Not so lucky in the refurb stakes is Moore Hall, or Moorehall, the house and estate of George Henry Moore and family. The Moores were an aristocratic Irish family who built Moore Hall between 1792 and 1795. They were originally an English Protestant family but some became Catholic. Several members of the Moore family played major parts in the social, cultural and political history of Ireland from the end of the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. The house was burned down in 1923 by anti-Treaty Irregular forces during the Irish Civil War because Maurice Moore was viewed as pro-Treaty. The house is not open to the public due to its poor condition – it has not been refurbished since it was burned.