Actually, the dear lady was also awash with money, and was the sole heir to the properties of her dad, one Thomas Wyndham of Dunraven Castle in south Wales, so she made her husband fabulously rich and they hyphenated the family name in recognition. It was that money which prompted the Second Earl to build the present Adare Manor and quit their large but inadequate house. I have this image of Lady Caroline sitting in the old house, treasuring her autograph collection, while the sound of hammering and chiselling went on for more than forty years. Yes, dear reader, that's how long it took to build Adare Manor, and neither of the couple lived to see it completed. They also missed out on a massive stroke of luck-the Dunraven estate in Wales transpired to be sitting on a gigantic deposit of coal.
Some people have all the luck.
The Limerick Leader.