Tuesday, 27. — From Brea to Kilcullen, 10 miles; to the Naas, 5; to Kildroghan, at ye White Hart, 7 Miles. Mr Carter's Seat at Kilcullen is a large Square house of Stone, new & handsome; ye Liffy runs by it; 'tis admir'd for it's Situation; according to ye grand way in Ireland, They call it Castle-Martin, ye general affectation to call their houses Castles: v. Swift, xvi. 408. Two Miles beyond ye Naas, We turn'd-out of ye Dublin Road, passing-by Bishop's-Court, Lord Duncannon's. Just out of Kildroghan is much ye grandest house We have seen in Ireland — Castle-Town, Mr Connolly's, built in 1725, of a bastard Marble dug-up about 15 Miles hence, but being unpolish'd It looks like a fair white Stone; This very lofty & deep house, taking up a great deal of Ground, stands upon Arches, has no less than 13 Windows in front, too many either for Beauty or Strength; on each side wind in a circular manner Stone Cloisters supported on Columns of ye Ionic Order; Butting ye Extremities of ye Cloisters are built of a darker Stone, and something higher than ye Cloisters, — on one side, ye Kitchen & Offices; on t'other, ye Stabling. The Rooms are large & well proportion'd, & as well furnish'd, tho' ye Inside be not finish'd throughout, for ye great Staircase is not yet begun, & some of ye Rooms have no Furniture, as ye long Gallery, proportionably wide. Here is a Length of ye Duke of Wharton, another of ye Duke of Grafton Lord Lieutenant, and his Dutchess, but a remarkably good Length-Painting of Lord-Chancellor West, in his Robes. There are a large number of Prints here, & some antique Seals taken-off in Wax, & put into Glass Picture-Cases. No Tapestry, but What was made at Dublin, ye figures are small, ye Colours very lively. The Garrets, or rather Rooms in ye uppermost Story, are exceeding good Apartments, All wainscotted & well furnish'd, ye Chimney-pieces of ye