adare manor is a manor house located on the banks of the river maigue in the village of adare, county limerick, ireland, the former seat of the  earl of dunraven and mount-earl.the present house was built in the early 19th century, though retaining some of the walls of the 17th-century structure.it is now the adare manor hotel & golf resort, a luxury hotel, and contains the michelin-starred oak room restaurant.in 1226, king henry iii gave a grant to justiciary of ireland geoffroi de morreis (de marisco) to hold an eight-day annual fair following the feast of st. james at his manor of adare.the lands subsequently were granted to the earls of kildare, members of the welsh-norman fitzgerald family who came to ireland in 1169.in 1536, the act of attainder was passed against thomas fitzgerald, 10th earl of kildare, whose lands, castles and manors were forfeited to the crown.in a letter dated 24 march 1547, the boy king edward vi granted the earls of desmond 'the manors and dominions of croom and adare, in the county of limerick, to hold for life.'the grant was short lived; the desmond rebellions brought control of the lands to the st. leger family.for the next century, the lands passed from 10 families: st. leger, zouch, gold, rigges, wallop, norreis (norris), jephson, evans, ormesby (ormsby), and then quin.thady quin, esq.(1645–1726) of gortfadda, county leitrim, purchased the moiety in 1669 and continued to add surrounding land through 1702.he received the last land grant for adare, on 16 december 1684, to hold the lands for a thousand years, 'paying to gilbert ormsby and his heirs the rent of £230.'the earliest section of the first manor house was presumably a square or oblong tower, likely erected by thady quin at the end of the 17th century.the deed of conveyance, dated 23 february 1721, transferred the following land to thady's eldest son, valentine quin:  the estate of adare extended northwards nearly to the shannon, and comprehended a considerable portion of the parishes of kildimo and chapelrussell, and the north-western section of adare situate in the barony of coshma, with a portion of drehidtarsna, and parts of kilkeedy and croom, lying in the barony of pubblebrien.the manor of tobernea was situate in the south-eastern part of the county, embracing the extreme southern portion of the barony of coshma, with the adjacent part of coshlea, and contained a considerable part of the parishes of effin, ballingarry, and kilbreedy minor  valentine quin was the grandfather of valentine richard quin (1752–1824), the first earl of dunraven.valentine richard quin, mp for kilmallock (1799–1800), was created a baronet of great britain in 1781 and was raised to the peerage in 1800 as baron adare.he was advanced to a viscountcy in 1816 as viscount mount earl and became viscount adare and the first earl of dunraven and mount-earl on 5 february 1822.he chose the title of dunraven in honour of his daughter-in-law caroline wyndham, daughter and heiress of thomas wyndham of dunraven castle, who in 1810 had married his eldest son and heir, windham henry quin.around 1785, the first earl of dunraven made significant alterations to adare manor, raising more walls and changing the entrance from the south front to the northwest side.in 1786, it was described as 'a very noble structure with fine and extensive demesnes.'valentine richard quin's earldom lasted only two years; upon his death to 1824 the title passed to windham henry quin, the second earl of dunraven and mount-earl.the new earl, who was suffering from gout and confined indoors, rebuilt his home, turning it from a classic georgian mansion into a large tudor revival manor.
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