Woodstock Home, now a spoil, was for generations the house to the Tighe household. In 1737, the twenty six 12 months outdated Sir William Fownes inherited the property and commissioned a sublime mansion, accomplished in 1745. He hoped to determine himself with the gentry of the realm and to impress the 2nd Viscount Duncannon, quickly to grow to be the primary Earl of Bessborough, whose daughter Elisabeth he deliberate to marry. Over the following forty-five years, Woodstock was the background to a collection of dramas that led to the deaths of William, Elisabeth and their son-in-law William Tighe.
Many gardens and walks had been laid out between 1840 and 1900 by one other William Tighe and his spouse Woman Louisa Lennox. The gardens include many unique vegetation from Asia and South America, together with the Monkey Puzzle tree and the Noble Fir tree which kind two of the walks within the gardens in addition to specimens of the Coast Redwood.
In 1921, the property was occupied by the Black and Tans and Auxiliaries, which brought on a lot native resentment, after which by troops of the Free State Military, who had been withdrawn from the premises through the Irish Civil Conflict, on 1 July 1922. The home, left unguarded, was burnt down the following day, and stays a derelict empty shell, overgrown with vegetation. The grounds are being restored by Kilkenny County Council and are open to the general public.
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