Once a family home - Turlough Park House, Co. Mayo, Ireland

@JudyEv (382693)
Rockingham, Australia
April 9, 2023 1:45am CST
I’ve posted several photos from items within Turlough Park House in Co. Mayo, Ireland. I’m not sure I’ve posted a photo of the house itself so I’m doing that now. The house was built in 1865 to replace a much older building. There are three floors of living space in the main building and a range of lower outhouses and stables built around two courtyards. The kitchen is separate from the main house to reduce the chance of fire and to lessen cooking smells. Who would want to lessen cooking smells unless it was from cabbage? This moderately-sized ‘Big House’ was designed by Thomas Newenham Deane and featured some elements of the Gothic Revival Style such as the steeply pitched roof and multicoloured decorative stonework.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174797)
• United States
9 Apr 23
What's wrong with the smell of cooking cabbage? YUM! It looks like it's a big place. I wonder how many of the rooms were for family and how much of it was for the servants?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Apr 23
The servants possibly lived in one of the outhouses.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174797)
• United States
9 Apr 23
@JudyEv Or maybe the top floor?
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
9 Apr 23
I bet the servant's rooms were very tiny,
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502957)
• Italy
9 Apr 23
It is a large and beautiful hose. In the past it was important to avoid that the "smell of the kitchen" invades the house. I remember how much my mother was careful when we had guests.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502957)
• Italy
9 Apr 23
@JudyEv Back in time with wood there was a serious danger.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Apr 23
It also reduced the risk of fire in the main house.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51839)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Apr 23
Sometimes, when I pass a big house like that, I wish I lived in the days when they were single family homes with a loyal staff to take care of everything, and not broken up into a bunch of apartments. But then, I wouldn't have the conveniences of modern times. Another reason for the kitchen being separate from the main house was to keep the house cool in the summer.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51839)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Apr 23
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Apr 23
Imagine the balls and parties that might have been held there.
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much2say
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
9 Apr 23
Wow, one room of that house is the size of our house ! So big and beautiful! Lesson cooking smells? Then I'd move into the kitchen so I can have the smells all to myself .
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much2say
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Apr 23
@JudyEv I guess some places are super small - and then there is the opposite like the Turlough!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Apr 23
We had a German couch-sitter once and she said our kitchen was larger than her whole apartment.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222986)
• United States
22 Apr 23
What a cool looking house! I love the smell of cabbage and sauerkraut cooking!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Apr 23
Cabbage being cooked always attracts blowflies for some reason.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Apr 23
@LindaOHio Blowflies in Australia are bigger and their eggs quickly hatch into maggots. Maybe that happens with house-flies too but I've never seen any maggots from them.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222986)
• United States
23 Apr 23
@JudyEv How are they different from regular house flies?
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M Cheung
@Beestring (15372)
• Hong Kong
9 Apr 23
That is a big house. I find the design pretty impressive.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Apr 23
It would be nice to live in those times but only if you were one of the gentry.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117285)
• El Paso, Texas
9 Apr 23
That sure is a grand house, I like all the windows at the top. Did you go up into the area where the windows along the roof are?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Apr 23
No, we weren't allowed into the upper rooms.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
9 Apr 23
It's quite a magnificent house. Having the kitchen removed from the main house was typical during the 18th and 19th centuries as I have learned from visits to Tryon Palace in New Bern, NC, and Historic Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Apr 23
It certainly seems like it was the norm at the time.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
9 Apr 23
I don't like the style and the color, it looks depressive to me.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
9 Apr 23
@JudyEv Too grey for me
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Apr 23
I can understand that. It's very 'grey' for starters.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (136091)
• Marion, Ohio
9 Apr 23
Maybe they cooked a lot of cabbage.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Apr 23
Haha - yes, maybe they did!!
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rakski
@rakski (156996)
• Philippines
9 Apr 23
This is a moderately sized house? Oh my. I don't want to see how a big house size is. Cabbage have smell when you cook it??? I did not notice.
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rakski
@rakski (156996)
• Philippines
9 Apr 23
@JudyEv oh yes for sure
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Apr 23
For its time, it would have been classes as 'moderately sized'.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (98156)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Apr 23
As beautiful as it is that is one house I would not want to have to heat, clean and upkeep,
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Apr 23
It would only be okay if you had a lot of servants to do all the work.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28406)
• Singapore
9 Apr 23
Those were the days when such homes were much sought after. Affording one is another matter. Good that it is a museum piece now so that one can have a look at the lifestyle of generations back.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Apr 23
The previous owners tried a number of ways to keep the place viable but in the end they had to sell it.
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Jojo
@Sojourn (13833)
• India
9 Apr 23
That's a gr8 looking traditional British mansion. The maintenance seems top notch going by its looks despite being so old.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Apr 23
It is well-looked after now but it also attracts a lot of tourists.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
9 Apr 23
It looks like a castle for me. It sounds like the separate kitchen is a dirty kitchen.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Apr 23
Not necessarily but if a fire started there were very few ways of stopping it.
Judy Story
@jstory07 (148798)
• Roseburg, Oregon
9 Apr 23
That is one big house. I would never want a house that big. It does sound like it has everything that you can think of.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Apr 23
It would have been okay if you had lots of servants I guess.
Icydoll
@Icydoll (36713)
• India
9 Apr 23
Looks beautiful and big house . I don't like the smell cabbage either
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Apr 23
You would need a cleaner if you lived here.
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