group the Wolfe Tones, and Colin Breen, owner of Four Green Fields Pub in Tampa, Florida. Since the purchase in 2015, Kinnitty Castle Hotel has undergone significant renovations and continues to serve as a wedding and executive-level conference venue, as well as a 4 star hotel. Captain Bernard Captain Richard Bernard who lived at the Castle was much loved by Augusta Magan. The Captain was involved in the 19th Century Crimean War and three years after his return from war married a widow, Ellen Georgiana Handcock of the old Athlone family in 1859. He died in 1877 aged 55 and was buried in the Egyptian style family mausoleum in the grounds of St. Finnian's church, Kinnitty. Notes and references External links Kinnitty Castle Hotel website Castles in County Offaly