While visiting the castle town of Kilkenny, we took several days with no particular agenda and explored the countryside. On one of those occasions, we stumbled upon Ballaghtobin, the home of Catherine and Mickey Gabbett, .a Georgian house on 450 acres of cereals, blackcurrants, Christmas trees and woodland.
When Cromwell and his soldiers marched from the south east coast through Waterford and up to Kilkenny. He plundered and captured many lands one of which was Ballaghtobin. The land was then distributed to his soldiers as a reward for their loyality. In the case of Ballaghtobin, Capt. Baker bought the land from the soldiers to form the foundation of Ballaghtobin Estate. From that day to this the house has never been sold but has passed through the female line twice.
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