he Rothes came to Ireland from Yorkshire in the fourteenth - TopicsExpress



          

he Rothes came to Ireland from Yorkshire in the fourteenth century, and subsequently acquired wealth and influence in Kilkenny. Rothe House was built by John Rothe Fitz-Piers (1560-1620) in 1594, when the Italian Renaissance was at its height and Shakespeare was thirty years old and was writing Richard III. The house was built in three parts,which Rothe referred to as the first, second and third houses. John Rothe married Rose Archer, daughter of another leading Kilkenny dynasty and they lived in style and comfort with their family of four sons and eight daughters. The house was bought by Kilkenny Archaeological Society in 1962, restored and opened as a museum in 1966. — with Edward Dullard.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 10:55:30 +0000

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