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Duffry Hall had
been built by Caesar's Colclough’s (b. 1696) grandfather Patrick (a Catholic
active Jacobite) in about 1685, Caesar
was the Protestant son of the exiled Dudley, who with the aid of his uncles had
succeeded in recovering more than half of his father's sequestrated lands and a
great deal more besides.
In 1663 Patrick had married his
second cousin Katherine Bagenal and such of his time as was not devoted to his
duties as justice of the peace, High Sheriff of Wexford, Deputy Lieutenant and
M.P. for Enniscorthy was taken up with building operations. The Hall, which was
beautifully situated on the southern slopes of the Blackstairs mountains was
described as the most magnificent seventeenth century building in Co. Wexford.
I cannot find any information on Duffry Lodge but the above Patrick had a son Patrick who it seems was killed by his own gun climbing over a wall at Mohurry (Duffry) deer park, any aspiring family with an estate and a deer park would have had a hunting lodge, and why not Duffry Lodge? If I was to guess I would say it would have been built 1685 or certainly not long thereafter. On the map above there is a lodge noted but it doesn't seem to be called Duffry Lodge, but again if I was to guess that's where it could be.
I hope this is of some use I will keep looking but there is not much mention if Duffry Lodge in the documents I have been able to track down.
John
