The Duchess
In the 1750s, Hely-Hutchinson sold the house to the FitzGeralds, Ireland’s largest landowners, who owned land throughout Leinster. Frescati became one of their three principal residences alongside Leinster House in Dublin and Carton House in Co. Kildare. They spent much time in Frescati, especially in the summer. When the Duchess of Leinster, Emily FitzGerald saw Frescati, she is said to have fallen in love with it.
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