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'''Newhall House''' is a 17th century country house and estate, heavily modified and rebuilt during the [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] period to its current appearance near [[Ennis]] in [[County Clare]].

The estate includes [[Killone Abbey]] and a notable holy well.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 May 2016 |title=The Times - Co Clare Mansion once hosted dazzling balls and fox hunts |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/having-a-glittering-career-p02rrjz0m}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1997 |title=National Inventory of Architectural heritage cite 1650 original house designed, with front section built in 1765 |url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20404106/newhall-house-newhall-clare}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/frost/chap8_killone_parish.htm|title=The History and Topography of the County of Clare by James Frost: Chapter 8 - Killone Parish|website=www.clarelibrary.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 Oct 2021 |title=Clare Heritage |url=https://heritage.clareheritage.org/places/holy-wells/saint-john-the-baptist-holy-well-tobar-eoin-newhall}}</ref>

==History==

In 1544 King [[Henry VIII of England]] granted [[Killone Abbey|Kilone Abbey]] and the parish of [[Killone]], including Newhall, and much other property in County Clare to [[Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond]]. This is after Murrough gifted the crown of [[Thomond]] to the King of England. In 1580 Killone Castle was the property of the [[Baron Inchiquin|Baron of Inchiquin]]. There is now no trace of the castle beyond Newhall House.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 April 2014 |title=Frost, James (1897). "Ui Cormaic, Killone Parish". |url=https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/frost/chap8_killone_parish.htm}}</ref>

The original house was bought from the O'Briens by their cousin Charles MacDonnell ([[Member of parliament|MP]] for Clare)<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 Sep 1803 |title=History of Parliament |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/macdonnell-charles-1761-1803}}</ref> in 1764 who greatly extended the property building on a new front, probably designed by [[Francis Bindon]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Newhall House, NEWHALL, CLARE |url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20404106/newhall-house-newhall-clare |website=Buildings of Ireland |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref>

It was later occupied by Robert and [[Florence Vere O'Brien]] in the 1890s though Slater's Directory notes it as a seat of Charles R.A. MacDonnell in 1894.