Cúirt an Easpaig

Bishopscourt was originally an ecclesiastical estate held by the Bishops of Kildare, its name reflecting this medieval ecclesiastical ownership. In 1527, Thomas, Bishop of Kildare, granted Bishopscourt (then containing two hundred acres) to Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, and his wife Margaret, marking its transition from direct church control to the Anglo-Norman aristocracy. By 1537, the pro...