Current Developments
In the 1970s the building was given the name Deerfield by the wife of the then United States ambassador on account of the number of deer who roam in the open parkland around the mansion.
It has been periodically suggested that the building should become the residence of the Taoiseach. It remains for the moment, however, the residence of the US Ambassador. Presidents John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton all stayed there during Irish visits. President Ronald Reagan stayed elsewhere.
In 2005 the idea of turning the Chief Secretary's Lodge into a taoiseach's residence seemed to have been abandoned when the Office of Public Works instead applied for planning permission to turn the former ranger's residence in the grounds of the state guest palace, Farmleigh, into a small taoiseach's residence instead.
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