The village proper was set out by Robert Rochfort, MP for Westmeath from 1651 to 1727, and grandfather of Robert, 1st Earl of Belvedere.
Roger's elder brother Robert was the ancestor of another distinguished judge Robert Rochfort, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer under Queen Anne, whose descendants gained the title Earl of Belvedere.
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