simple attempt to understand how the history of Lotabeg House and its connection with the Galwey family, had become almost entirely lost.
The Galweys owned and developed the Lotabeg estate for more than two centuries, yet their history is largely absent from modern accounts of the house.
As our research progressed, we discovered that much of the confusion arose from the neighbouring estate houses, some sharing the same or very similar names. Over time, their histories had become entangled, and families associated with one house were mistakenly connected with another.
To recover the history of Lotabeg House, we first needed to understand these other houses, where they stood, who lived in them and how their stories became confused.
Our purpose is simply to give Lotabeg House back its own history, reconnect the Galwey family with the estate they owned, and restore the other families to their rightful places in the neighbouring houses.
Vincent Hart did not live at Lotabeg House. This article follows the documentary trail and re-examines the story told at the remarkable 2016 Lotabeg auction.
2. Lotabeg: The Four Houses on the Estate
A guide to the four separate houses on the Lotabeg estate — where they stood, who lived in them and how their histories differed.
3. Two Houses Called “Lotabeg”
How two very different mansions, both called “Lotabeg,” became confused in the historical record.
4. Lotabeg House: How a History was Lost
This investigation takes a different approach to a longstanding problem.
5. Callaghan’s Gate – Fact or Fiction
Examining the well-known story that Daniel Callaghan MP built the monumental entrance to Lotabeg House.
