House Staff (with their age and place of birth where known)
Robert Buckley steward (1787)
"Penncan" butler (1781)
Kearns cook (1821)
Bernard Corcoran footman (1829)
Mrs McGee cook (1839)
Edwin Baillie house steward/butler (1887)
Mrs. Slator housekeeper (1892)
George Bennett butler (1892-1900)
William Penny valet (1900)
Patrick Graham, 23 footman (1901), Queen's Co.
Mary Hanlon, 21 dairymaid (1901), Cork
Anne Conway housemaid (late 1800s-1901, aged 80 in 1901 census), Queen's Co.
Annie Collins, 27 housemaid (1901), Meath
L. Marford?, 38 housemaid (1911), Wicklow
S. Williams, 20 housemaid (1911), Wicklow
Annie McKeown, 18 3rd housemaid (1911), Tipperary
Mr. Conroy house carpenter (1912)
Mr. Bates house steward (1912)
Ned Whelan footman and valet (sometime between 1911-20), Queen's Co.
Miss Howe governess (sometime between 1911 and 1920)
"Dale" lady's maid or housemaid (sometime between 1911 and 1920)
Florence Page housemaid (1914-17)
E. Bingham under housemaid (1914)
Mary Ransome 4th housemaid (1915)
E. Elliott under housemaid (1915)
Martha Hempenstall under housemaid (1917 and 1920)
Jesse Smith housemaid (1917-20)
Dorothy Buckley under housemaid (1919)
Rose Cardigan under housemaid (1919)
Mrs. Tinkler laundrywoman and charwoman (1915-20)
Miss Mullhall laundry maid (1919-20)
Mary-Ann Delaney laundry maid or charwoman (1917)
Jack Hinds carpenter (early 20th century)
John Hinds electrician (early 20th century)

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Agents/Land Stewards
Jeremiah Meares agent/land steward (1791 to 1799)
Alexander Kirkpatrick agent/land steward (1874-87)
William Piggott agent/land steward (1874-87)
Bertram Fitzherbert agent/land steward (1892-1920)

Outdoor staff
McClean gamekeeper (1831)
Andrew Cobbe labourer? (1816-40)
Dennis Bacon labourer? (1816-29)
John Smith coachman (prior to 1887)
James Lane head gamekeeper (1887)
Edward Ennis gardener and bailiff (1887)
Mr. McLeod gardener (1892)
"Carty" sweep (1897-98)
William Begby head gardener (1900)
Robert Scott head coachman (1900)
Francis Hutchinson, 22 gardener (1901), Meath
William Kehoe, 26 groom (1901), Queen's Co.
William Weiley, 25 gamekeeper (1901), Galway
James Whelan, 60 blacksmith (1901-11), Queen's Co.
James Whelan (Jnr.), 23 harness-maker (1901), Queen's Co.
Joseph Whelan, 28 blacksmith (1911), Queen's Co.
William and Mary Coss lodge-keepers (1901-11), Queen's Co.
Charles Thurlow, 14 gardener (1911), Queen's Co.
"Hockliffe" groom and coachman (sometime between 1911 and 1920)
John Whelan labourer (1901), car driver (1911)
Thomas Holmes gamekeeper (1920)

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Farmers or labourers on the estate
(with long-term workers listed first and possible family members listed together)
John Dowling (1897-1911: age 73 and still working in 1911)
John Dowling Jnr. (1897-1908: age 22 in 1901)
William Coss (1897-1909)
W. Quinn (1898-1909)
B. Quinn (1908)
G. Dugan (1897-1909)
J. Dugan (1901-1903)
Dugan (S. or J.?) (1904-1905)
J. Kehoe (1897-1904)
W. Kehoe (1897-1902)
P. Kehoe (1901, 1908: occasional worker)
Hynes (C. and W.) (1897-1909: occasional workers)
Graham (1897-1905)
N. Whelan (1897-1909)
P. Whelan (1897-1905)
John Whelan (1903-1909: aged 54 in 1911; by then drove the mail cart)
W. Whelan (1905-1909: probably William, son of Edward Whelan)
E. Whelan (1907-1909: probably Edward Whelan, aged 42 in 1901)
M. Keegan (1901-1906)
J. Keegan (1899-1901)
M. Treacy (1904-1909)
J. Treacy (1909)
J. Cumber (1905-1909)
H. Byrne (1907-1909)
J. Carroll (1907-1909)
L. Dempsey (1908-1909)
P. Dempsey (1902-1903)
J. Dempsey (1905-1907)
P. Kelly (1908-1909)
P. Christy (1903-1906)
M. Christy (1903-1908)
J. Christy (1903-1904)
John Whilehan (1906 and 1911: aged 62 in 1911)
H. Farrell (1898)
J. Corcoran (1897-1901)
C. Cobbe (1897)
J. Scully (1897)
Donnelly (J.) (1897, 1905: occasional worker)
E. Donnelly (1907-1908)
Connelly (1899)
J. Connor (1898-1906: occasional worker)
W. Delaney labourer and rat-catcher (1897-99)
W. Byrne labourer and rat-catcher (1897)
H. Byrne (1907)
J. Dunne (1897: he seems to have later become a coachman)
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Staff born abroad some of which may have settled and raised families in Laois:

Indoor Staff:
Godrey Müller valet (1887), German?
Ellen Whitehorn, 20 housemaid (1901), English
Annie L. White, 17 nursemaid (1911), English
Annie Turrell, 40 nurse (1911), English
Edith Adams, 40 housekeeper (1911-20), English
William Carpenter?, 32 1st footman (1911), English

Outdoor Staff:
John Dempster, (Scottish), gamekeeper (1892-20)
Earnest Richard Walker, 26 (English), gamekeeper (1901)
Walter Bradbrook, 32 (English), gardener (1901-1912)
Arthur Greene, 33 (English), groom (1901)
Thomas Avis, 20 (English), gardener (1911)
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