Sehenswürdigkeit
The Wonderful Barn
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Standort
Celbridge Road
Leixlip, County Kildare
Barnhall
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Visit The Wonderful Barn as part of a day out. If you are driving visit Castletown House, Connolly's Folly and The Wonderful Barn on the same day.
The Wonderful Barn – was constructed in 1743 with the stairs ascending around the exterior of the building.
he Wonderful Barn, near Leixlip, was built by the widow of Speaker Connolly, Laura Catherine Connolly, in 1743. Primarily, it was built in order to provide employment for the poor. Secondly, to store grain from the O'Byrnes and O'Tooles who would come down from the Wicklow hills to steal and forage for food.