Carysford House was built in 1803 for Sir John Proby, lst Baron of Carysford. Purchased by the Sisters of Mercy in 1891 and run as an industrial school until 1903, it became Carysford Training College where Eamonn DeValera was professor of mathematics from 1906-1916. In 1991 became the Michael SmurfitGraduate School of Business, as part of U.C.D.