After passing through many difficult historic periods, the castle's tower-house received a Victorian restoration circa 1846, with the addition of adjoining buildings and was turned into a country house with the addition of adjoining buildings. It eventually passed into the hands of the Mulcahy-Redmond family, owners of the famous, now-defunct adjacent woollen mill. Much more about the place's history can be read at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardfinnan_Castle
also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardfinnan_Woollen_Mills
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