Castleforbes HouseThe largest estate in County Longford, Castleforbes demesne has been home to the Earls of Granard since the early seventeenth century. The castellated neo-Gothic Castle, in the style of the better known Tullynally Castle in neighbouring Westmeath, forms the centrepiece of a complex assemblage of historic buildings which still serve a working demesne with more than 20 people employed. Bordering Lough Forbes, a lake shaped by a broadening of the River Shannon, the estate’s a… (View original article)