| Category: | Historical |
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| Address: | Celbridge |
The house was built in 1697 by Bartholomew Van Homrigh, who at the time was the Lord Mayor of Dublin. It is, however, more famous, the childhood (1688-1707) and later adult (1714-23) home his daughter, Esther Van Homrigh, (1688–1723), who was Dean Swift's 'Vanessa'. Swift was known to travel frequently to Celbridge Abbey to see her.