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Cabragh Castle | The home of James Fogarty in 1814. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to P. Fogarty as the proprietor of "Cabra House". Denis Leahy was the occupier in the mid 19th century when the castle was valued at £16+ and held from the Court of Chancery. | |
Caharagh House | Occupied by R.Q. Sleeman in 1837 and by Frederick Alms in the early 1850s who held the property from the Knight of Glin. This house was in the possession of George Fitzgerald Hartigan Putland in 1865 when it was advertised for sale on 107 acres and held under an accepted proposal for life of G.F.H. Putland from the Knight of Glin. Caheragh House is still extant. |
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Caher | Lewis records Caher as the seat of J. Dillon in 1837. The house at Caher, with a demesne, the property of James Dillon, were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates court in July 1854. Samuel Wade was leasing a property valued at £17 at Caher, in the parish of Kilcloony, barony of Clonmacnowen, from the Clancarty estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The ruins of the house and stable block are still visible. |
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Caher | Charles French was leasing the house at Caher, barony of Frenchpark, valued at £16, from Lord de Freyne's estate, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Lewis also records the house as the residence of C. French in 1837. In the same year the Ordnance Survey Name books record Caher as a "dwelling house of three stories and slated". In the 1749 Census of Elphin F. Elwood was recorded as residing at Caher. By 1894 it was the residence of the Dowager Lady de Freyne. The building is still extant. | |
Caher | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Harriett Dickson and Maria Squirl were leasing a property valued at £5 together with 235 acres at Caher, barony of Castlereagh, to Bernard Sweeney. | |
Caher | Situated close to the shore of Lough Graney, sheltered by trees this house is well maintained and occupied. It was leased by the O'Haras to the Studderts in the 1830s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation William O'Hara, one of the seven sons of Robert O'Hara of Raheen, was the occupier. He held the house valued at £24 and surrounding 255 acres from [his mother] Frances O'Hara. Purchased by the O'Dwyers in the early 20th century. |
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Caher House | A house lived in by the Butler family when they ceased to use Caher Castle as a residence. Wilson mentions the seat of Lord Caher in the town. Located in the town square of Caher it now functions as a hotel. Leet records Lord Cahir as resident at Cahir Castle in 1814 but by 1837 Lewis writes that Cahir House was the seat of the Earl of Glengall. He held this house in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £100. |
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Caher Park | Bence Jones writes that this house was built by Lady Margaret Charteris in the early 1860s to the design of Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon. Valued at £45 in 1906, the house burnt down in the 1960s after being sold following the death of Lieutenant Colonel R.B. Charteris in 1961. Also known as Cahir Lodge. |
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Caherabbey House | Occupied by John Fennell in 1814 and by Richard Grubb in 1837. Montgomery records that Richard Grubb built a house at Cahirabbey circa 1833. Richard Grubb held the property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £70. He also had a flour mill closeby valued at £200. In 1894 Slater notes it as the seat of Rev. George Grubb. This house continues to be a family home. In 2013 it was offered for sale. |
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Caherabbey House Upper | Joshua Fennell occupied a house known as Caher-abbey-villa in 1814 and in the early 1850s Joshua Fennell (Joseph) was occupying a house in Caherabbey Upper, valued at £29 and held from Ponsonby Barker. | |
Caheratrant | In 1906 Lord Ventry's estate owned a property valued at £5 5s at Caheratrant. This may refer to the Coastguard Station. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, much of this area was held by David Thompson, Lord Ventry's agent. | |
Caherbrack House | Mrs. Osborne's trustees were leasing this property to Mary Hanrahan in 1850 when it was valued at £11 10s. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Cahercon/Cahiracon | A house situated on the bank of the Shannon, the seat of the Scott family until at least the 1850s. The sale rental of 1854 gives a detailed description of the house which included 16 bedrooms. By the mid 19th century James Kelly held the house in fee. The buildings were valued at over £53. The Honourable Charles William White, second surviving son of Baron Annally, was living at Cahiracon in the mid 1870s and it was a seat of that family in 1894. The Vandeleurs lived here for a short time at the beginning of the 20th century. Bought by the Maynooth Mission to China in 1920 and sold by them to the Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco in 1962. The house later became the centre of Cahercon Community College. Cahercon is now owned by Clareman Paddy Whelan of Limestone Quarries. |
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Caherconlish House | Lewis describes this house in the following terms "Near the town stands Cahirconlish House, a handsome modern residence, erected near the site of the old family mansion, by the proprietor, Major Wm Wilson." The Ordnance Survey Name Book dates this house to about 1789 and it was three storeys high. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to a residence of Mr. Wilson at Caherconlish. A small drawing of the house is to be found on Map 16 H 32 (13) in the National Library of Ireland. This house was valued at £40 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and was held by Charles Monck Wilson in fee. Daniel Fitzgerald Gabbett, MP, was recorded as the owner in 1906, though he himself had died in 1898. At the time of the Irish Tourist Association survey 1942 Caherconlish House is described as a Creamery. The surveyor writes that a fine Adams ceiling in the house was destroyed by an accidental fire in 1925. Caherconlish is no longer extant. | |
Caherconway House | Leased by Nicholas Cummins to Daniel Bechinor [or Buchinor] at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £8. | |
Cahercorney | Not named on the the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, this house was the residence of Henry Croker at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was valued at £10+ and was held from John Croker. Earlier, in 1786, Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. White. A farm is extant at this site now. | |
Caherdaniel House (Bantry) | Leased from the Bantry estate by John Cotter at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £9. Occupied buildings still survive at the site. | |
Caherdean House | Charles Daly was leasing Caherdean House from Henry Herbert at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £11 10s. Bary suggests that the Lawlors may have had connections with Caherdean House around 1800 but later in the 19th century the Herberts were the landlords. The house is still extant and part of a large farm. . |
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Caherduggan | In 1786, Wilson refers to "Carduggan" as the seat of Mr. Davis. Denis O'Callaghan was living at Cadogan (Caherduggan) by 1837. He held the property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £48. This house remained in the possession of the O'Callaghan family until the 20th century. It is still extant but unoccupied. |
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Caherelly Castle | Lewis refers to Mrs Furnell’s residence as "a neat building in the cottage style" situated near Longford bridge. The substantial house marked at this location on the first Ordnance Survey map is named Caherelly Castle. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book call it Cahir Elly Castle or Coole House. It was valued at £30 and occupied by Michael Furnell who held it in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This house may have been known as Caherelly Grange in the last decades of the 19th century (see ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. | |
Caherelly Cottage | A plaque records the building of this house in 1800 by William Hannan. Lewis refers to the residence of Mr Hannan in well planted grounds. The Ordnance Field Name Book refers to Cahir Elly Cottage as the residence of William Hannan. Marked as Caherelly Cottage on the first Ordnance Survey map, this house was located close to the ruins of an old castle. Valued at £12 in the early 1850s and occupied by Michael Furnell who held it in fee. It later became the home of Michael Furnell's brother Frederick, an army surgeon. David O'Shaughnessy's interest in this house was advertised for sale in October 1853. |
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Caherhugh | Occupied by John Lynch in 1814, by Mrs Martin in the 1830s and by Michael Cullinane at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The home of Mark Killilea (Member of the European Parliament) in the 1970s. The house no longer exists but a walled garden is still extant. |
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Caherline | [The seat of the Gabbett family in the 18th and early 19th centuries]. Lewis refers to its occupation by a farmer and Griffith's Valuation records Thomas Barry as resident in the early 1850s when the buildings were valued at £16. The original house is still extant though with some modifications. It is now the home of the O'Grady family. | |
Caherline House | The home of the Gabbett family in the 19th century, held by the Gabbetts from John Brown in the mid 19th century and valued at £38. The Brown interest in this house was advertised for sale in July 1862. Recorded as the seat of Richard J. Gabbett in 1894. | |
Cahermee | A late 17th century house belonging to the Freeman family, passed by marriage to the Hewson family. A Hewson relative John Milward was resident in 1814. Occupied by John Kearney and held from John Hewson at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the buildings were valued at £8.5 shillings. Hajba writes that Margaret, daughter of William Hewson Kearney, inherited the house and she married Michael Carroll. This house is no longer occupied. |
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Cahermone | Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to Cahermone as the seat of Charles Broderick. The house was the residence of Thomas Poole in 1814 and in 1837. Lewis states that Poole was agent to the Midleton estates. Laurence Smithwick occupied the house at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £8. Though buildings there were vallued at £19 in 1906 the original house is not shown on the 25-inch Ordance Survey map of the 1890s. Farm buildings occupy the site now. | |
Cahermore House | In 1851 Thomas Hungerford was leasing Cahermore House from the Bishop of Cork's estate,when it was valued at £32. It was owned by Henry Hungerford in 1906 and valued at over £44. Taylor and Skinner's map of 1783 as well as Wilson in 1786 also mention Cahermore as a Hungerford residence. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that Cahermore had been burnt during the War of Independence and was then derelict. Donnelly indicates that it was burnt in June 1921. It is no longer extant. | |
Cahermorris | Occupied by Cecil Crampton in the mid 19th century. Two generations of Cramptons were rectors of Headford in the 18th century. A house still exists at the site as well as a fine entrance gateway. |
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Cahermoyle/Cahirmoyle | The present house was built in the early 1870s by Edward O'Brien, son of William Smith O'Brien replacing an earlier house which was the home of his grandmother the Dowager Lady O'Brien in the early 1850s. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book states that Cahermoyle was held from Lord Southwell. The house was valued at £81+ in 1906 and sold by the O'Briens in 1919. In 1988 Cahermoyle and 200 acres were offered for sale by the Oblate Fathers who had had a Novitate there since the early 20th century. The house is now a nursing home. |
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Cahernane | Cahernane House was the property of Rev. Richard Herbert at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £22. Lewis mentions it as the seat of H. Herbert in 1837. Bary indicates that this house, originally built in the early 18th century, was replaced in the 1870s when the present building was constructed. The property was sold by the Herbert family at the end of the 19th century and is now a luxury hotel. In the 1940s though, the Irish Tourist Association reported that the gardens were well-maintained by Miss Herbert. See www.cahernane.com. |
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Cahernarry House | Originally a Cripps residence, occupied by a member of the Crips family in the 1770s and 1780s and by J. Cripps in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation Henry Watson was in residence. The house was valued at £8. It is not visible on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Modern farm buildings occupy the site now. | |
Cahervillahowe | A house built post Griffith's Valuation by the Massy family. Cahervillahowe was sold to Mr Harris in the early 20th century. It is now a stud. |
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Caherwisheen | Robert A. Thompson was in possession of this property at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £15. | |
Cahir Guillamore | The seat of the O'Grady family from the mid 18th century acquired through marriage with a member of the Hayes family. Held by the Viscount Guillamores in fee and valued at £50 in the early 1850s. Viscount Guillamore was recorded as the occupier in 1906 when the house was valued at £48. The Irish Tourist Association surveyor in 1942 refers to this house as been unused since 1922 when the estate was divided by the Land Commission. All the fittings has been removed and only the shell of the house remained. The house is now a ruin. |
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Cahirbane | Home of the Creagh family throughout most of the 18th and 19th centuries. It was occupied by Captain James Creagh at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £25. The original house was larger than the 20th century construction now in existance. | |
Cahircalla House | Occupied in the 18th century by the Crofts, England and Maguire families. The residence of David A. England in 1814 and of Charles Mahon in 1837. Griffith's Valuation shows that he held it from John Clancy. By the end of the 1860s Wainwright Crowe was in residence. Cahircalla Hospital now occupies the site, incorporating some of the earlier buildings. |
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Cahirdown | In 1906 Denis Gun Browne owned a house valued at £20 at Dromin Upper, barony of Iraghticonnor. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, this had been been part of Rev. George Browne's estate, let to the Collins family, though the house was then valued at £1 10s. It is labelled Cahirdown on the 1895 map. | |
Cairnsfoot | McTernan indicates that Maj. De Bromhead is the reputed builder of Cairnsfoot, probably in the early decades of the nineteenth century, when he leased the lands from the Cooper estate. He had married Judith Wood in 1823. In the 1840s he returned to England and the house was let to a number of different families, notably the O'Connors. In 2004 it was partially destroyed by fire and subsequently demolished. | |
Caldragh | Eliza Lawder was leasing a house valued at £7 10s at Caldragh, parish of Kiltoghert, from George Muntz at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1837 Lewis recorded it as the seat of the McDermott family. This house is still extant and run as a guesthouse by the Jackson family. |
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Callanafersy House | Richard J. Leeson-Marshall built Callanafersy House around 1861 and the family continued to own the house until well into the twentieth century. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Callanafersy House A | Robert Leeson was leasing Callanafersy House to Ephraim Williams at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12 5s. Bary indicates that this house was leased by the Williams family and probably had been built by them earlier in the nineteenth century. It is still extant and occupied. | |
Callatrim Retreat/Callatrim House | Held by Jacob Biggs from the Devonshire estate in 1851 when it had a valuation of £10. It is labelled Callatrim Retreat on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Callatrim House on the later 25-inch map of the 1890s. A house and extensive farm buildings are extant at the site. | |
Caltra Lodge | The home of P.J.Joyce in the late 1830s and of Mary Joyce in the 1850s. The Joyces held this house from the Bellews of Mount Bellew. On the 25-inch map of the 1890s it is labelled as Caltra Park. The ruin of the original house was visible until the end of the twentieth century, | |
Camas | The seat of the Bevan family located on the estate of the Earl of Limerick. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was held by Frederick Bevan from the Earl of Limerick and valued at £29. The house is now demolished but the farm buildings remain. |
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Cametringane House | In use at the time of Griffith's Valuation, as an Auxiliary Workhouse, on lease from the Earl of Bantry's estate. The house was then valued at almost £18. Lewis referred to it as the seat of J. O'Sullivan in 1837. In use as a hotel towards the end of the twentieth century. | |
Camira | Occupied by the Reverend P. Bolton in 1837 and by William Jackson in the early 1850s, when the house valued at £11.14 shillings was held from Anne Crawford. In the possession of the Cole Bowen family in the later 19th century. This house no longer exists although a building is still located at the site. http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/big-houses-of-ireland/the-cole-bowen-estate/bowen-family-history/ | |
Camlagh | The Newcomens resided at Camlagh in the mid 18th century and then leased the property to the Keoghs. Occupied by a Cruise in 1814 and described as a house of small dimensions at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. Occupied by E. Kilkenny in 1837 and by James Kelly and James Naughton in the 1850s. | |
Camlin | The representatives of John Irwin, a minor, were leasing a house at Camlin, valued at £14, to James Badger, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1837 Lewis also recorded Camlin as the seat of the Irwin family. At the time of the 1st Ordnance Survey, Camlin was being leased by John Irwin from the estate of Guy Lloyd and was described as "a good house of three stories". In 1814 it was the seat of John Irwin. At the time of the 1749 Census of Elphin a John Irwin lived at Camlin. |
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Camma Lodge | A home of the St George family in the 19th century. A house is still occupied at the site. |
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Camp Lodge | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Richard Chute was leasing this property to George Hewson, when it was valued at £5 10s and part of a farm of 350 acres. In the 1830s, the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe it as "a small cottage, one story high, the residence of John Hussey". It was offered for sale in the Land Judges' Court in 1883 when it was described as a "comfortable dwelling house, suitable for a gentleman's family". Bary indicates that it had been the home of the Twiss family earlier in the nineteenth century. It is still extant. | |
Camphire House | Held in fee by Christopher Ussher in 1851 when it was valued at £28. It was the residence of Christopher M. Ussher in the 1870s. Buildings at this location were in the possession of the Ussher family in 1906 and valued at almost £6. In the 1940s the ITA survey noted that it was occupied by Mrs. Chearnley but owned by the Dobbs family and had formerly been a residence of the Ussher family. The Irish Army also seemed to have occupied part of the building during World War II. Camphire is still extant and occupied. |
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Camus | A house occupied by James Chadwick and held from the representatives of Eustin [Austin] Cooper at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The buildings were valued at £28.18 shillings. |
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Camus House | George Hungerford was leasing Camus House from the Smith-Barry estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £19. It does not appear on the 6-inch Ordnance Survey map but is labelled Camus House on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. There is still a house at this site. | |
Capeen | Richard Hungerford was leasing this property to Henry Hungerford in 1851 when it was valued at almost £10. Labelled Cappeen on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map. An enlarged building is named Cappeen House on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. A house still exists at the site. | |
Cappagh | Cappagh was occupied by James Tighe at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house, valued at £4, is described as a herd's house. It was built some time before the publication of the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1838 and is still extant and well-maintained. |
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Cappagh | Occupied by Dillon Hughes at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £11 10s. He was leasing the property from Alexander Beatty. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests that this is originally a seventeenth century house with later additions. It is still extant and well-maintained. |
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Cappagh | Eyre Lloyd of Wales and William Hammond of Dublin were proprietors of this townland circa 1840. At that time Robert Peppard lived at Cappagh House which is described as an irregular two storied house, part of it built 120 years previously with later additions. Robert Peppard was still resident at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £14+. Robert Peppard was married to Anne Brown of nearby Mount Brown. Whelan writes that the Peppards had lived at Cappagh from the early 18th century. The last family member to live at Cappagh died in 1938. The house has had a number of owners in the 20th century and the interior was badly burnt by fire in 1983 but has since been restored. |
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Cappagh (Clanwilliam) | In 1786 Wilson refers to Cappagh as the seat of Mr. Massey. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, this townland was the property of estate of Reverend John Massey Dawson. [Grid Reference is approximate]. | |
Cappagh (Decies-within-Drum) | In 1851 James Gee was leasing this property from Lord Decies estate when it was valued at £19. This area has been subjected to severe coastal erosion and these buildings are no longer extant. | |
Cappagh A | John Morrissy was leasing this property from the Ussher estate in 1851 when it was valued at £13. An extensive farm property still exists at the site. | |
Cappagh Folly | William Newman held property valued at almost £10 at Cappagh, Kinsale at the time of Griffith;s Valuation. It included a dairy and orchard. The 6-inch Ordnance Survey map also shows a turret on the property. | |
Cappagh House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation occupied by John Curtin, valued at £12+ and held from the representatives of Stratford Kirwan. The house is no longer extant. | |
Cappagh House | Vere Hunt was living at Cappa in 1814 and Mrs [Fitzmaurice] Hunt in 1837. Arthur Hewlett was the occupier in the mid 19th century holding the property from De Vere Hunt. The buildings were valued at £26.25 shillings. Godfrey Massy Hunt of the Friarstown family was resident in the later 19th century. This house belonged to Mr Griserood in the early 1940s. A house is still extant at this location. | |
Cappagh House | A house constructed in the later nineteenth century by Richard J. Ussher. In 1906 it was owned by him and valued at over £52. In 1942 the ITA survey notes it as the property of Percy Arnold Ussher. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Cappagh House (Kilrush) | Occupied by John Trousdell in 1814. Later the home of the Blairs who intermarried with the Persses of Moyode, county Galway. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by William Blair leasing from the Vandeleur estate when the house was valued at £14. The property was labelled Cappagh House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Modern building has taken place in the area. | |
Cappagh House (Old) | Richard Ussher held this property in fee in 1851 when it was valued at £41. This is the original Cappagh House, built by the Ussher family in the late eighteenth century and referred to in 1774 by Smith as the seat of John Usher. It is still extant, though replaced, in the late nineteenth century, by the modern Cappagh House. |
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Cappagh House (Skull) | Thomas S. Cave held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £20. Named as Cappagh House on the 1st edition Ordnance Map but not shown on the later 25-inch map. |
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Cappagh Lodge | Another larger house in Ballynote West townland, valued at £18 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and occupied by Robert H. Borough, who held it from Nicholas S. O'Gorman. This house is labelled Cappagh Lodge on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Local sources indicate it was later occupied by the Butler family. Later in the twentieth century it was taken over by the Ryan family whose descendants still live there. | |
Cappaghlodge | A property in the possession of the Spaight family from the early 18th century. The house named "Lodge" was the residence of Samuel Spaight in 1814. James Kelly held the property from the representatives of Edward Spaight Ferreter at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the house was valued at £18. It was in the hands of the Court of Chancery at this time. In 1906 the house valued at £11 was in the possession of James Frost. Weir writes that the house is now demolished. | |
Cappahard House | In 1786, Wilson refers to Cappaghard as the seat of Mr. Lukey. Two houses are shown in this townland at the time of the 1st Ordnance Survey, Cappahard House and Edenview House. By the 1890s the 25-inch map shows that Edenview has become known as Cappahard House and the original house has gone. This townland was the property of Thomas Persse at the time of Griffith's Valuation and included a herd's house valued at £4. | |
Cappaluane Glebe | Rev. Richard Eyre was leasing the Glebe house at Cappaluane, barony of Longford, from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £18. He was also leasing land from John Eyre. Cappaluane Glebe is still extant and occupied. In 2006 it was offered for sale. |
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Cappamurragh | The Grene family home occupied by John Grene in the first half of the 19th century. He held the property in fee and the buildings were valued at £24 in the early 1850s. In 1841 the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe it as "a gentleman's seat in a very handsome demesne of considerable extent". It is still extant. |
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Cappanihane | This house was occupied by John Mason in 1814, by R. Mason in 1837 and in use as an auxiliary workhouse at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the buildings were valued at £15. This house was the home of John Parker Graham in the 1860s and 1870s. Another house in this townland, Glenbrook Lodge, was occupied in the early 1850s by Myles Mason and valued at £9+, grid reference R492 318. Mary Hamilton held a mansion house valued at £20 and 41 acres of untenanted land at Cappanihane in 1906. | |
Cappard | Lewis mentions Cappard as being the seat of the Mahon family in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by James Galbraith and was valued at £40. by 1906 it was owned by Richard Galbraith and was valued at almost £54. Cappard House is no longer extant but the remains of an extensive stable block (M514067) are still visible. |
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Cappercullen | Tierney writes that Lord Carbery built this house in 1717. It was inhabited by the Grady family in the latter half of the 18th century and Wilson refers to it as their seat in 1786. It was in ruins by the time of the first Ordnance Survey. The site of this house is now the tennis court at Glenstal. | |
Cappoquin House | in 1851 Cappoquin House was held in fee by Sir Richard Keane and valued at £56 15s.IN 1786, Wilson refers to the house at Cappoquin as Bellmont, the seat of John Kane. The 1855 sale notice describes it as a "handsome, modern and extensive building". In 1906 it was the residence of Lady Adelaide Keane and valued at over £57. Bence-Jones notes that it was burnt in 1923 but later rebuilt in the same style. The ITA survey in the early 1940s noted that the library and art collection were destroyed in the 1923 fire. It is still extant and occupied by the Keane family. The house and gardens are open to the public at certain times. |
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Caragh Lodge | Edward Denny was leasing this property to Oliver Stokes at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £7 15s. Bary states that the Stokes family were resident here for several generations. The original house was demolished in the early twentieth century and a new house built by Lady Gordon, a descendent of the Stokes, which was called Ard-na-Sidhe. It is now a hotel. See www.ardnasidhe.com. A Landed Estates Court sale notice dated 1873 indicates that Robert G. Ramsden had leased 70 acres from the Denny estate and built a property called Castle Carragh, originally run as a hotel, in this townland. |
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Carass Court | ''Burke's Irish Family Records'' states that Jeffrey Browning purchased Carass Court, from Lord Carbery. Leet records Jeffrey Browning as the proprietor of Carass Park in 1814. Jeffrey/Geoffrey Browning was married to Frances, sister of Sir David Roche, 1st Baronet. By the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas Wise Browning was the occupier and he held the property, valued at £50, from Sir David Roche. The Brownings were still resident at Carass Court in the 1940s but the house was later demolished. |
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Carass House | Caherass/Carass House was the seat of the Roche family from the early 19th century. The family had a large flour mill in the townland of Caherass and the house was situated closeby but in the next townland. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Sir David Roche held the house and 235 acres in Ballouragan from Messrs Barrington and Delmege. In 1894 it was the seat of Sir David V. Roche. In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association surveyor wrote that the house was accidentally destroyed by fire "many years ago". | |
Caraunbeg | Obadiah Holland was leasing a house valued at £8 and over 240 acres at Caraunbeg, parish of Killimordaly, barony of Kilconnell, from Lord Ashtown at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is no longer extant. | |
Caraunmore/Anneville | Rev. Joseph Seymour was leasing a house valued at £9 together with over 350 acres at Caraunmore, parish of Killimordaly, from the Ashtown estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This is possibly the house which Lewis records as Anneville, the seat of Rev. J. Seymore, in 1837. It is now a ruin. | |
Carbery House (Dunmanway) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Francis Fitzmaurice was leasing two substantial houses at Sackville Street, Dunmanway, from Martha and Catherine Cox. One of these, valued at over £18, was leased to Rev Robert Molesworth, while Fitzmaurice was occupying the second, valued at over £15. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey referred to Carbery House "formerly occupied by Lord Carbery and now the residence of Mr. Smith". It is still extant. |
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Carewswood | Inhabited by the Dowager Countess of Shannon in 1814 and by the Reverend J. Leslie in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation this house valued at £40 was in the possession of Edward Garde who held it from the Earl of Shannon. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Careysville | Careysville Castle, originally known as Ballymacpatrick Castle, was the seat of the Carey family from the late 17th century. In 1750 Careysville was occupied by John Carey and Peter Carey was resident in 1814. In 1837 Lewis refers to “the handsome modern mansion built on the site of Careysville castle” by E.K. Carey. Valued at £50 in the mid 19th century the Careys held this property in fee. Inherited by the Montgomerys of Killee and sold by them to the Duke of Devonshire in the mid 20th century. In 1942 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that the house was then unoccupied as Captain Montgomery had moved into a modern bungalow nearby. Careysville is now in use as a fishing lodge offering luxury accommodation. |
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Cargins Park | The home of the Kelly family from the mid 18th century. Wilson refers to "Cargans, the seat of the late Daniel Kelly" in 1786. It was occupied by John D'Arcy when the estate was sold in 1852. A Victorian three bay house was the home of Daniel Kelly. Sold to Captain Drought in the mid 19th century, held by him in fee and valued at £15. The present house is not the same as Kelly's Victorian one. Renovated in the early 21st century. | |
Carhan House | Maurice O'Connell held several properties at Carhan Lower, at the time of Griffith's Valuation, including a mill, valued at £18, which he was leasing to Patrick Trant. In the 1830s, the Ordnance Survey Name Books record that the mills had been built by Messers Trant and Barry c.1828. There were two other houses, one valued at £18, leased to James Barry, MD, and the second, valued at £6, leased to Rev. John Healy. Carhan House is named on the 1st edition OS map as "in ruins". Lewis notes "Cashen" as the old mansion of the O'Connell family in 1837. In the 1830s, the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe Carhan House as "a rectangular building, having a kitchen built up to the rere, all two stories high. The walls of its ruins are standing but in a state of dilapidation". The Irish Tourist Association Survey in 1943 described the original house as "in the shape of the letter T with the kitchen apartments nearest the river". In 1814 Leet refers to one property in Carhan as the residence of James O'Connell and to a second as the address of Miles McSweeney. |
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Carheen House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Carheen was occupied by James Bourke, leasing from Peter Blake. The house was valued at £3. Carheen is still extant and in use. |
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Carhoo | A part of the Synge estates from the 18th century, the residence of E. Synge in 1837. The house was occupied by John Rutherford at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £12. A house is still extant at the site. |
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Carhookeal | This house was also known as Mount Watts and Castleview. It was the home of the Williamson family for most of the 19th century. Occupied by Arthur Williamson in the early 1850s and held by him from Richard Barrett. The buildings were valued at £22. Occupied by Colonel R. F. Williamson in 1906. The Irish Tourist Association Survey in 1942 noted that it used to have a third storey and that it was then unoccupied. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage notes its use as a GAA clubhouse in this century. |
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Carhoon House | Thomas Bullen was leasing Carhoon from the Devonshire estate in 1851 when it was valued at £10 10s. It is still extant and part of a large farming enterprise but not occupied. |
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Carhue/Carhoo | A Coppinger family home, occupied by John Rye Coppinger in 1814 and 1837 and by Henry J. Coppinger in the early 1850s. Henry J. Coppinger held the property in fee and it was valued at £18. The sale rental of 1856 states that the mansion house had recently been repaired and that Henry T. Coppinger was tenant under the Court of Chancery. A lithograph of the house and demesne is included. Burkes (1904) records George Colthurst (born 1811) of Carhue House. John Good was residing in this house in the mid 1870s. In 1894 Slater refers to it as the seat of John H. Colthurst. Carhoo House is still extant. |
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Carker | An early 18th century house built by the Evans family and their main residence for two centuries. It was valued at £40 in the mid 19th century and occupied by John W. Evans in 1906. The roof was removed in the 1950s but the house has been recently restored. For sale in recent years, see www.michaelhdaniels.com. |
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Carn | Described in the Ordnance Survey Name Books as "a good modern slated 2 storied house". It was valued at £2.10s. at the time of Griffith's Valuation and occupied by Thomas Reilly who held it in fee. It is still extant and has been offered for sale in recent years. |
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Carnacon House | Home of the McDonnell family in the early 19th century and probably earlier as local sources suggest General James McDonnell, who fought in the 1798 Rebellion, was born there. In 1844 described by Samuel Nicholson as "neat and comfortable, prettily situated upon the lake and ornamented by thriving plantations". It was purchased by the Hughes family in the 1940s and is still in their possession. |
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Carnakelly | Carnakelly was the original house from whch the Dalys of Dunsandle descended. John Monaghan was leasing this house, valued at £4 together with over 100 acres, from Lord Dunsandle's estate, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. |
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Carnaleck or Carrownaleck | At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Gray was leasing a property valued at £8 together with 178 acres from Adam Mossman at Carrownaleck, barony of Leyny. This would originally have been part of the Nicholson estate. McTernan notes that the Grays surrendered their lease in the 1880s. The property is still extant and occupied. | |
Carnaun/Carnane | Carnaun was occupied by the Kirwan family in the mid 19th century when Mary Anne Kirwan was leasing from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The property was valued at £12. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Carnelly | An 18th century three-storey Georgian house, probably designed by Francis Bindon (1690-1765), home of the Stamer family in the 18th century and for much of the 19th century. In 1786 Wilson refer to it as the seat of William Stamer. It passed through marriage to Francis N. Burton of Carrigaholt and then to the O'Grady family. Carnelly House was let from 1840-1849 to John O’Brien of the Ballynalacken family, Member of Parliament for Limerick. His fifth son ‘Peter the Packer’, the notorious crown prosecutor, was born there in 1842. Peter O’Brien was appointed Attorney General in 1888, received a knighthood in 1891 and was created Baron Kilfenora in 1900. After 1922 distinguished historian Mr Justice Gleeson came to live at Carnelly and the Gleeson family are still resident. It was offered for sale in 2013. |
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Carney Castle | Daniel Grace traces the occupation of Castle Carney by members of the Grace, Chissers, Saunders, Hunt, Gamble and Nugent families. He writes that in 1797 Catherine Nugent married Arthur French, a Dublin attorney, and that their son, Arthur, came to live in his new house in the 1830s. Lewis describes Carney Castle in 1837 as the residence of A. French "a handsome modern house on part of the site of the ancient castle, now in ruins, and formerly the residence of the Grace family". At the time of Griffith's Valuation Eliza French held the house valued at £17 and 160 acres in fee. In the possession of the Walpole family in 1866. The Falkiner sale rental of June 1873 refers to the deed of partition of the lands of Carney Castle in 1862 and that the Castle Division was alloted to Mrs Eliza ffrench for life. The rental describes Mrs ffrench as "deceased" and that her interest was for sale by her four daughters. | |
Carnmore | The OS Name Books record Mr. Blake of county Mayo as the proprietor of Carnmore in the 1830s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Valentine O'Connor Blake was leasing a house valued at £4 and over 100 acres to Arthur Veitch. Some ruins remain at the site. | |
Carns (Kilmacteige) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Henry McCarrick was leasing a property valued at £14 in the village of Aclare (Carns townland), from the estate of William Evans. A shooting lodge is marked in this townland on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. | |
Carns Lodge | In 1906 Lord Harlech's estate was the owner of buildings valued at £18 at Carns, parish of Kilmacteige. . McTernan notes the house as Carns Lodge, which he says was built in the late 1850s as a gamekeeper's house. It is still extant and occupied. | |
Carravilla | There are actually two houses known as Carravilla and both are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1838. The house located at M265 637 is named Carravilla House and is situated in a small demesne. The other, smaller, house is located at M262 641. Carravilla was occupied by Robert Fair in the 1830s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation William Ruttledge occupied Carravilla which he held from David Watson Ruttledge. Both houses are still extant. |
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Carrick Castle | A 16th century house built by the 10th Earl of Ormonde, which was abandoned by the family in the 18th century. Lewis wrote in 1837 “The castle is still a stately building although much of it is in ruins; it was for many years the residence of the Ormonde family, and part of it has been converted into a private residence”. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was vacant and valued at £19. Taken over by the Office of Public Works in the 20th century and restored as a national monument. Now functions as a museum. |
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Carrick House | Johnston states that Carrickcoola was owned by the Ormsby Gore estate but was the residence of the McLoghrey family. McTernan indicates that the original house was of two stories but that this was later replaced by a single storey building. The Ormsby Gore estate owned 22 acres of untenanted land in Carrickcoola, barony of Tirerrill, in 1906 but the buildings are not listed. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Maj. Ormsby Gore owned the townland and was leasing a house valued at only 10s to Thomas McCloghrey together with over 130 acres. | |
Carrick House | The sale rental of 1851 records Walter Herbert holding the mansion house and demesne on a renewal lease dated 1796. This house no longer exists. | |
Carrickahilla Presbytery | Rev. Michael Power, PP, was leasing this property from the Barron estate in 1851 when it was valued at £12. It is labelled Presbytery on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. There is still a house extant at this site. | |
Carrickanna | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Phineas Hunt was leasing this property from Robert Uniacke, when it was valued at £11. It is labelled Carrickanna on both the First and 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey Maps. The original house is no longer extant. | |
Carrickard | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. Arthur Hyde was leasing a house at Carrickard, barony of Tirerrill from the estate of Robert Gough. The house was valued at £8. | |
Carrickard House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Charles Peyton was leasing a house at Keeloges, valued at £25, from Lord Lorton's estate. |
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Carrickbarrahane House | James R. Smyth was leasimg this property from the trustees of Mrs. Osborne in 1851 when it was valued at £23. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it was built c.1820. It is still extant. | |
Carrickmore House (Furbo) | A house built on land owned by Andrew Blake at the time of Grifith's Valuation. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it was built c.1860. It was renovated in recent times. |
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Carrickphierish A | Paul Heney was leasing this property from Waterford Corporation at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £15 10s. | |
Carrickphierish or Fairview | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, in 1850, this house was occupied by Owen Carroll leasing from Lawrence Roarke. The property was valued at £16. In 1881 the sale of Power property in the Land Judges Court includes a house at this location, described as "fit for the immediate reception of a gentleman's family". No longer extant. | |
Carrig | The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes this as a miller's house. In 1840 The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as " a good dwelling house, the residence of Christopher Dignan, there is a good flour mill close by". William Abernethy held it from the Earl of Portarlington in the mid 19th century when the house was valued at £20. It is now a ruin. James Abernethy of Carrig owned 113 acres in county Tipperary in the 1870s. |
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Carrig Castle | Patrick Power was leasing this property from James Mandeville at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £17. In 1837 Lewis refers to it as the seat of H. Power. Smith, writing in 1774, mentions it as "the house and improvements of Peter Anthony". It is not named on the later 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Large farm buildings are evident at the site now. | |
Carrig Park | This early 18th century house was the residence of William Causabon in 1744. By the 1770s it was the seat of a branch of the Franks family, who continued to reside there until the beginning of the 20th century. The house was held by William Hume Franks in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £45 but the valuation was reduced to £35.10 shillings by 1906. The house was burnt in the early 1920s and later demolished. |
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Carrigacunna Castle | This house was the residence of Henry Baldwin Foote in the 19th century. Lewis writes that the estates of Monanimy, Ballygriffin & Carrigacunna formerly belonged to the ancient family of Nagle and that Carrigacunna was the residence of Sir Richard Nagle, Private Secretary to James II, who forfeited the estate in the late 17th century. In 1837 it was the property of H. B. Foott. He was the occupier in the early 1850s, the buildings were valued at £34 and the property was held in fee. Hajba writes that Henry's son George Carleton Foott lived at Carrigacunna until 1929. The Humphreys family were living here in the mid 20th century. The Irish Tourist Association Survey noted in the 1940s that Major Humphreys was residing in "a handsome modern mansions, adjoining the ruins of the old castle". The house was restored in the late 20th century. In 2018 it was offered for sale. |
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Carrigafoyle Castle | Charles L. Sandes was leasing this property to Stephen Sandes at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £19 10s. It is described on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map as Carrigafoyle Castle but on the later 25" edition as Carrigafoyle House. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as "the ancient mansion of O'Connor Kerry, formerly a place of great strength and important.. but now serving as a store to transport goods from the adjacent places to Limerick". |
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Carrigaholt | Occupied by George Nolan in 1814 this house was the home of a branch of the Burton family for much of the 19th century, held in fee. Valued at £25 at the time of Griffith's Valuation, the original house no longer exists. Weir writes that a reconstructed three bay residence now occupies the site. The 16th century castle still stands in what were the demesne grounds. |
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Carrigaline B | Robert Atkins was leasing this property to Robert Bible at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £14. | |
Carrigaline West | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. Charles McCormack was leasing this property from Michael Roberts when it was valued at £10. This may be the property which afterwards became known as Monroe House. Later in the century, Carrigaline Rectory was located in the townland of Carrigaline Middle (W730630) | |
Carriganard | Two members of the Hartry family, William and NIcholas, were leasing houses from the Lane-Fox estate at Carriganard in 1848. William occupied the house valued at £12 7s while Nicholas held a house valued at £10 [S579089]. The original buildings do not appear to be extant now. | |
Carriganass Castle | Held by William O'Sullivan from the Bantry estate in 1852 when it was valued at £15 10s. Lewis refers to it as the seat of W. O'Sullivan in 1837. Slater refers to it as the seat of J.E. Barrett in 1894. The house takes its name from the original O'Sullivan castle located a short distance away. | |
Carriganear | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John Beecher held a property at Maulbrack in fee and valued at £10 5s. This seems to be Carriganear House, mentioned by Lewis in 1837 as the residence of Mrs. Evans. There is still an extant house at the site. | |
Carriganore House | John Strangeman was leasing this property from the Corporation of Waterford in 1850 when it was valued at £22. It now forms part of the Western Campus of Waterford Institute of Technology. |
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Carrigaphooca House | Henry Minhear was residing in this townland at the time of Griffith's Valuation. His house was valued at £21.10 shillings and was held from Thomas Williams. This may be the house 'Yew Hill' recorded by Lewis in 1837 the residence of J. Williams. A house is still extant at this site. | |
Carrigataha | The home of W.J. Fennel in 1837 and in 1840. The Ordnance Survey Name Books describe it as "very pleasantly situated and in good repair". It was occupied by Thomas Fennell in the early 1850s. Thomas held the property from a member of the McCarthy family and the buildings were valued at £15. Buildings are still located at this site. | |
Carrigavulleen | Charles Knolles and William Galway were leasing this house to Bartholemew Donovan at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8 5s. It is still extant and well maintained. |
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Carrigboy | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. Alleyn Evanson was leasing this property to John Sullivan when it was valued at almost £8. In 1906 it was owned by Hanora Harding and valued at £17 15s. | |
Carrigboy | E. Barrett resided at Carriguoy, parish of Kilmichael, in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation John E. Barrett occupied this house valued at £15.10 shillings and held by him in fee. A lithograph of the house, with the hunt assembled outside the hall door, is included in the rental. | |
Carrigeen | John Christy held a house valued at £21 and 513 acres at Carrigeen from the Earl of Dunraven at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A modern farm is extant at the site now. | |
Carrigeen Hall | In 1786, Wilson refers to "Carrygeen" as the seat of Mr. Peard. Hajba writes that this house was the home of Peard Harrison Peard, son of Richard Peard of Coole Abbey and father of Richard Frederick Peard of Belvidere and Henry Peard of Carrigeen. Later the home of the Green and O'Grady families, now demolished. | |
Carrigeen House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Carrigeen House was leased by John Connolly from the Joyce estate when it was valued at £5. It is labelled "in ruins" on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. | |
Carrigerry | Built in the late 18th century, this house was occupied by John O'Halloran in 1814 and by Major Creagh in 1837. Mary Creagh, who held the property from Francis Macnamara was in residence in the mid 1850s. The house is now a country hotel run by Mr and Mrs N. Ennis see http://www.carrygerryhouse.com/index.html |
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Carrigfadda Glebe | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. Horace Townsend was leasing this property from The O'Donovan's estate when it was valued at £12 15s. In 1837 Lewis had noted it as the seat of R.B. Townsend. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Carrigfadda House [Town View] | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Phillip Sullivan was leasing this property to George Pinchin, when it was valued at £7 15s. It is named Carrigfadda House on the 6-inch Ordnance Survey map and as Town View on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. A house still exists at the site. A George Pinchin was resident at Halt House, Wiltshire in the 1850s (see Burke's Peerage) while the family also had connections with county Kerry. | |
Carriglea (Gaultiere) | Richard Phelan was leasing this property from Lord Waterford's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10 15s. It is no longer extant. | |
Carriglea House | Built by John O'Dell in the early ninetenth century, in 1851 this property was held in fee by Edward O'Dell when it was valued at £59. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s it is labelled Carriglea Convent. It is still extant and a centre for care services. |
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Carrigmanus House | Rev. Thomas O'Grady was leasing this property to Nathaniel Lemon (?) at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12. There is still a house at the site. |
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Carrigmoorna House | In 1851 Thomas P. Sherlock held this property from Sir Edward Kennedy's estate when it was valued at £16. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s it is named Carrigmoorna House. A modern house appears to occupy the site. |
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Carrigmore | Richard Power was resident here in 1814 and Edward Morragh in the mid 19th century. Morragh held the property from the Duke of Devonshire and the buildings were valued at £18+. Later the home of the Cronin family. Hajba writes that this house has been unoccupied since 1990. | |
Carrigmore House (Kinneigh) | James Lysatt [Lysaght] held a property in fee here, valued at £46, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Bence Jones states that it was built in 1842 by James Lysaght on the site of an earlier house known as Connorville, which had been purchased by Lysaght from the Connor family. In 1837 Lewis had referred to it as "the deserted and dilapidated mansion of the O'Connors." In 1783 Taylor and Skinner had indicated Connorsville as a seat of the Connor family as had Wilson in 1786. An adjacent smaller house, known as Laurel Hill, was held by Adderley Bernard in 1851. Carrigmore House and 312 acres, the estate of James Lysaght, were advertised for sale in July 1853. A lithograph of the house is included in the sale rental. Lyons indicates that the estate was sold privately to James L. Holmes. Carrigmore and Laurel Hill were offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in 1876, as part of the sale of the Holmes estate. Donnelly states that it was burnt in October 1920 during the War of Independence when it was the property of James H. Morton. The house is now derelict. | |
Carrignacurra Castle | Masters esq was the occupier of Carronacurragh or Carrignacurra in the 1770s and 1780s. Jasper Pyne is recorded as the occupier of the castle at the time of Griffith's Valuation and it was held by him in fee. The buildings were valued at £17. | |
Carrignavar | The castle of Carrignavar was from the mid 17th century the seat of this the senior branch of the McCarthy clan. Bence Jones writes that Carrignavar is a late 19th century castellated house incorporating the remains of the old castle. Lewis refers to Carrignavar as the seat of Justic McCarthy in 1837 and Justin McCarthy junior was resident at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £28. Bought by John Sheedy in the 20th century and sold by him in the 1950s to the Sacred Heart Fathers. The house is part of their college complex. |
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Carrigoon | Occupied by Timothy Collins in the early 1850s and held from Joseph C. Nagle. The buildings were valued at £13. In 1942 the Irish Tourist Association survey noted its association with David Nagle who was MP for Mallow in 1689. The survey mentioned the survival at that time of the stables and coach house. A small ruined portion of this property remains, in an area where extensive quarrying has taken place. | |
Carrigoon Cottage | A house valued at £12 and located on the Franks estate in the mid 19th century when it was occupied by William Quane and held from William H. Franks. Buildings are still extant at the site. | |
Carrigoon House | A Stawell home in 1750 and the home of Michael Nash in the latter part of the 18th century. Occupied by James Curtin in 1814 and by William H. Franks at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was held by Franks in fee and valued at £15. A few ruins remain of this house. | |
Carrigoran | An 18th century house the residence of the Fitzgerald family in the 18th and 19th centuries. Griffith's Valuation shows that the house was valued at £45 in the mid 19th century and that it was held by Sir Edward Fitzgerald from Matthew Rosengrave. An earlier house reputedly destroyed by fire in the late 18th century stood nearby. The house was bought by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in the 1920s. The house was still in use in the 1940s but was demolished in the 1980s. |
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Carrigrenan | Occupied by J. M. Ashlin (father of the architect George Ashlin) in 1837 and by the Reverend Robert Bury in the early 1850s. He held the house valued at £37 from Warren H. R. Jackson. The home of the Sullivans in the 20th century. | |
Carrigrohane | The sale rental of 1856 describes the house as a "good residence" occupied by Noble Parker MD. | |
Carrigrohane Castle | A fortified house that came into the possession of the Hoare family through marriage with a member of the Baker family in the 1770s. In 1786 Wilson refers to Carrigrohan as the seat of Mr. Colthurst. Reconstructed in the 1830s by Augustus Robert McSweeny, a corn merchant, who also leased the floor mills nearby. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Jane McSweeny was resident. The Castle later reverted back to the Hoares who owned it until the 1940s. They are mentioned by the Irish Tourist Association survey as resident there. It is still extant and was sold in 2017. |
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Carrigshane | Thomas Smithwick held a house valued at £15 with 44 acres from the representatives of Viscount Midleton at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This may be the property mentioned by Wilson as "Carrig" in 1786, a seat of the Uniacke family. Buildings are still extant at this site. | |
Carrolton House | The house known as Beagh Lodge, an O'Carroll house, is shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey . It is not visible on the 25-inch Ordnance Map of the 1890s. A house on a nearby site is labelled Carrolton House on the latter map. The original house is not extant though there are later buildings. |
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Carrowbeg | Occupied by Patrick Sweeney in 1814 and by Richard O'Grady at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house has been renovated and modernized and is still inhabited. |
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Carrowbeg House | A former Bodkin house, the home of the Lynch family in the second half of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century. It was held in fee by Dominick Lynch at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £8. It is still extant and in use. |
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Carrowbrowne Castle | In 1786 Wilson refers to Carrowbrowne as the seat of Mr. Blake. This may refer to Walter Blake as family history records suggest some of his children were born at Carrowbrowne. The castle is shown and labelled on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1842. The townland is part of Lord Oranmore and Browne's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. By the time of the 25-inch edition of the 1890s it is shown as "in ruins". Some ruins still remain at the site. | |
Carrowcrin | The Census of Elphin records Robert Burrowes as resident at Caracin in 1749. Johnston Burrowes was leasing a property valued at £3 to the Beatty family at Carrowcrin, barony of Tirerrill at the time of Griffith's Valuation. McTernan states that the property remained in the Burrows family until the early 1900s. It became vacant after the last of the family died and was eventually converted into farm-buildings. | |
Carrowculleen House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Lecarrow was the property of Thomas Guilfoyle and was valued at £14. In 1906 Anthony Guilfoyle was the owner of the house at Lecarrow, valued at £31. McTernan notes that the property was purchased by Anthony Gilfoyle, a leading Sligo merchant, c.1806. It was extended in the 1840s. From the 1920s until the 1990s it was owned by the Mercy Order. The house is now part of the Holy Hill Hermitage complex. |
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Carrowdotia House | A house on the Vandeleur estate, it was the residence of William Daxon in 1814 and of R.D.Daxon in 1837. Valued at £17 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and occupied by James Cathro. This house now appears to be the centre of a working farm. |
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Carrowduff | Two houses are marked in the townland of Carrowduff on the first Ordnance Survey map. One was 'in ruins', R055 764. The other was named Emma Ville. At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Gray held a house valued at £15 and 56 acres from the Wyndham estate in this townland. Carrowduff House appears to have been renovated as it is labelled on both the 25-inch 1890s and the 1942 edition of the Ordnance Survey map. Neither house is extant now. | |
Carrowgarriff | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Edward Power was leasing this property from the Osborne estate when it was valued at £11 10s. The site is now occupied by farm buildings. | |
Carrowgarry | In 1906 Alexander Crichton was the owner of Carrowgarry House, valued at £37. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, a herd's house, valued at £3 and part of the Crichton estate, was located here. |
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Carrowgowan | From at least 1814 the house was occupied by the Deanes who held it from Colonel McAlpine, who held from John Knox of Castlereagh. The house was described as in good repair, with offices, orchard and garden. Daniel H. Mellet occupied the house at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is now demolished. | |
Carrowkeel | At the time of Griffith's Valuation John F. MacDonagh held property valued at £12 at Carrowkeel, barony of Corran, from the Gore Booth estate. Lewis also records this as a MacDonagh property, describing it as a "fine modern residence". McTernan notes that Carrowkeel was probably built by Francis MacDonagh at the beginning of the nineteenth century. It remained in the family until its sale in the Landed Estates Court. It is still extant and occupied. | |
Carrowkeel | In the Ordnance Survey Name Books of the 1830s Carrowkeel House, the residence of Walter Bourke, is described as "in good repair". The house was valued at £6 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is labelled Carrowkeel House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1838 but is not labelled on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. However, it does appear as Carrowkeel House on the mid-twentieth century maps. | |
Carrowkeel | James U. Burke was leasing the house at Carrowkeel from Charles Farrell at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £9. In the 1830s the Ordnance Survey Name Books mention "a good dwelling and ornamental grounds" in the townland of Carrowkeel. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Carrowleana House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation occupied by Andrew W. Irwin and valued at £15. The house has been demolished but the stables are still extant. | |
Carrowmanagh Cottage | Carrowmanagh Cottage was the residence of Rev. Edward Hartigan in 1814. In 1837 Lewis records it as the seat of Thomas Bermingham. It was included in the sale of the Ashtown estate in the Encumbered Estates court in 1851. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was leased by Rev. Frederick Trench to Crawford Allen. Some ruins remain at the site. | |
Carrowmore | An early 19th century Palmer house, the home of a member of the Palmer family from the late 18th century. Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Palmer in 1786. In the 1850s it was occupied by Captain Arthur Wade and valued at £20. A McCormick home in the 20th century. A house still exists at the site. |
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Carrowmore | Carrowmore was occupied by John Davis at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8 and leased from the Gunning estate. It is labelled Carrowmore House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. A house still exists at the site. | |
Carrowmore/Carramore | Wilson notes "Keromore" as the seat of Mr. Vaughan in 1786. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to the house as "a modern structure built in 1819". At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was held in fee by Captain O. Jackson and valued at £30. The Irish Tourist Association File states it was a guest house in the 1940s run by Mrs Reid. Bence Jones writes that it is now a ruin. | |
Carrownacregg West | Originally a Concannon house, sold to the Brownes in 1851 when it was in need of repair and to the Hughes family in the early 20th century. The original house is no longer extant. |
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Carrownacroagh | Home of William Skerrett in the 1830s. By the time of Griffith's Valuation, the townland was in the possession of Dominick O'Flaherty but there was no house with a valuation greater than £2. |
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Carrownea | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Evans was leasing a property valued at £10 at Carrownea, parish of Ballymacward, from the Clancarty estate. Earlier in 1837, Lewis had recorded Carrownea as the seat of J. Fitzsimons. Flynn writes that, in 1850, the lease of Carrownea House and lands passed to William Evans, brother of John Cannon Evans of Cross House. There is still an extant house at Carrownea. | |
Carrowneden | Jon Treston was leasing this house, valued at £4, from the O'Farrell estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Carrowntryla | Occupied by Henry esq in the 1770s and in 1786. It was the home of the Handcock family in the 19th century, sold to Captain Dick in 1897 and occupied by him in the early years of the 20th century. Bought by Major Gerald Stratford Handcock in 1928 and inherited by his niece, Mrs Voss, who sold the house to Hector McDonnell, a Galway building contractor. The house is no longer extant. |
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Carrownure House | In the mid 1850s valued at £20 and owned by Richard Bond in fee, who advertised it for sale in 1856. Described as a modern edifice on the shore of Lough Ree. The sale rental includes a lithograph. Bought by Bernard William Bagot in 1858 from Edward John Irwin. Sold by the Bagots to Samuel Auchmuty in 1903. Owned by the Auchmutys in the 20th century and known as Carnure House. |
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Carrowpadden | Carrowpadden House is marked on the Taylor and Skinner map of 1778. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Higgins. A herd's house occupied by Thomas Higgins who held it from James Higgins is recorded in the townland of Carrowpadden East at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was valued at almost £5. This property appears to have been built after the first Ordnance Survey map was published. There is still a house extant at the site. | |
Carrowreagh | Richard O'Farrell Caddell was leasing a "herd's" house valued at £8, together with over 350 acres, at Carrowreagh, barony of Boyle, to Thomas Boylan, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A house and farm are still extant at the site. Patrick Fox was leasing a mill property from the Caddell estate in the same townland. Some stone buildings remain at the site though the mill was described as "in ruins" on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. | |
Carrowroe House | In 1786, Wilson refers to "Carrorowe, at present uninhabited". At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John Dennis was leasing a property at Carrowroe North, barony of Athenry, valued at £15, from Lord Dunsandle's estate. Buildings remain at the site. |
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Carrowroe Lodge | Sir Thomas Burke's estate held a house valued at £8 at Carrowroe in the parish of Ballynakill, barony of Leitrim, in 1856. Lewis records Carrowroe Lodge as the residence of H. Clarke in 1837. It was the property of Sir Henry Burke in 1906 when it was valued at just over £8. This house is still extant and occupied though it has been modernised. |
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Carrowroe Park | The home of the Goff family in the 19th century. Described by Lewis as a substantial and handsome mansion of limestone with a Doric portico, the residence of R. Goff. In the 1850s occupied by the Reverend William Battersby, who held the property from the Earl of Essex. Reverend Battersby was married to Mary Maud Caulfield, a daughter of John Caulfield, Archdeacon of Kilmore. The house was valued at £65. By the 1870s the residence of John Burke and the seat of Lt-Col. Michael A. Burke in 1894. Still extant and offered for sale in 2008 (Irish Times, 5 June 2008). |
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Cartown | In 1783 Taylor and Skinner recorded Cartown, close to the town of Carrick-on-Shannon, as a seat of the Cunningham family and Wilson, writing in 1786, also refers to it as the seat of Mr. Cunningham. At the time of Griffith's Valuation George Church was in possession of a property in this townland, valued at £12, described as "unfinished". The house shown on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s is substantially larger than the 18th century house. The house now at this site has had commercial premises attached to it but is still extant. |
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Cartown | Built in 1763 Cartown was the residence of Mr Baldwin in 1826 and of John Edward Langford in 1837. In the early 1850s Griffith's Valuation records the vacant house as valued at £24, William Sheedy holding the whole townland from General James Caulfeild. By the late 19th century the house was in the possession of the Westropp family. This house is still extant and occupied. |
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Cartron | Built by Joseph Reville at a cost of nearly £1,000, Cartron was held by the Revilles under a lease dated 31 Oct 1856 from Robert Graham to Richard Reville for 3 lives and 87 years. The home of a member of the Lushington Tulloch family in 1906 and still remains in the possession of a descendent of this family. |
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Cartron | A 19th century house used as a summer residence by the Brady/Brady Browne family, now a ruin. | |
Cartron (Duniry) | In 1906 Lawrence Egan owned a property valued at £5 at Cartron, barony of Leitrim, county Galway. Patrick Egan had held almost 200 acres here at the time of Griffith's Valuation but the buildings valuation at that time was less than £1. A house still occupies the site. | |
Cartron (King) | The home of the Waldron family in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Occupied by Gilbert Hogg in 1837. Valued at £10 and occupied by John B. Hogg at the time of Griffith's Valuation who held the house from Sir Gilbert King. A substantial farm is still extant at the site but the original house is no longer extant. | |
Cartron House | Occupied by Francis Flanagan at the time of Griffith's Valuation, who held it from James Murphy. At the time the house was valued at £7. The house is labelled as Cartron House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Buildings are still extant at the site. | |
Cartron House (Ballynakill) | On the first-edition Ordance Survey map this building is labelled "police barracks" but is shown on the 25-inch map of hte 1890s as Cartron House. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was still a police barracks and valued at over £12, when it was part of the estate of Sir Thomas Burke of Marble Hill. Madden states that evictions on this estate had resulted in buildings in the area being attacked. Cartron House is still extant and occupied. |
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Cashel | Built by Thomas Hazell for his agent. Hazell was leasing land from the Law Life Assurance Society at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the house was valued at £6. Bought by James O'Mara (1873-1948) circa 1924, who was a Home Rule supporter and later a member of Sinn Fein. He represented South Kilkenny in the House of Commons and in the first Dáil Éireann. In 1952 the house became the home of Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs Browne Clayton. The house is now run as a hotel by the McEvilly family. |
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Cashel House | Built before 1838, this house was the residence of the Blakes of 'Tully' and was occupied by James Blake, nephew and agent, to his uncle Patrick Blake in the mid 19th century. Arthur Blake, succeeded his father at Cashel and lived there until about the 1870s. The Blakes were very unpopular landlords and the house is now in ruins. | |
Cashel House (Kilmacabea) | William Wolfe was leasing this property, then valued at £12, from Miss Wheeler, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Local records suggest the family were associated with this house since the eighteenth century. The original house is no longer extant and a modern house exists at the site now. | |
Cashelmore House | In 1851 Thomas Beamish was leasing this property from Richard Longfield O'Connor when it was valued at £18. Lewis refers to it as the seat of J. Beamish in 1837. It was the residence of John Beamish in 1814. Buildings are still extant at the site. | |
Cashlieve House | Lewis describes a house at Cashla in the parish of Kiltullagh as a sporting lodge belonging to W.R. Wills in 1837. In the 1850s William Sandford owned a property valued at £24 at Cashlieve, barony of Castlereagh. The house now known as Cashlieve House was built in the later nineteenth century. |
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Casino | Mrs Hyde was residing at Cassina, Castlemartyr in 1814 and in the early 1850s it was occupied by Wallace Adam Walker who held the property from the Earl of Shannon. The buildings were valued at £20. W.A. Walker was still resident in the 1870s. This house is still in use as a residence. |
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Casino House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Eliza Sealy was leasing this property to Sidney Howe, when it was valued at almost £7. Casino House is now a gourmet restaurant. See www.casinohouse.ie. |
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Castle Bellew | Occupied by Peter Geraghty in the mid 1850s when it was valued at almost £9, this house is labelled as Castle Bellew House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. It is no longer extant with some ruins remaining at the site. | |
Castle Bernard | Described by Lewis in 1837 as " a stately mansion, built in 1806, adjacent to the site of the former castle" and originally known as Castle Mahon. It was the seat of the Bernard family in the late 1770s and 1780s and then known as Castlebernard. Occupied by Viscount Bernard at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £120. It was burnt in June 1921 and is now a ruin adjacent to Bandon Golf Club. |
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Castle Biggs/Drominagh | The Smythe sale rental of July 1870 states that the original lease (1711) was from Godfrey Boate and Benjamin Friend to William Biggs. Built by the Biggs family on the shore of Lough Derg this house was occupied by William L. Biggs in 1814 and by Dr W. Biggs in 1837. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Castle Biggs as "a most commodious house". Edward Biggs was resident in the mid 19th century, holding the property from Sir John Power. The house was valued at £22. The sale rental of November 1853 describes this "3-storey mansion containing every necessity and a range of out offices". It was in the possession of Edward Biggs, the owner, and was bought by Captain William Tuthill. William Tuthill sold the property to Frederick Smythe in 1859. It was for sale again in July 1870. At this time the Esmondes of county Wexford bought it from Frederick Smythe. In the early 1940s owned by Owen Esmonde but purchased by the Moss family in the 1940s. It is still extant. |
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Castle Cooke | A house was located here from the 17th century. Originally home of the Cooke family it was altered and expanded in the succeeding centuries by the Collis family. William Collis was resident for much of the 19th century. The house was valued at £32 in the early 1850s and at £34 when occupied by Colonel William Cooke Collis in 1906. It was burnt in June 1921 during the War of Independence when it was the residence of Col. William Cooke-Collis. This house is no longer extant. | |
Castle Cove | Thomas Jermyn was leasing a house valued at £10 10s to John Jermyn at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. Lewis describes Castle Cove as the seat of Mr. O'Sullivan in 1837 though he may have been referring to West Cove House. Leet, in 1814, mentions "Cooe Castle" as the seat of David Jermyn, Bary notes that Castle Cove was in the possession of the Jermyn family in the nineteenth century. They were agents for the Bland estate. It is no longer extant. | |
Castle Dargan | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Castle Dargan was the property of John Ormsby and was valued at £14. McTernan writes that the Ormsbys had been in possession of the lands since the seventeenth century and had lived at the "old" castle before the building of the house. In 1906 it was owned by John Hosie. It continued in the Hosie family until c.2004 when it was converted into a hotel and golf course. The house has been refurbished and is in use. See www.castledargan.com |
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Castle Downeen | James Courcey was leasing Castle Downeen from Rev. John Smyth in 1851 when it was valued at £23 10s. Lewis refers to the house as the seat of R. Smith in 1837. Shown as a Smith residence on Taylor and Skinner's 1783 map. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey refers to "Duneen" as "now a farmer's dwelling". It is now a ruin. | |
Castle Ellen | Castle Ellen was built in 1810. It is described as the property of Captain Lambert in the Ordnance Survey Name Books. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was owned by Walter Lambert and was valued at £21. In 1906 it was owned by the representatives of Peter F. Lambert at which time it was valued at £35. It is still extant and occupied. For more information see www.castleellen.com. For more information on the genealogy of the Lambert family see http://www.familylambert.net/History/index.htm |
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Castle Eyre/Listarkin | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Colonel W. French was leasing this property to William Lowth, when it was valued at £9 15s. It is labelled Castle Eyre on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey Map but as Listarkin on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Castle Farm | IN 1851 the farmhouse at Castlelands was held in fee by the Devonshire estate and valued at £27. The farm house is still extant and occupied. A large farmyard complex was located at X035986. In 1906 the buildings at this location had a valuation of £15 10s. |
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Castle Fogarty | Lewis writes that Castle Fogarty was "the ancient seat of the O'Fogarty family from whom it descended to the present proprietor J. Lanigan". He describes it as a "square castellated mansion, with embattled towers at the angles". The seat of the Lenigan family in the 18th and 19th centuries [held from the Earls of Portarlington until the fee was purchased in the mid 19th century]. Noted by Slater as the seat of Captain Vivian Ryan-Lanigan in 1894. Though the castle is a ruin since it was burnt in 1922 there is a residential wing on the site. in 2018 it was offered for sale. |
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Castle Freke | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was held in fee by Lady Carbery and valued at £90. In 1906 it was held by the trustees of Lord Carbery and valued at £136 . The existing building at Castlefreke was constructed at the end of the eighteenth century, replacing an earlier castle which had belonged to the Barry family, the original owners of the estate. It was modified in the late nineteenth century but subsequently gutted by fire in 1910 and restored by 1913. It was sold by John, 10th Lord Carbery, after WWI. In the early 1940s the Irish Tourist Association survey reported that it was unoccupied but in good repair and owned by the Land Commission. Castlefreke fell into ruin throughout the twentieth century but a portion of it has since been restored |
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Castle Garde | The seat of Hugh M. O'Grady at the time of Griffith's Valuation, held by him in fee. Powell writes in his list of Jurors that it was built by Hugh's father the Honourable Waller O'Grady circa 1830. Valued at £38 in 1906. It is still extant. |
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Castle Gore | The old Bourke Castle on the river Deel was granted to the Gores at the end of 17th century. They added a large wing to the old castle in the 18th century and renamed it Castle Gore. The castle along with other lands was leased to James Cuff, Lord Tyrawley towards the end of the 18th century. Wilson refers to it as "the pleasant old seat of the Earl of Arran, now occupied by Rt. Hon. James Cuffe" in 1786. Occupied by the Cuff's steward for part of the 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Captain St. George Cuffe and valued at £60. In 1894 Slater refers to it as a seat of the Earls of Arran though this may refer to the late eighteenth century house nearby. |
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Castle Harrison | An early 18th century house, the seat of the Harrison family until the 1950s. According to Lewis it was built on the site of Castle Dod, an old Fitzgerald castle and was inhabited by Standish Harrison in 1837. A map dated 1736 in the National Library includes a drawing of the house then known as Castle Dodd. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that it was the residence of Mrs. Harrison, widow of General Harrison. It provides a description of the great hall which contained artefacts that had been unearthed on the estate during the construction of the nearby railway. Castle Harrison was inherited by five sisters in 1951 and the estate was sold to the Land Commission in 1956. The house was subsequently demolished. | |
Castle Hewson | The seat of the Hewson family of county Limerick. William Hewson was in residence at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £23. Castle Hewson is no longer occupied but William Hewson, a descendant of George Hewson, resides in a building closeby and is restoring the property. A tower house stands beside the house. |
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Castle House (Baltimore) | William Cuthbert was leasing this property from Lady Carbery's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12 5s. In 1837 Lewis noted Baltimore House as the seat of Jno. Collins. This house is no longer extant and modern buildings occupy the site. | |
Castle Hyde | A late 18th century house, which was the home of the Hyde family. In 1786 Wilson describes it as "a beautiful house, magnificent demesne, highly cultivated, the seat of Arthur Hyde". At the time of the sale of Castle Hyde in 1851 the house was occupied by Spencer Cosby Price, the brother-in-law of John Hyde. The house was valued at £115. Castle Hyde was bought by John Sadleir MP in trust [for Vincent Scully]. Major Chichester was the tenant from year to year in 1861. John Wrixon Becher, second son of Sir William Wrixon Becher of Ballygiblin, county Cork, subsequently lived at Castle Hyde. in the 1870s John R. Wrixon of Castle Hyde is recorded as the owner of 1,263 acres in county Cork. He was resident in 1906 when the buildings were valued at £96. The Irish Tourist Association Survey of 1942 indicated that the house was then "occupied by the military". Castle Hyde is now the home of dancer, Michael Flatley. |
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Castle Ievers | The Ievers were living at Castle Ievers, originally known as Tullerboy, from the mid 18th century. Bence Jones dates this house from the early 19th century. Robert Ivers was resident in 1814, 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £32. The property was held from William Maunsell. The Irish Tourist Association surveyor wrote in 1943 that much of Tullerboy Castle was demolished in the 1860s to make way for the present building. The owner in the 1940s was Roderic Haines. |
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Castle Ishen | Castle Ishen was the seat of the Fitzgerald family from the mid 17th century until the late 19th century. In the late 18th century the castle was replaced by the house which stands today. In the 19th century the house was occupied by the estate agents, members of the Hannigan and O'Leary families although Lady Fitzgerald, widow of the 8th Baronet, is recorded as the occupier at the time of Griffith's Valuation. She held the house valued at £10+ in fee. Her sons were both minors at the time. Hajba writes that the O'Learys purchased the house in the early 20th century. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that they had first come there in the 1790s. Castle Ishen is still extant. | |
Castle Island | Also known locally as the Rock of Lough Key, at the time of Griffith's Valuation Viscount Lorton's estate owned a house on Castle Island valued at £14. The original building on the island was a medieval stronghold of the McDermott family to which additions were made in the early 19th century. Renovation work was taking place on these buildings in 2007. |
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Castle Lackan | Wilson refers to Castle Lackan as" the fine seat" of Sir R. Palmer in 1786. It was occupied by James Cuff, Lord Tyrawley, early in the 19th century and later by his daughter and son-in-law, Jane and Charles Knox. It was held in fee by Colonel Charles Knox at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £50. It is now a ruin. |
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Castle Lambert | Castle Lambert was built in the later 18th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was owned by Walter Lambert and was valued at £20. It is no longer extant, only the bell tower in the yard remains. |
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Castle Lloyd | The seat of the Lloyd family in the 19th century, the sale rental of 1855 records that the original lease was from Robert Bradshaw to the Reverend Richard Lloyd, 8 Nov 1760. IN 1786 Wilson refers to Castle Lloyd as the seat of Rev. Mr. Lloyd. It was occupied by the Reverend Michael Foster in 1814 and by Thomas Lloyd in 1837. Although described by Lewis in 1837 as the handsome residence of Thomas Lloyd, the Ordnance Survey Field Name Book states that the house was in a neglected and decayed state in 1840 due to the death of "the Captain this year". By the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was leased to the Guardians of the Tipperary Union who were using it as a Workhouse. The buildings were valued at £44. Castle Lloyd was advertised for sale in November 1881 on 93 acres. It belonged to Patrick Daly who held it under a fee farm grant dated 12 July 1869 from Letitia Anne Bradshaw to William Daly. The Irish Tourist Association Survey of the early 1940s refers to the demolition of this house about 70 years previously and that only the circular tower remained of the extensive 18th century dwelling built by Captain Lloyd. |
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Castle Lodge | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Richard Beatty was leasing a property valued at £6 from the Fury estate at Ballinphull, barony of Tireragh. McTernan notes that the Fury/Furey family owned this property up to the end of the nineteenth century but did not live there. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Books refer to Castle Lodge as "a handsome cottage in good repair". The house was burned during the Civil War but subsequently repaired. It is still extant but in disrepair. | |
Castle Lodge/Fiddane House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation the property at Fiddaun was occupied by Edward Blacquiere and was valued at £10. Castle Lodge is recorded as the home of Charles Lopdell in 1814. In 1837 Lewis also recorded it as a seat of the Lopdell family. It is labelled Castle Lodge on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Fiddane House on the later 25-inch map of the 1890s. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Castle Lough | Martin Lawlor was leasing a property valued at £55 to Thomas Cotter at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. It is described by Lewis as the seat of D.S. Lawlor in 1837. Bary states that there was an earlier house, belonging to the Madden family, at this site. In the later 19th century, Thomas Cotter ran the property as an hotel. It has been incorporated into the Lake Hotel complex. See www.lakehotel.com. |
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Castle Lyons | Wilson, writing in 176, refers to the accidental burning of the seat of the Earls of Barrymore. "The mansion house, with the furniture and a valuable collection of pictures, were entirely destroyed by an accidental fire". Some ruins remain at the site. A dower house, built by the Barry family towards the end of the 18th century, is still extant and known as Berryhill. . | |
Castle Mary | An 18th century house, remodelled as a castle in the 19th century, home of a branch of the Longfield family. In 1786 Wilson give a description of the house including that "the west front of this mansion presents a view of Cork Harbour". Valued at £85 in the mid 19th century and held by Mountifort Longfield in fee. Bence Jones writes that this house was burnt in the early 1920s and is now a ruin. A new house was constructed from the old stable courtyard and the family continued to live there for periods of time during the 20th century until Castle Mary was acquired by the Hurley family in 1978. |
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Castle Mary | Lewis describes Ashgrove Castle or Castle Mary, the residence of the Reverend Trevor Lloyd Ashe, Lord of the Manor of Bansha, as a "castellated mansion in the Italian style of architecture, situated at the base of the Galtee mountains, 4,000 acres of which are attached to the estate". This house is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as the property of T.L. Ashe "of modern construction but in very bad repair". It is recorded as "in ruins" in the later 25 inch map of the 1890s. Land clearance has taken place in the area and nothing remains of Castle Mary. | |
Castle Matrix | In 1837 Lewis writes that the flour mill at Castle Matrix ''has been fitted up by the proprietor J. Southwell Brown esq in the most complete manner'' and that the Elizabethan square castle was being repaired. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book records Castlematrix as a large 2 storey house ''with a new castle 6 stories high adjoining''. John S. Brown held Castle Matrix from Lord Southwell. In the mid 19th century the buildings including the flour mills were valued at £90. In the 1853 sale rental which includes a lithograph, the castle is described as having been repaired and added to "regardless of expense. There are 9 bedrooms in the Castle, besides dressing closets, bathrooms, water closets, a large dining room, drawing room and library with extensive suites of servants' apartments, and the entire fitted up in elegant and substanial style". Castle Matrix was the headquarters of the International Institute of Military History and of the Heraldy Society of Ireland until 1991. |
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Castle Neynoe/Ballysumaghan House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Richard B. Neynoe was leasing property at Ballysumaghan, barony of Tirerrill, to Henry Griffith, when it was valued at £30. Johnston states that Griffith changed its name to Ballysumaghan House. In 1906 it was the property of M.F.B. Stack. The house was stripped and the contents auctioned in the 1930s. Castle Neynoe was a ruin for many years but began to be restored in 2007. |
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Castle Oliver | The original Castle Oliver or Clonodfoy was the home of the Oliver family in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It was replaced by the present building in the mid 19th century. In 1814 Castle Oliver was occupied by George Fosbery who may have been employed by the Olivers. In 1837 Lewis described the castle as being in a very dilapidated state. It then belonged to R. O. Gascoigne of the county of York whose bailiff resided in it. The new building was designed by George Fowler Jones and built in the Scottish baronial style for the Oliver Gascoignes. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the castle was valued at £75 and the house at £48 and both were in the possession of Elizabeth O. Gascoigne and her brother-in-law, Frederick Charles Trench. The house was eventually inherited by Elizabeth's step-grandson, William Cosby Trench. He was the occupier in 1906 when it was valued at £125. Restored in the early 21st century it now provides self catering accommodation and is a venue for functions such as weddings. |
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Castle Otway | Castle Otway was the seat of the Otway family in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was a mid 18th century house with a tower house attached, altered and renovated in the 19th century. In the mid 19th century the castle, valued at £47.17 shillings, was held by the Honourable Mrs Otway Cave in fee. The sale rental includes a lithograph of the house. Slater refers to it as the seat of William Otway Ruthven in 1894. The representatives of Robert J. Otway occupied this house in 1906. It is now a ruin. |
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Castle Park | At the time of Griffith's Valuation this house, valued at £41, was held by Sir Edward Tierney in fee. Still in use as a private residence, in 2014 it was offered for sale. |
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Castle Park House | William Kelly was occupying a house valued at £23, at Cuilleen, barony of Moycarn, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is described as "in ruins" on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. | |
Castle Salem | This property had formerly belonged to the McCarthys but was acquired by William Morris and re-named Castle Salem. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of the Morris family but by the publication of the first Ordnance Survey Map it is labelled "Benduff Castle or Castle Salem, in ruins". This property, developed over several centuries, is still extant and occupied. |
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Castle Sheppard | The Sheppards were living here from at least the 1770s.In 1786 Wilson refers to Castle Sheppard as the seat of "Mr. Shepherd". It was the home of a junior branch of the family. William Sheppard was resident in 1837 and in the early 1850s when the house was valued at £26 and held from Lord Ashtown. William died at Castle Sheppard in 1852 without heirs and both his brothers died unmarried in India. Valued at £18 in 1906 and occupied by the Honourable Cosby G. Trench. This house is now a ruin. | |
Castle Street | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Moses Monds occupied a property at Castle Street, Abbeyquarter South, barony of Carbury which included a house, garden and business premises. It was valued at £40. | |
Castle Taylor/Ballymagrath | The house at Castle Taylor, originally known as Ballymacrath, was built adjacent to a tower house. The Taylor family had been settled there since the 17th century. In 1837 Lewis recorded it as the seat of Gen. Sir. J. Taylor. In 1894 and 1906 it was the residence of Walter Shawe Taylor and was valued at £50. It is now in ruins. |
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Castle Townsend | Rev. Maurice Townsend held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £37. Lewis recorded it as the residence of Col. Townsend in 1837. In the later 1770s it was also the seat of the Townsend family. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to Castle Townsend as the seat of Richard Townsend, "beautifully situated by Glandore Harbour". In 1906 it was owned by Charles L. Townsend and valued at £53. In 1945 the Irish Tourist Association Survey dated the present structure to 1860 noting that the previous house had been badly damaged by fire in 1858. It is still held by the family and accommodation is offered in part of the property. See http://www.castle-townshend.com. |
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Castle Troy | Home of the Matterson family, proprietors of a bacon factory, in the mid 19th century, when the house was valued at £16.5 shillings and of Colonel Richard Arthur Milton Henn, son of Thomas Rice Henn in the early 20th century. The house is labelled Castletroy House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. On the 25-inch edition of the 1890s, however, another house some distance to the south has this title while the original house is labelled Castletroy. Buildings are still extant at both sites. |
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Castle View | Located on the Doneraile estate in the mid 19th century this house was occupied by Barry Gregg in 1837 and by the Reverend Cornelius Burkley in the early 1850s when it was valued at £28. This 18th century seven bay house is still a family residence. |
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Castle View | A house valued at £10 was occupied by Edmond Dalton in the mid 19th century. It was held from Colonel William Dickson. A building is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map at this location. A larger building on later maps is named Castle View. Buildings are still extant at the site. | |
Castle View | A house located just east of the present day reservoir south of Macroom. Lewis records P. Ronayne as resident at Castleview in 1837. Patrick Ronane was the occupier of a house valued at £11 in this townland in the mid 19th century. The sale rental of April 1861 describes the house as "commodious" with a walled in garden. It was held on a lease from Michael Cox to John Ronayne as trustee for Thomas Browne dated 1800. Buildings are still located at this site. | |
Castle View Mill House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Francis Bennett was leasing this property to James Hayes. It was valued at £13 10s and the ajacent mill had a valuation of £56. In 1837, Lewis noted it as the seat of J. Hayes. The mill buildings are still extant at this site. |
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Castle Waller | The seat of the Waller family in the 18th and first half of the 19th century, occupied by Richard Waller in 1814 and in 1837. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books reported that is was then uninhabited. Thomas Mullowney [possibly the youngest son of Croasddaile Molony] was the occupant at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £17. Castle Waller was occupied for sometime in the 1850s by William de Rythre who married Blanche Waller. In the 1870s Michael Moloney of Castle Waller owned 5 acres. The building was in ruins by the early 20th century. | |
Castle White | Occupied by Whyte Esq in the 1770s Wilson refers to this property as Rochfordstown in 1786. George M. White was the owner in 1837 and held by him in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £35. Lucia P. Hawkes was recorded as the occupier of two mansion houses in this townland in 1906, one valued at £27 and the other at £53. Castle White is still extant. |
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Castle Widenham | Originally a Roche stronghold, the castle was granted to the Widenhams in the mid 17th century. The castle was altered in both the 18th and 19th centuries. In the early 19th century it passed by marriage to the Brazier Creagh family and again by marriage to the Smyths. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the buildings were valued at £70 and held by Henry M. Smyth from Henry Leader. In 1894 it was the seat of Mrs. Smyth. In 1942 the Irish Tourist Association survey noted that it was still part of the Smyth family estate. Also known as Blackwater Castle, it is still extant. |
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Castle Willington | Castle Willington was the seat of a junior branch of the Willington family of Killoskehane Castle. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Willington. The Ordnance Survey Name Books note it as the seat of James Willington. Valued at £38+ it was held by James Willington in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Alice C. Langford occupied this house valued at £20 in 1906. She was a daughter of John Willington and had married in 1877 Charles C. Coplen Langford. This house of 3 storys with tower house attached is still a residence. |
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Castle Wrixon | A Wrixon property in the 18th century, occupied by John Wrixon in 1814 and Hajba writes that it was sold by the Wrixons to the Crofts in the mid 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by John Connor who held it from Wills G. Crofts. The buildings were valued at £11. Christopher Crofts of Velvetstown House (died 1913) lived at Castle Wrixon for a time. He inherited Velvetstown from his uncle, Reverend Henry, in 1869. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey outlined subsequent owners and noted that it was, by then, the residence of the McDermott family. It is still extant. |
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Castleboy | In 1855 Dudley Persse owned a house valued at £40 in Castleboy. Lewis also recorded it as a seat of the Persse family in 1837. One round tower and small portions of the stable yard now remain. |
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Castleburke | A home of the Bourke family and their descendants. Occupied by Patrick Horan in 1814 and from 1821 James Tuohy was the tenant. The castle was in ruins by the time of the first Ordnance Survey circa 1838. It is now owned by Eamonn de Burca. | |
Castlecarra | Granted to Sir Henry Lynch after the Restoration, it was the family's main home in county Mayo for much of the 18th century. In 1786 Wilson refers to Castle Carra as the seat of Mr. Lynch. The mansion house and offices at Castlecarra were described in 1844 by Samuel Nicholson as "now almost ruins". Castlecarra was leased to the Brownes of Castlecarra at this time and was part of their property for sale in 1852. The ruins of the original tower house are still extant but much of the surroundings are now covered by forestry. | |
Castlecarra (Leitrim) | This house was occupied by the Peyton family later in the 19th century. In 1814 it was the address of Mr. A. O'Beirne. In 1906, when it was the property of Mrs. William Peyton it was valued at £10. | |
Castlecoote | An 18th century house which has recently been restored. Occupied by T. and J. Nolan in 1814 and by William John McLoughlin in the 1850s, when the house was valued at £40. In 1894 it was the seat of Arthur and Francis Chute. See www.castlecootehouse.com. |
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Castlecor | The home of the Freeman family purchased from the Chinnerys in the early 18th century. Smith records it as the seat of William Freeman in 1750 and Wilson describes it as "the fine seat of Mr.Freeman" in 1786. Later the home of the Deane Freeman family who enlarged the building at the beginning of the 19th century. Advertised for sale in 1852, Bence Jones writes that it was bought by Richard Barry. It remained in the Barrys' possession until the 1950s. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association survey noted that "the house and offices are now rather neglected". Sold by Mr Hope Murray in the 1960s and subsequently demolished. | |
Castlecrine | Weir writes that this was an 18th century residence possibly incorporating the 16th century tower. Castlecrine was the home of a branch of the Butler family for most of the 18th and 19th centuries, valued at £45 at the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was demolished in the mid 20th century. |
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Castledaly | This property was in the possession of the Blake family from the late 16th century and was known as Corbally. In 1786 Wilson refers to the house as the seat of Mr. Blake. When Peter Daly acquired it in 1829 he had the castle remodelled and a facade added. The property then became known as Castledaly. Lewis records it as the seat of J. Daly in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was the property of James Daly and the buildings were valued at £34. It was also the seat of James Daly in 1894. It is now a ruin. The mausoleum of the Daly family can be seen in the grounds of St. Theresa's church nearby, which they helped to build and where memorial tablets recording members of the family can be seen. |
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Castlefarm | Castlefarm was the residence of Mr Patrick Sheeran in 1814. By 1837 Standish O'Grady was the occupier and he was still living there at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £16. He held the property from the Earl of Kenmare. |
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Castlefergus | A Blood Smyth property from the late 18th century, sold by the Blood Smyth to the Bloods of Ballykilty in the early 20th century. This house was occupied by Daniel Powell in 1814 but the Blood Smyths were in residence in the 1830s and 1850s. They appear to have held the property from Ralph Westropp. The mansion house of Castlefergus was in the possession of Reverend William Blood Smith in 1906. The Irish Tourist Association Survey File records that the house was demolished by the Irish Land Commission. Local sources suggest that it was damaged by fire during the War of Independence. |
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Castleffrench | Castle ffrench is said to have been built c.1779 by Charles Ffrench, then Mayor of Galway. Wilson, in 1786, in one instance refers to "Clougher" as the seat of Mr. French but in a later reference notes Castle-French as "the fine seat of Sir Thomas French". In 1814 and again in 1837 it is recorded as the residence of Lord French. In 1856 it was occupied by James Thorngate when it was valued at £40. It is still extant and occupied and in 2006 was offered for sale. |
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Castlefield House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Meredith Thompson, senior, was occupying a house valued at over £5 at Anresna, barony of Tirerrill. This appears to be the house marked on the OS map as Castlefield House, on the shores of Lough Arrow. McTernan notes that it later came into the possession of the Acheson family who sold it in 1935. It is still extant but in 2009 was unoccupied. | |
Castlegal House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation George Dunne was leasing two properties in the townland of Castlegal to the Parke family. John Parke was renting a house valued at £7 together with 50 acres while Phillip Parke was leasing a house valued at £5 and 98 acres. McTernan states that prior to being owned by the Dunn family this property belonged to the Cope estate. Castelgal is still extant and occupied. | |
Castlegar | Occupied by Ignatius Kelly in 1814, by William T. Kelly at the time of Griffith's Valuation and by Edward Dale in 1906. In the 20th century it became a boys' secondary school. There is a lithograph of the house in the sale rental for Castlemagarret in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. | |
Castlegar | The principal residence of the Mahon family, designed by Sir Richard Morrison circa 1801, replacing an earlier house. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to this earlier house as the seat of Mr. Mahon. In the 1830s the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe it as in good repair but Sir Ross Mahon was not resident there at the time. Sir William Mahon was still in possession of the property in 1906 when it was valued at £67. In 1979 the house was sold by the Mahons to John Horan, who advertised the house for sale again in 1988. The house is still extant. |
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Castlegar | At the time of Griffith's Valuation held by Robert R. Smith in fee and valued at £12. In 1906 it was owned by his representatives and was valued at £20. | |
Castlegrace | This property has been the home of the Grubb family since the mid 19th century. Griffith's Valuation indicates that it was then held from the Earl of Glengall and the house, offices and flour mill were valued at £122. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates the present house circa 1860 although a lithograph of a very similar building is included in the Glengall sale rental of November 1853 for Castlegrace. Lewis records in 1837 that an extensive flour mill had recently been built by Samuel Grubb of Clogheen. The buildings at Castlegrace were valued at £115 in 1906. This house is still a Grubb family home. http://www.vee.ie/page2.html |
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Castlegrey | A house in the possession of the Langford family in the 19th century, the residence of G. Langford in 1837 and of Charles Wiedenham Fosbery in the early 1840s and 1850s. He held the property from Mrs Jane Langford. It was valued at £11. Slater refers to it as the seat of Captain Frederick Verschoyle in 1894. Some buildings are still extant at the site. | |
Castlegrove | Originally a Blake house, it was occupied by the Lewins from 1888. Wilson refers to Castle-Grove as the seat of Mr. Blake in 1786. It would seem that this house was replaced in the nineteenth century as, although listed in Leets directory of 1814, the sale rental of 1852 records Castlegrove as a mansion house erected 'within the last twelve years'. It included a ballroom, oak staircase and numerous bedrooms. It was bought by John William Cannon. The sale rental includes a lithograph of the house. Castlegrove was burnt in 1922 and is now a ruin. |
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Castlehacket | Castlehacket takes its name from the Hackett family who owned the land in the 14th century. An early 18th century house was built by the Kirwan family and lived in by their descendants until 1985. Wilson mentions it as the seat of John Kirwan in 1786. It was held in fee by Denis Kirwan at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £40. Referred to as the seat of Bernard Percy Broderick by Slater in 1894. The original house of 3 storeys was burnt in 1923 and rebuilt at the end of the 1920s as a 2 storey house. The house has had a number of owners in the past 20 years. |
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Castlehill | In 1786 Wilson refers to Castlehill as the seat of Mr. [Mc]Cormack. The Cormacks lived at Castlehill until the mid 1830s. A new house was built in the late 1830s for John Walsh, an attorney of Hume Street, Dublin. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was held in fee by him and valued at £34. It was the residence of Edward Walsh in 1894. It is still extant. |
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Castlekevin | Originally a Roche stronghold which was granted to William Thornhill a Cromwellian soldier. It remained the seat of the Thornhill family until the mid 19th century. The old castle was incorporated into a castellated mansion in the 1830s. Lewis writes in 1837 that the ‘present extensive castellated mansion was rebuilt by Mr Thornhill after designs by Mr Flood, in the Elizabethan style’. Sold by the Thornhills in the mid 19th century to the Reeves family in whose possession it remained until the 1930s. Still extant and occupied. |
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Castlelake | Home of the Gabbett family in the 19th century, occupied by Robert Gabbett in 1814 and by John Gabbett in 1837 and in the 1850s. They held the property from the Westropp family with whom they intermarried. Home of the Carroll family in the second half of the 20th century, still occupied. | |
Castlelake Cottage | Major M. Lidwell was resident at Castlelake, Cashel, in 1814. In 1837 Lewis records a distillery and the neat residence of Thomas Mathew. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as being occupied by Mathew Gilbert in 1840. These buildings appear to be in the possession of the Poor Law Commissioners at the time of Griffith's Valuation, valued at £40+ and held from General Hall. The buildings no longer exist. [In 1786 Wilson may be referring to this property when he note a seat of Mr. Burke at Castlelake]. | |
Castleleiny | A house occupied by John Lloyd and his wife Debby Ann in the early part of the 19th century. Henry Jesse Lloyd son of the Reverend George Lloyd of Castle Iny and his wife Anne Hely entered the King's Inns in 1840. By the mid 19th century William Healy was the occupant holding the house valued at £12+ from the Earl of Orkney. | |
Castlelough | A circa 1820s house attached to an earlier building on the shore of Lough Derg, Castlelough was the seat of the Parker family. In 1786 Wilson refers to Castlelough and Castletown as seats of the Parker family. Occupied by Anthony Parker in 1814 and in 1837 who was succeeded in that year by his brother the Reverend Standish Grady Parker. The representaives of the Reverend Standish occupied the house at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £51+ and held in fee. The Parkers were still resident at the end of the 19th century. This house is still in use as a country residence. |
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Castlelucas | A house belonging to the Blakes of Ballinafad, let to Lieutenant Hugh Ryan in 1814 and to Mrs Phibbs in the 1830s who subleased to George Ormsby of the Ballinamore family. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was leased by Matthew Phibbs from Mark Blake and valued at £5. It is no longer extant. | |
Castlelyons House | Situated on 2 acres in the centre of the town of Castlelyons this house was in the possession of the related clerical families of Browne and Ryder in the 18th and 19th centuries. Occupied by the Reverend Joshua B. Ryder in the mid 19th century. He held the property valued at £30 from Samuel Perrott. Still valued at £30 this house was occupied by the representatives of Andrew W. Ryder in 1906. |
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Castlemagarret | In 1786, Wilson refers to CastleMacGarret as the seat of D.G. Browne, "a handsome seat, surrounded with one of the best wooded demeses in Ireland". The house, built in 1694, was destroyed by fire in August 1811 and a replacement built in the Tudor Gothic style. Robert Graham, in his journal of September 1836, refers to the fire and that "the present house is constructed out of the old offices, but is amazingly comfortable as far as it goes". Held in fee by Geoffrey Browne at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £25. The house functioned as a nursing home after it was sold by the Brownes in 1964. It is still extant but unoccupied. In 2015 it was offered for sale. |
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Castlemahon | Seat of the Chatterton family, occupied by Sir James Chatterton in 1814 and Sir William in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £47. The property was held from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The building now houses a youth centre run by the Redemptorist Order. |
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Castlemartyr | Seat of the Earls of Shannon in the 18th and 19th centuries, built in the early 18th century by the 1st Earl of Shannon and enlarged by his son the 2nd Earl in the 1760s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was valued at £150. Sold to the Arnott family in the early 20th century, it later became a Carmelite college and now functions as a hotel. |
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Castlemore | The main residence of the Costello family until the early 19th century. Occupied by the rector of the parish, Reverend Plunket, at the time of the first Ordnance Survey and by Thomas Strickland at the time of Griffith's Valuation, who held the property from Viscount Dillon. Only the farm buildings still remain which are now situated in county Roscommon. |
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Castlemore | Smith writes that this house formerly belonged to John Bailey, whose daughter married Colonel Rye. The property passed to the Ryes and in 1750 was occupied by Mr Travers. At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Good occupied a house at Castlemore, held from Richard F. Rye and valued at £10. | |
Castlemoyle | Built in the 18th century, this house was the residence of Deane esq in the late 1770s and 1780s and occupied in 1814 by Thomas Browne. It was held by Edward Blake in fee in the mid 1850s when it was valued at £8. Sebastian Nolan bought it from the Blakes and lived there until the late 1880s. It is now a substantial ruin. |
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Castlenalact | William Keyes held this property from the Devonshire estate in 1851 when it was valued at £35. This house is still extant. |
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Castlenode House | Residence of Thomas Morton esq in 1822 and of J. Morton in 1837. In the mid 1850s, George Walpole was the occupant of this house, which he held from the Pakenham Mahon estate when it was valued at £8. A house still occupies the site of the original Castlenode House. | |
Castlepark | The original building was a residence of the O'Briens of Thomond. Wilson, writing in 1786 refers to Castle-Park as the seat of Mr. Smith. In 1789 it became Ormsby property and was named Blackland Castle. The home of William Maunsell in 1814. In 1833 it became the property of Christopher Delmege who rebuilt most of it. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book describes it as "a splendid edifice 4 story high overlooking the Shannon and estimated at £2,000." The house was valued at £55 in the early 1850s and Christopher Delmege held it from the Marquess of Lansdowne. It was the seat of James O'Grady Delmege in 1894. Occupied by James Lyons, Limerick city coroner in the late 20th century, the house was gutted by fire in 2001 and for sale in 2007 for 40 million euro (Irish Independent 20 Dec 2007). Caste Park remains derelict. |
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Castlepark House | A house on the Fitzgerald estate, occupied by Charles O'Connell at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house is labelled Castlepark House on the 1st and subsequent edition Ordnance Survey Maps. Extensive buidling of modern dwellings has taken place in the area in this century. | |
Castlepark House/ Mantle Hill | In 1786 Wilson refers to the seat of Mr. Alleyn on the left at the entrance to Golden. He may be referring to the early house at this site, shown as Castlepark House on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. By the early nineteenth century it was the home of the Creagh family. Richard Creagh was resident in 1814 and 1837 and Lawrence Creagh held the property from Kingsmill Pennefather at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The buildings were valued at £65. Later bought by the Scullys, when it became known as Mantle Hill. Occupied by Vincent Scully in 1906. The house is no longer extant. |
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Castleplunkett | Gormley states that the Plunketts built a mansion near Castleplunkett village sometime between 1655-1660. This building was later destroyed by fire in the mid-nineteenth century and the stones later used in building in the area. | |
Castlequin | The representatives of Kean Mahony were occupying Castlequin at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £28 15s. In 1837 Lewis notes it as the seat of Kean Mahony. The Ordnance Survey Name Books, of 1840, mention that it had begun in September 1839 and was still being built. It is likely that this was a renovation of an earlier house. In 1894 it was the residence of Mrs.Mahony. In 1943 he Irish Tourist Association Survey mentions it having a chapel and library, "once the home of the McDonagh Mahonys, now in a derelict state and said to be distinguished by a ghost". Bary states that the house had probably been built in the late eighteenth century and continued to be occupied by the Mahony family until the early twentieth century when it was sold. It eventually fell into ruin in the 1940s. |
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Castlereagh | Described by Wilson in 1786 as "the fine seat of Mr. Knox" this house was badly damaged in 1798 and a new one subsequently built. There is a lithograph of the house included in the Encumbered Estates' Court sale rental. It was bought by Arthur E. Knox's brother Ernest Knox. In 1894 it was the residence of John V. Knox. The house has been demolished but portions of the walled garden remain. |
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Castlereagh House | The principal residence of the Sandford estate was at Castlereagh House, barony of Castlereagh. It was valued at £80 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1786 Wilson described it as "a most elegant and capital seat". In 1894 it was the residence of G.R. Wills-Sandford, Castlereagh House has been demolished. Gate lodges, one of which functions as Gaynor's Funeral Home, survive while part of the demesne lands is a public park for Castlerea town. |
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Castlerichard | Occupied by Richard Fitzgerald in 1814 and in 1837. This house was unoccupied at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held by Thomas John as immediate lessor. It was valued at £9. Advertised for sale in 1858 as part of the estate of Bowles, John and others. This early 18th century house, with the old tower house nearby, is still extant and occupied. |
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Castleroberts | Occupied by Michael Cantlow [Cantillon] in 1814 and by John Heffernan Cantillon at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from Edward B. Hartopp. The buildings were valued at £13+. A farmyard is visible at the site now. | |
Castlestrange | Named after the L'Estrange family who held the land and castle in the late 16th century, Castlestrange appears to have belonged to the Gunning family early in the 18th century. A house was built by the Mitchell family in the 18th century which at the time of Griffith's Valuation was valued at £47. In 1894 the residence of James Mulry and occupied by Thomas Mulry in 1906. The original house, coach house and stables are now in ruins but other outbuildings have been converted into a home. |
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Castletown | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, James Fenton was leasing the house at Castletown to George Fenton when it was valued at £10. In 1906 the property at Castletown was owned by Thomas G. Fenton and was valued at £11. It is no longer extant though traces of walls, stable yard and gate lodges are all still visible. | |
Castletown | A branch of the Ellison family was living at Castletown in the 1770s and Wilson notes it as the seat of Mr. Ellison in 1786. The sale rental for the D'Arcy estate in the Encumbered Estates' Court in November 1852 refers to a small house on the property, which could be adapted as a fishing or shooting lodge. Lewis Strachan occupied the house at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A few walls of the house still remain. |
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Castletown | A Bodkin property, a small house is marked on the first Ordnance Survey map. A herd's house valued at £2 was held by James D'Arcy in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Farm buildings exist at the site. | |
Castletown | The Knight of Glin stated that this was a late 18th century and early 19th century house built for the O'Haras. This may be the residence known as Tullinadaly, occupied by William Brannock, recorded in 1814, and by James Kirwan in 1837. Earlier, in 1786, Wilson refers to "Tullinadaly" as the seat of Mr. Bodkin. Valued at £15 and occupied by Laurence Mullins at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is now a ruin. |
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Castletown | The main residence of the Waller family in the 18th and 19th centuries, now demolished. The house was valued at £80 in the early 1850s when it was the residence of the Reverend William Waller. By 1906 its value was reduced to £72.5 shillings and it was occupied by the Reverend John Thomas Waller who was also resident in 1894. The surveyor for the Irish Tourist Association Survey in 1944 refers to the house being recently levelled to the ground. | |
Castletown | The home of James Uniache in 1814 and of Norman Uniacke in 1837. Robert Uniacke held the property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £20. In 1786 Wilson also refers to it as the seat of James Uniacke. This house was a ruin at the beginning of the 21st century but the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage refers to its restoration. |
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Castletown | ''Burke's Irish Family Records'' states that Castletown was purchased by Thomas Sadleir of Sopwell Hall from the family of his brother-in-law, John Briggs of Castletown, in 1706. It passed to Charles, the second son of Thomas Sadleir and was in the possession of his descendants for four generations. In 1747 it was leased to the Cambies by Charles Sadlier. Wilson mentions it as a Parker seat in 1786. In 1814 Leet records the house as unoccupied. C. Cambie was the occupier when Castletown was described by Lewis as a “a handsome castellated building”. Charles Cambie held Castletown from Thomas Sadlier at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £23. Castletown was sold in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1856, Miss Sarah Cambie was the tenant. Thomas Towers of Bushy Park, Borrisokane was the petitioner. He was married to Elizabeth Cambie and Castletown became their home. In 1906 the occupant was Thomas Towers and the house was valued at £24+. In the 1940s Miss Towers and her nephew Mr. Sterling were the occupiers. This 17th century fortified house with early 19th century additions is still in use as a family residence. It was also known as Castle Cambie. |
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Castletown (Ballysadare) | A house named Castletown appears on the 1st ed. OS Map in the townland of Cloonmacduff. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Edward J. Cooper owned a gardener's house here valued at £1. The property is now almost completely overgrown. Historians have speculated that this may also be the location of the original seat of Lord Collooney, later acquired by the Coopers. | |
Castletown Conyers | The seat of the Conyers family, occupied by C. Conyers in the early 19th century. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the house appears to be in use as an auxiliary workhouse, held by the Croom Guardians from William Bailey, medical doctor, and valued at £25. In 1894 it was the residence of Charles Conyers. |
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Castletown House | The original house is now demolished and a 20th century house stands on the site close to an old Macnamara castle. The house was occupied by Francis Macnamara in 1814 and by Robert Malcolm in the mid 19th century who held it from Colonel George Wyndham. It was valued at £10. | |
Castletownsend (Coghill) | Sir Jocelyn Coghill was leasing this property from Rev. M. Townsend at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £22 10s | |
Castletownsend (Herbert) | Mary Herbert was leasing this property from Rev. M. Townsend at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £25. There were a number of marriages between members of the Townsend family and the Herberts of Muckross, Killarney. | |
Castleturvin | Francis Bruen was leasing Castleturvin to Reverend Mark Perrin at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The Ordnance Survey Name Books claim that the Turvin family were the proprietors in the 1830s. Castleturvin House is still extant and occupied. The entrance gate indicates that the house dates from 1767. |
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Castleview | Occupied by Brian Sheehy in 1814 and by Thomas Locke in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Castleview was the residence of the Rev Robert M. Rodwell, the buildings were valued at £30. Birthplace of William John Locke Travers in 1819, a New Zealand lawyer, politican and naturalist, see http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/T/TraversWilliamThomasLocke/TraversWilliamThomasLocke/en | |
Castleview | Castleview was the home of the Gumbleton family held from Henry Peard in the mid 19th century and valued at £68.15 shillings. The house remained in Gumbleton possession until the early 20th century but is now demolished. Bence Jones lists this house under the name Glynnatore and writes that it was built in 1791 by R. W. Gumbleton. In 1894 Slater notes Glenatore as the seat of Mrs. Gumbleton. | |
Castleview | A Jackson property which was unoccupied in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation Robert Delacour Beamish was resident in the house valued at £34 which he held from the Jacksons. The house was sometimes known as Ditchley House. Now functions as the Radisson Hotel, Little Island. |
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Castleview House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Robert Leeson was leasing this property to Edward Hartnett when it was valued at £11. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map it is labelled as Charter School but by the 1893 edition it is named as Castleview House. Bary indicates that the property was originally built in the mid-eighteenth century and operated as a Charter School until the 1820s. Papers relating to its operation as a charter school are included in Ms.17,973 [Quane Papers] in the National Library of Ireland. It was later enlarged by the Hartnett family who occupied it for much of the nineteenth century. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Castleview or Inishannon House | Abraham Bazly was leasing this property from Sir Riggs Falkiner at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £9. It is named Castleview on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Inishannon House on the later 25-inch edition of the 1890s. Modern housing exists at the site now. | |
Castlevilla | A Ruttledge family home in the 19th century, still extant and lived in. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was leased by James Rutledge from Lady de Clifford's estate and valued at £18. |
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Castlewarren | Robert Warren was leasing this property from Mary and Catherine Rogers at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £35. In 1837 Lewis referred to it as a "spacious mansion erected in 1796, the seat of R. Warren". Townsend refers to it as the seat of Thomas Warren "whose style of farming is conducted on the best principles of modern art". It was included in the sale of Warren's estate in October 1850. Now a ruin. | |
Cavelawn | Guy Lloyd was leasing a house at Faus valued at £10 to James Acheson at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house at this site is labelled Cavelawn on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Cavetown | In 1786 Wilson notes Cavetown as the seat of the Rev. Dean Mahon and the Reverend Arthur Mahon resided there in 1814. At the time of the first Ordnance Survey a ''gentleman's seat of two stories'' is noted in Cavetown. Guy Lloyd is recorded as the proprietor. This may be the property, valued at £5, leased from the Lloyd estate by Geo. Laird at the time of Griffith's Valuation. There are buildings still extant at this site. |
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Cecilstown Lodge | A home of members of the Wrixon family in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Occupied by William Wrixon, father of Sir William Wrixon Becher, in 1837. It was leased to Thomas Heffernan from the 1840s. Valued at £9 in the early 1850s it was later occupied by members of the clergy including the Reverend E.G. Jones, whose widow bought the house in the early 20th century. It was burnt in June 1921 during the War of Independence when it was the residence of the sisters, Esther Jane and Annie Jones. A house, however, still exists at the site. | |
Cellmount House | Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to "Selmount House" as a seat of Mr. Morris, three miles from Ross Carbery. This property is labelled "Cellmount House, in ruins" on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map and there is no trace of it on later maps. | |
Chadville | A house valued at £11 occupied by William Ryan and held from Hugh B. Bradshaw in the mid 19th century. This house is still in use as a residence. |
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Chaffpool | Chaffpool House was the centre of the Armstrong estate in the 19th century having previously belonged to the Somers family. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was owned by Catherine Armstrong and was valued at £35. In 1906 it was occupied by the representatives of Edward Armstrong and was valued at £49. It was also recorded as a seat of the Armstrong family by Lewis in 1837. Extensive remains of walled garden, stable and a later (c.1890s) house remain. |
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Chancellorstown House | In 1786 Wilson refers to Chancellors' Town as the seat of Mr. Moore. The house and surrounding demesne are shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey map but are not marked on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. The townland was part of the estate of Stephen Moore at the time of Griffith's Valuation, though the house was leased by the representatives of Joseph Gough to Denis Daly and was valued at £7 10s. Farm buildings occupy the site now. | |
Chapel Park | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas Jones was both a lessor and an occupier of lands in three townlands in Clontuskert parish, barony of Clonmacnowen. This included a property valued at almost £3 at Chapel Park. A farm with modern buildings is extant at the site now. | |
Charlemont House | Charlemont House was leased by Charles Evanson from Nicholas G. Allen at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £20. It was included in the sale of Evanson property in the Landed Estates Court in November 1862. It is still extant. | |
Charlesfort House | Charlesfort House was the home of Rev. William Grove in 1836. It was also occupied by him at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £13. | |
Charlestown House | In 1786 Wilson refers to Charlestown as the "the fine seat of Mr. King, most delightfully situated on the Shannon". The first Ordnance Survey map marks both Charlestown House and Charlestown Old House closeby at M984 976. Valued at £46 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1894 Charlestown was the residence of Sir Gilbert King. The house is no longer extant but extensive estate architecture survives. |
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Charleville | A late 18th century house, the main residence of the family until 1865. Held in fee by Charles L. Fitzgerald at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £20. It is now a ruin. | |
Chateau Marie or East View | Held by Francis Allen but unoccupied in 1851 when it was valued at £30. Lewis refers to it as the seat of F. Allen in 1837. It is labelled Chateau Marie on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Map but as East View on the later 25-inch edition of the 1890s. Now a country house used for private functions. |
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Cherry Cottage | A house inhabited mainly by agents to the Marquess of Sligo, including George Hildebrand in the mid nineteenth century and George Taylor in the early 20th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was valued at £15. The Hastings interest in this house was sold in the Landed Estates' Court in November 1874. It is still extant. |
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Cherryfield | Home of the Mills family in 1778. Noted by Wilson as "the fine seat of Oliver Mills" in 1786. Lewis refers to it as a seat of the same family in 1837. It was occupied by Michael Butler in the 1850s and held from John Carroll, valued at £10. It came into the ownership of the McGreavy family in the latter part of the nineteenth century and remained in their possession until the 1960s. It is now derelict. | |
Cherrygrove | Cherrygrove was the home of Edward Cripps in 1814 and of J. Barry in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Edward John Sheehy who held the property from Robert Harding. The buildings were valued at £21+. The Misses Sheedy were still in residence in the 1940s. A building is still extant at the site. | |
Cherrymount House | Described by Lewis in 1837 as the "occasional residence" of Captain Parker. It was being leased by Thomas Carpenter from the Parker estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £24 10s. In 1852 it was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court when it was described as "a suitable dwelling house and demesne, formerly occupied by the owner". It was purchased by Maj-Gen Sir Joseph Thackwell and remained in the possession of that family until the twentieth century. It is now a ruin. | |
Chesterfield | A property named Chesterfield is recorded on the 1st edition OS Map, located at Cloonineen, parish of Kiltormer. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Thomas S. Eyre owned this townland amounting to over 300 acres and also held a herd's house there valued at 15s. The property is still labelled Chesterfield on the 25-inch map of the 1890s but is much reduced. It is no longer extant. | |
Chesterfield | Occupied by Maurice P. O. [P]helan in 1814 and by Major Sullivan in 1837. Held from the Major's representatives in the early 1850s and occupied by Francis Brown. The buildings were valued at £18. There is a modern house at the site but the stableyard and farm buildings still survive. |
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Chetwynd | The Pigotts were established at Chetwynd in the early 18th century and Wilson refers to it as their seat in 1786. By the end of the century they were resident in county Laois. In 1837 J. Forrest was the proprietor of Chetwin and in the mid 19th century William Bateman occupied the house, valued at £25, which he held from John Dennis. Two houses are marked on the first Ordnance Survey map for Chetwynd. It is not clear which one was the Pigott house. | |
Chevy Chase Cottage. | William Arthur Persse was the owner of a house valued at almost £10 at Laherdaun in 1906. It had been the property of Dudley Persse at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was probably used mainly as a hunting lodge due to its remote location. Ruinous fragments remain, surrounded by state forestry. |
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Christendom House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Benjamin Whitney was leasing this property from the Rea estate when it was valued at £32 10s. This house is no longer extant. | |
Church Hill | Occupied by Charles McCarthy in 1814 and by Daniel McCartie in 1837. Mary McCartie occupied the house in the early 1850s holding it from Anne McCartie. It was then valued at £5.10 shillings. Hajba writes that the last McCartie to live at Church Hill was Richard. The property was sold to the Shine family in the late 19th century and there are only some ruined remains of the house. | |
Church Hill House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. Henry Denny was leasing Church Hill from Sir Edward Denny when it was valued at £27. According to Bary the house was in the hands of the Denny family for much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries until it passed to the Neligans, possibly in the 1880s. In 1906 it was owned by William Neligan and valued at £27. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Church Hill House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. Mountifort Longfield was leasing this property from Susan McDonnell, when it was valued at £24. [This may be Susan McDaniel of Bandon, as Daniel McDaniel of Knockmacool, is listed in a Bandon Directory of 1876]. Lewis records the house as the seat of Mountifort Longfield in 1837. It is still extant. |
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Church Park | Church Park was occupied by Benjamin Reeves in 1814. It is shown on the First edition Ordnance Survey map of the 1840s but is not labelled on the later 25-inch edition of the 1890s. The house is no longer extant but entrance gates are still visible. | |
Churchboro | Occupied by Edward Kelly in 1814, E. Kelly in 1837 and by Patrick Grehan at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house is no longer extant. |
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Churchfield House | Dr Langer Carey was a member of the Careyville family. He lived at Churchfield House, Newport in the mid 19th century, valued at £17.10 shillings and held from Lady Waller. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Churchtown | At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, Sir A. Blennerhassett was leasing Churchtown House to Robert Stokes. In 1837 Lewis refers to it as the seat of Sir A. Blennerhassett. Leet mentions it as the residence of R.A. Blennerhassett in 1814. The house was valued at £31. Churchtown House is still extant. Much of the demesne is now part of Beaufort Golf Course. |
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Churchtown House | Located on the Egmont estate Churchtown House was the residence of the Crofts family in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Occupied by George Crofts in 1814 and by the Reverend F.W. Crofts in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation it was owned by Sir Edward Tierney in fee and valued at £44. Later 19th century occupants were Major Trench and John Cowhey. This house is still extant and occupied. |
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Churchtown House (Dysert) | Leased from the Disney estate by James Connolly at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £25. In 1837 Lewis notes Churchtown as " the pleasant residence of John Power". In 1777, Charles Smith refers to it as the seat of Eccles Disney. The house is still extant. It was partially renovated in the early 21st century and in 2010 was offered for sale. |
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Chute Hall | Richard Chute was occupying Chute Hall at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £37 10s. Lewis also records it as his residence in 1837. The house is named "Tullygarran House" on the 1st edition of the Ordnance Survey map and is so described in the Ordnance Survey Name Books where it is noted it was "three stories high and about a century old". The house later became known as Chute Hall. Bary notes that the Chutes had been resident in this area since the seventeenth century on what had been McElligott land. In 1894 it was the residence of Mrs. Chute. Richard, the last of the Chutes to live here, died in 1936. In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted Chute Hall "now almost a wreck but once a fine imposing structure." The house has been demolished but the substantial gateway remains inside which are some fine ogham stones. |
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Ciamaltha House | Builtby Lord Benjamin Bloomfield, ADC to George III, as a sporting lodge, the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe it as "recently erected" in 1840. Lewis writes in 1837 "Lord Bloomfield is building a handsome lodge in the Elizabethan style and has laid out an extensive nursery from which considerable plantations have been made on the surrounding mountains". At the time of Griffith's Valuation this house was valued at £58+ and was held in fee by Lord Bloomfield. The 1906 report on Untenanted Demesnes claims that the house was occupied by his daughter, the Honourable Harriott Kingscote, who, in 1833, had married Thomas Henry Kingscote of Gloucestershire. However, family sources indicate that the house was actually occupied in the early 1900s by her grandson, Col. Randolph Kingscote, who continued to live there until 1922. The house is still in use as a residence. |
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Cill-Alaithe | Described as 'an Italianate country house' (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) built in the early 1890s, on the outskirts of the town of Killala, to the design of Richard Chaytor Millar, for Miss Augusta Gertrude Knox Gore. The grounds included a stable complex and walled garden. Sold in 1923 to James Gilvarry, a local man who had become wealthy in America. In the early 1940s it became the property of Alexander Knox Miller and is often known as 'Miller's House'. Since 1970 it has had a number of owners and is currently (2016) under restoration. |
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Clancool House | Held in fee by Thomas W. Hewitt at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £25. Lewis refers to Clancool as the seat of Mrs. Gillman in 1837. This house is still extant. |
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Claran House | The home of the Browne family in the 19th century. It was occupied by Arthur Dillon Browne in the early 20th century. |
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Claregalway Castle | In 1786 Wilson refers to "the ancient castle of Clare-Galway, the seat of Michael French". Both the 1st edition and 25-inch edition indicate that the original tower house was in ruins but extensive adjacent buildings are shown on the 25-inch map. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was part of Lord Clanmorris's estate and was leased to Patrick Reilly when the buildings were valued at over £5. The castle is still extant and undergoing a programme of renovation. | |
Claremont | Described in the Ordnance Survey Name Books as a 'neat modern building', the house was located close to the bank of the River Suck. It was the home of Gonville ffrench and he held it from the D'Arcy family. In the D'Arcy sales rental of May 1851 there is reference to 'the splendid mansion' of Gonville ffrench. Occupied by the Honourable Clarinda ffrench in the 1850s who held the property from the Right Honourable Richard W. Greene, valued at £21. The house is now a ruin. |
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Claremount | Built in the 18th century, this house was the home of George Browne, third son of the 1st Earl of Altamont, in the 1760s. His daughter and heiress married Dominick Browne of Castlemagarret and ownership of Claremount appears to have passed to the Castlemagarret Brownes. The Kirwans and Denis Browne of Westport lived in the house in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was bought by Murray McGregor Blacker from Lord Oranmore and Browne in 1858 for £4,250. Blacker owned the house until 1874. In 1877 the house and about 313 acres were sold to the local parish priest by Thomas D. Maguire for the purpose of establishing a Convent of Mercy. The nuns ran a girls' secondary school in the house. In October 1906 just over 300 acres of Claremount was vested in the Congested Districts' Board. |
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Claremount House | Claremount house and demesne were part of the Barntick estate. Occupied by Jonas Studdert in 1814 and by Wyndham F. Patterson at the time of Griffith's Valuation. His lease expired on 25 Mar 1857. It was then leased to the Lynch family. One descendant was Patrick Lynch, Senator of the Irish Free State and Attorney General of Ireland 1936-1940. | |
Clareville | Weir writes that this house was built by a member of the Joynt family, one of whom was agent to the White estate in the early 19th century. It was valued at just over £5 and was unoccupied at the time of Griffith's Valuation. James and Michael Comyn were the immediate lessors who held over a hundred acres from Colonel Henry White. Clareville was one of the residences of William Lane Joynt in the latter half of the 19th century. An occupied house still exists at this site. |
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Clareville House | Built in the mid 18th century by Robert Martin of Dangan, it was used as a winter residence by the Martins of Dangan and Ballynahinch Castle. Occupied by Richard Martin at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from the Law Life Assurance Society when it was valued at £20. Clareville is still extant and occupied. In 2013 it was offered for sale. |
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Clashadonagh [Frogmore] | James Barry held an unoccupied house in the townland of Glanaradotia valued at £20 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is labelled Clashadonagh on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Frogmore House on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. It is now a ruin. | |
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Clashanahy | Sir Richard Musgrave held this property on lease from the Decies estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £18. There is still an extant property at this site. | |
Clashanimud Cottage or Glenview House | Rev. George Nash was leasing this property to Henry Nash at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10. It is labelled on the 25-inch Ordnance Map, published in the 1890s, as Glenview House. There is no house at this site now. | |
Clashanure | Home of a number of generations of the Allen family in the 18th and 19th centuries. Occupied by the representatives of Kyrle Allen at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from Robert Meade. The buildings were valued at £15 and the Allens also had a mill valued at £13. Still extant and occupied. |
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Clashduff | Peter Warner was occupying a house valued at £18 in the townland of Clashduff at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held this property from Sir A. Brooke. This may be the house recorded by Lewis as Castle View in the parish of Inchinabacky and inhabited by P. Warner. Peter Warner of Clashduff, Middleton owned 205 acres in the 1870s | |
Clashganniv | Hajba writes that this house has always been the home of the O'Brien family. Vincent O'Brien, the famous Irish race horse trainer, was born at Clashganniv in 1917. The house is still extant and occupied. At the time of Griffith's Valuation there were two houses in Clashganniv, one valued at £16, was occupied by James Lynch and the other valued at £10 was held in fee by Sir Edward Tierney. | |
Clashganniv House | John Powell was leasing this property from the Herbert estate at the time of Griffithf's Valuation, when it was valued at £10. Let also notes it as his residence in 1814 though he refers to it as Sandville. Bary states that the Powells continued in residence until the early twentieth century. Clashganniv is still extant and occupied. |
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Clashleigh | Lewis records Claishleigh as the residence of S. Grubb and in Griffith's Valuation Samuel Grubb held a house, office and flour mill valued at £170 in Clogheen Market from Viscount Lismore. His son Henry Samuel Grubb lived at Claishleigh in the 1870s. This house was in use as a rectory in the 20th century. |
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Clashmore | Clashmore was held in fee by the Earl of Huntingdon at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £34. The site marked on the 1st-edition Ordnance Survey map is not that recorded on the later 25-inch map. Smith refers to the earlier house as the seat of Mr. Power and Wilson refers to it as the seat of Richard Power in 1786. The Irish Tourist Authority Survey of the 1940s suggest the later house was never fully completed and by then had all but disappeared. Much of the extensive farmyard, however, is still extant and in use. |
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Classas | A house occupied by H. Minhear in 1837 and by Lewis Gollock at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £26 and held from William Crooke. In 1894 Slater notes it as the seat of A. McCall. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association survey noted that it was then being run by Mrs. Agnes Leader as a guesthouse "for relatives". It is still extant and occupied. |
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Classes | Classes was occupied by William O'Callaghan in the early 1850s and held from John Stevely. The buildings were valued at £11. There are two houses at Classes on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Classes House is located at W562705 while the second is labelled Classes House East and located at the site of the current Classes House which bears a date label of 1823. |
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Classiebawn Castle | Classibawn was commissioned by 3rd Viscount Palmerstown and completed by his stepson William Cowper-Temple in 1874. It afterwards passed to the Ashley family and is still in the possession of their descendants. In 1906 it was valued at £69. |
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Cleaboy House | Patrick Balfe was leasing a property valued at £10 from Teresa Madden at Cleaboy, barony of Castlereagh, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Cleaghmore | Andrew Montgomery was leasing a house valued at £13 from the Clancarty estate at Cleaghmore, parish of Kilcloony, barony of Clonmacnowen, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. | |
Cleaghmore B & C | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the Clancarty estate was leasing two houses in this townland to members of the Le Poer Trench family, one (Cleaghmore B) valued at £23 and the other Cleaghmore C) at £21. They were leased by Mrs. Le Poer Trench and Robert Le Poer Trench respectively. | |
Cleaghmore Villa | A vacant house, valued at £11 and part of the property of Norman Ashe, was located at Cleaghmore, parish of Kilcloony, barony of Clonmacnowen at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This is possibly the house shown on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s as Cleaghmore Villa which is still extant. |
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Cleeny | At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, Maurice Brennan was leasing a property at Cleeny, valued at almost £7, from The O’Donoghue estate. In 1906 it was owned by Lord Kenmare's estate and valued at £5 15s. Modern farm buildings are located at the site. | |
Cleggan | The home of the Twining family for the second half of the 19th century. The house was inherited by Julia Holberton in 1902 and now belongs to her great grandson Hugh Musgrave and his family. |
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Clenagh Castle | Home of the McMahons in the 18th century, Lewis refers to the ruined tower which was "once the residence of the McMahons". |
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Cleragh House | William Power was living at Cleragh, Killenaule in 1814 and Charles Blackmore was resident in the mid 19th century. Blackmore held the house valued at £13 from Patrick Waldron with 257 acres. This house is still in use as a country residence. |
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Clermont House | Clermont or Claremount House, Nenagh, was occupied by William Short in 1814 and by Frederick Evans in 1837. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as "a good dwelling house, the residence of Mr. J. Evans". It was also occupied by Evans at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house was then valued at £24 and held from the Marquess of Ormond. This house still functions as a residence. |
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Cleve Hill | Samuel Perrott was residing at Cleve Hill in 1837 and in the early 1850s when the house was valued at £68 and held from Alexander McCarthy. Cleve Hill a modern family mansion on 13 acres was advertised for sale in October 1873, the estate of Joseph Gadsden Nash and Arthur Power Harty, bankrupts. | |
Cleveragh | Capt. James Martin was the lessor of a property valued at £18 at Cleaveragh Demesne, barony of Carbury at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was being leased by Robert Wilson. It continued in Martin ownership until the twentieth century though frequently occupied by tenants. The house and demesne were eventually bought by Sligo Borough Council with the intention of creating a town park though this was only partially realised. The house was demolished in 1999. | |
Clifden | This house was the home of the Burton family on the shore of Inchiquin Lough in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Wilson refers to it as the seat of Edward W. Burton in 1786. It was the residence of Lieutenant Colonel Marcus Patterson in the 1870s and in 1906. The house is still extant. |
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Clifden Castle | Built circa 1818 by John D'Arcy and home to his family until 1850 when it was sold to Thomas Eyre. Left by him to his nephew John Joseph Eyre and sold by his representatives to a local butcher in 1917. It is now a ruin. A lithograph of the house is part of the sales rental 1850. |
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Cliff Fort | Thomas Frewen held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £7. There is still a house at this site. | |
Cliff Lodge/Cliff Cottage | In 1848, Patrick Keely was leasing this property from the Barron estate when it was valued at almost £14. It is labelled as Cliff Lodge on the 1st-edition Ordnance Survey Map but as Cliff Cottage on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. The house is no longer extant. | |
Clifford | This house was occupied by Richard Martin in 1814 and by Thomas Lloyd in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when he held the property from Edward Beatty. The buildings were valued at £26. Clifford passed by marriage to the Mansergh family of Grenane, county Tipperary and at the time of the sale in 1879 was inhabited by Captain C.S. Mansergh, who held it on a lease dated 1868. The representatives of E. Charles Mansergh of Clifford owned 511 acres in county Tipperary in the 1870s. In 1942 the Irish Tourist Association survey reported that it was the residence of the Walton family nd that the estate had been reduced to 40 acres. This house was recently renovated. |
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Clifton | Built by the Scotts of Cahiracon for the use of their agents circa 1830s, this house was in the possession of James Kelly by the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was recorded as unoccupied. It became St Brigid's Convent for postulants of the Columban Sisters in the 1920s and was demolished in 1979. |
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Clifton | John Moore Travers inhabited this house in the first half of the 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Clifton was valued at £65 and held from the Earl of Bandon. John M. Travers only child Elizabeth married in 1827 Sir William Henry St Lawrence Clarke, Baronet. Later the home of Nicholas Murphy and in the 20th century in use as a convent. | |
Clifton | Lewis records Clifton as the seat of Captain Sheppard. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as "a modern building, the residence of Capt. Sheppard" in 1841. Arthur Sheppard [?] was the occupier at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held the property from Thomas Pyke and the buildings were valued at £14.10 shillings. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records the present house as dating from 1868. |
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Clifton | Situated on the coast just south of Youghal, Clifton was occupied by Sir William Homan in 1837. Griffith's Valuation records John Keily junior as resident when the house was valued at £62. Buildings are still extant at the site. | |
Clodragh or Derriana Lodge | Part of the Mahony estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was held in fee by Daniel Mahony and valued at almost £2. Bought by the Williams family in the late 1850s following the sale of the Mahony estate, the lodge seems to have become known as Derriana Lodge by the end of the nineteenth century. There are still buildings at this site. | |
Clogh | In 1906 Sir Jocelyn Gore Booth was the owner of buildings valued at £70 at Clogh, barony of Carbury. There are no building of similar valuation at the time of Griffith's Valuation. | |
Cloghacloka | A house valued at £12, in the possession of the representatives of Pat D'Arcy and held from the representatives of Major Peacock, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Some farm buildings are still extant at the site. | |
Cloghan Castle | In the early 1850s Cloghan Castle was in the possession of Richard Burke as agent to the trustees or owners. It is labelled as "in ruins" on the 25-inch Ordnance survey map of the 1890s and a house constructed nearby. A building is still extant at the latter site. | |
Cloghanarold | This house was the residence of J. Fitzgerald Massey in 1837 and of Hugh H. Massy in the mid 19th century. The house was valued at £18 and held from John Pigott. |
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Cloghane | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. Timothy Moriarty was leasing the property at Cloghane from the Irish Church Missions when it was valued at £18 10s. MacDonagh indicates that Moriarty was a native of Dingle who had converted to the Church of Ireland. | |
Cloghane Lodge or Fortlands | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was being leased by Francis Fitzgerald to Andrew Shea and was valued at £15. It is still extant. Bary writes that this house was built by the Conway family, possibly in the seventeenth century. It was eventually sold by Nicholas Conway Colthurst to Peter Thompson in the 1820s. The 1856 sale notice records Francis Fitzgerald as the assignee of Peter Thompson. | |
Cloghans House | Lane esq was residing at Cloghan Castle in the 1770s. In 1786, however, Wilson refers to Cloghan Castle as the residence of Mr. Lewin. Ruane describes the house as early 18th century with 19th century alterations. It was held in fee by Henry H. Lewin at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10. it was occupied by General Arthur Lewin in the early 20th century. He was an aviation enthuaist and went to live in Nairobi, Kenya, in the 1930s. Cloghans was sold to the McCartans in the 1940s and is now the home of the Kelly family. |
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Cloghansmore | Occupied by Martin P. Costello at the time of Griffith's Valuation, valued at £12. Still extant and occupied. | |
Cloghballymore | Originally a tower house owned by the Kilkelly family, Cloghballymore House, was extended a number of times by the various families who held the estate over three centuries.. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage indicates that the main house at the site was constructed by Marcus Lynch in the eighteenth century. In 1906 it was owned by Llewellyn Blake and was valued at £18. It was later given by him to a missionary order and maintained for some time as a seminary. The building is still extant and now Blake Manor Nursing home. |
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Clogheen | In his journal William Lysaght refers to building a cottage at Clogheen in 1749. He was leasing Clogheen from Lady Midleton [see De Breffny, page 115]. By 1814 Clogheen was occupied by Arundel Hill who was still resident in 1837. Reverend William F. Crofts was the occupier at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held the property from William Lysaght. It was valued at £31. In 1870 the house was occupied by Mrs Ellen Crofts. This house no longer exists although the outbuildings still stand. | |
Clogher | According to Bence Jones this house was built circa 1798 though Wilson refers to a house at Clogher as the seat of Patrick Lynch in 1786. In 1844 Samuel Nicholson described Clogher House as "amongst the largest and the best in the Country, and appears to be kept in excellent order". Patrick C. Lynch was leasing it from Sir Robert H. Blosse at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £40. It was in the ownership of the Fitzgerald Kenney family at the beginning of the 20th century and is now a ruin. |
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Clogher | Built post 1838, home of William Parks at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £7. Thomas H. Parke was born at Clogher in 1857. He became a surgeon in the British Army and was with Stanley in Africa. Clogher was purchased by the Collins family from the Parkes in 1910. | |
Clogher | Originally a Nagle home and then in the possession of Harmer Bond through whom Clogher passed to the Lowes. Occupied by Mrs Eliza Lowe in the early 1850s, held from Garret Nagle and valued at £28. This house was derelict at the end of the 20th century. Through the Nagles Clogher had a connection with Edmund Burke, Lewis states that the estate "once belonged to the celebrated Edmund Burke". | |
Clogher West | A house occupied by John Fitzgerald and held from George Whitelock at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The buildings were valued at £12. The original house does not appear to be extant. | |
Clogherbeg House | Mary Gormley writes that this house was built by the Knoxes who acquired some of the Plunkett of Castle Plunkett estate. Occupied by Thomas Stafford at the time of Griffith's Valuation, held from James Murphy when the house was valued at £6. Much of this property is now in ruins. | |
Clogherboy Cottage | David Rutledge was leasing a house valued at over £8 to James Kealy at Clogerboy, barony of Clare, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house was later known as Cahergal. There is still a building extant at this site. |
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Clogherevagh | The house at Clogherevagh now forms part of St. Angela's College, a constituent college of NUI, Galway. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage estimates that the house was built c.1890. At the time of Griffith's Valuation much of the townland was the property of John Wynne's estate. In 1894 Slater notes it as the residence of John Cochrane. |
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Cloghers House | In 1786 Wilson refers to Cloghers as the seat of Richard Yielding. John Mulchinock was leasing two adjoining properties from the Colthurst estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, one valued at £50 and the second at £15. The Irish Tourist Association Survey notes that Cloghers was "once the home of the Mulchinock family who were big landowners" and relates the story of the song "the Rose of Tralee". Bary writes that this property was associated with the Carrigue family in the eighteenth century and also that John Mulchinock was an uncle of William Mulchinock, author of the song. She indicates that it was later owned by the Fitzmaurice family. It is still extant. |
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Cloghfadda House | Occupied by Joseph Wiseman in the early 1850s, held from Robert A. Rogers and valued at £12. The Crofts sale rental of 1881 record Cloughfadda House as a comfortable residence in "owner's hands". A house is still extant at the site. | |
Cloghjordan House | This house was the home of the Reverend Edwin Palmer in 1814. By the time of Griffith's Valuation John Hodgins occupied the house and ran the nearby nursery gardens. The buildings were valued at £13+ and held from Lord Dunalley. This building which includes the remains of the old castle still functions as a country residence. |
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Cloghkeating | The home of Augustus Robinson from the 1830s. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Cloghkeating as "a large new house" in 1841. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Augustus Robinson held the property in fee and the buildings were valued at £19. Augustus Robinson of Cloghkeating owned 231 acres in the 1870s. This house is still in use as a residence. |
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Cloghlough | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William O'Brien was leasing a property valued at £8 at Cloghlough, barony of Carrigallen, from the estate of John King, which was in Chancery. Substantial farm buildings exist at this site. | |
Cloghprior House | The home of the Woodward family until sold to Edwin Cuthbert in 1844. The Ordnance Survey Name Books describes it as "at present in a state of very bad repair, but bears marks of ancient splendour". Held by Edwin Cuthbert in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £5.5 shillings. Daniel Grace writes that it was renovated by John Flower circa 1860s and leased to John Talbot. The Talbot family continued to reside at Cloghprior until the early 20th century. | |
Cloghroe House | In 1786 Wilson refers to Cloghroe as the seat of Mr. Capel. In the late 18th century this house passed by marriage from the Capel family to the Fitzgerald family. J. C. Fitzgerald was resident at Cloghroe in 1814. The house, valued at £28, was occupied by Thomas Keogh in the early 1850s and held from Thomas Fitzgerald. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey referred to it as the residence of Major O'Mahony of Blarney Mills. A house is still extant at Cloghroe. | |
Clonacody | The residence of John Hunt in 1814 but the Kelletts were resident by 1837. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Clonacody as the seat of John D. Kellett. James Sadlier was the occupier in 1850 holding the house valued at £28+ from John Kellett. The sale rental of 1856 records James Sadlier as tenant under the Court of Chancery in a case Massey v Kellett. The Kellett family continued to live at Clonacody until the mid 20th century and the house is still extant. |
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Clonalis House | The present Clonalis House was built in the late 1870s replacing an earlier Georgian house, the ruins of which can be seen at Clonalis. Charles Owen O'Conor, the O'Conor Don, lived here at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the existing house was valued at £35. In 1814 Clonalis is recorded as the residence of John Balfe. The Census of Elphin records Margaret O'Conor as residing in Clonalis in 1749. |
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Clonbern Park | A house built in the early 1850s by Charles Dennis O'Rorke, valued at £8 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and probably substantially extended. It continued to be occupied by the O'Rorke family until 1916. Sometime in the 1920s it was burnt down but the stable block and walled garden are still evident at the site. |
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Clonbonane | Edmund Scully of the Silverfort branch of the Scully family lived here in the first half of the 19th century. By the time of Griffith's Valuation Jeremiah Scully held the house valued at £12 from the Earl of Norbury. This house no longer exists. | |
Clonboy | An 18th century house of the Brown family held from the Westropps in the mid 19th century. The Browns were agents for the estate of George Westropp. Occupied by John Brown in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Weir writes that the Browns continued to own Clonboy until the death of Ernest George Brown in 1942. The house was then demolished. | |
Clonbrock | Designed by William Leeson and built in the 1780s. In 1837 Lewis recorded it as the seat of Lord Clonbrock. In 1786 Wilson refers to Clonbrock as the seat of R. Dillon. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house at Clonbrock was valued at £100. In 1906 it was valued at £135. The house was badly damaged by fire in the 1980s and only one wing is now inhabited. |
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Clonbrogan | An early 18th century house built by Solomon Watson, the residence of M. Watson in 1814. By the time of Griffith's Valuation John Murphy was the occupier holding the house from Jeremiah Scully. It was valued at £5.14 shillings. This house is still a residence. |
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Clonco House (Burke's Court) | Edward Burke was occupying this house valued at £8 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1837 Lewis recorded it as the seat of Ulick Burke. On both the 1st and 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey maps, this house is labelled Burke's Court. In 1906 it was owned by John K. Burke and was valued at £7. The original entrance gates, showing Cloncoe House, are still extant and there is still a house at this site. |
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Cloncoskraine | This property was held in fee by John Nugent Humble in 1851 when it was valued at £39. Lewis refers to it as the seat of Lady Nugent Humble in 1837 and notes it was "beautifully situated amid thriving plantations". It was "belonging to the Nugents" according to Charles Smith in 1774. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to "Clonkosheron, the seat of the late Mr. Shanahan,but now in ruins" which may refer to an earlier house in the locality. In the 1940s the ITA survey noted Cloncoskraine was in the ownership of Miss Nugent, a descendent of the family. The house is still extant and occupied. |
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Cloncouse | Thomas Lucas, MD, held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the house was valued at £7 5s. It is not named on the Ordnance Survey maps and is no longer extant. | |
Clondagad House | A 19th century house, the home of the Whitstone family, who held the property at the time of Griffith's Valuation from Edward A . Gore. It was valued at £12 and described as a steward's house. The house is occupied and well maintained. |
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Clonderalaw | Weir writes that this house was either built or bought by a branch of the Studderts of county Limerick in the mid 18th century and that it remained their home until the mid 20th century. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Studdert. It was part of the Wandesforde estate in county Clare. It was the home of Mrs Gore (nee Studdert) in the 1940s but according to the Irish Tourist Association surveyor it was not in good repair and "likely to go the way of all the other big houses of Clare". However it has survived into the 21st century with its roof on. In 1894 it was the residence of Captain George Studdert. | |
Clonea Castle | In 1851 Clonea Castle was being leased by Charles Farren, MD, from Rev. Walter McGuire, when it was valued at £20. The 1854 Encumbered Estates sale notice states that Farren's lease was from year to year and he was willing to vacate the premises for the purchaser if necessary. In the 1940s the ITA survey noted that both it and the property then known as Clonea Nursing Home had been built by the Maguire family. The castle was "a square shell on the beach". | |
Clonea Lower | A house adjacent to Clonea Castle was held in fee by Rev. Walter McGuire at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10. [Grid Reference is approximate]. Buildings are still extant in the area. | |
Clonea Mill | In 1850 Judith Ryan was leasing this property from the estate of Sir Benjamin Morris Wall, when it was valued at £21, including a mill. It is labelled Corn Mill on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but is not marked on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. | |
Cloneen | Leet records - Hoare esq as resident at Cloneen, Middleton, in 1814. In the mid 19th century Robert Lunham held a house valued at £20+ from Bingham Sarsfield in this townland. Sarsfield held the property from Abraham Devonsher. When Cloneen was advertised for sale in 1870 it was occupied by Joseph Sheedy. Bingham Sarsfield of Cork owned 266 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Cloneen House | The home of the Meagher family, occupied by William Meagher in 1814 and by Henry C. Meagher in 1850. The property was held from the Earl of Clare and was valued at £18. This house is still occupied. |
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Clonfert Cottage | In 1855, a house valued at £8 and belonging to the representatives of Robert Seymour, was leased by James Buchanan. Slater refers to "Clonfert Cottage" as the residence of Robert Seymour in 1846. On the 25-inch maps of 1890s the property at this site is labelled "Constabulary Barracks". | |
Clonfert Palace | Clonfert Palace was built in the late 17th century and altered in the 18th century. It was the residence of the Church of Ireland bishop of Clonfert until 1836 when that diocese was amalgamated with Killaloe. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John E. Trench was leasing the property valued at £20 from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in the townland of Clonfert Demesne, barony of Longford, county Galway. In 1906 it was in the ownership of Charles O'Hara Trench. Later occupied by the British fascist leader, Oswald Mosley. It was damaged by fire in 1954 and has been derelict since. |
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Clonfinane House | In 1841 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to a house in the townland of Clonfinane as Moorefield House. There is reference to a communication from the Earl of Portarlington that he did not know of any such place on his estate with a following note by John O'Donovan stating "but your tenant built a house and gave it a name"! The house is described as " a good dwelling house, the residence of Maunsell Antisell". However, on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, the house is labelled "Clonfinane House" perhaps indicating that Lord Portarlington prevailed. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the house in this townland is occupied by the representatives of Jonathan Walsh and valued at almost £4. A house and farm are still extant at the site. | |
Clongowna House | In 1840, he Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to this property as "Mount Ormond, a good dwelling house in a demesne of the same name, the residence of Rev. Mr. Troak" It is labelled on both the First and 25-edtion Ordnance Survey maps, however, as Clongowna House. Occupied by the Reverend Mr Troke in 1837 and by John Brereton at the time of Griffith's Valuation. John Brereton held the property in fee and the house was valued at £21. Still occupied by the Breretons in the 1870s. A house is still extant at this site. | |
Clonkeen House (Barrington) | Croker Barrington, second son of Sir Croker Barrington, was the occupant of a mansion house at Clonkeen (Barrington) in 1906, valued at £48. The Barringtons owned a house in this area at the time of Griffith's Valuation which was valued at almost £10. This older property is known as Clonkeen House and was enlarged later in the nineteenth century. The 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map of the 1890s shows a second property, labelled Barrington's Bridge House [R683547]. This latter property is locally known as The Red House. Houses are still extant at both sites. Clonkeen House was offered for sale in 2013. |
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Clonkerdin House | Mrs Catherine Quinlan was leasing this property from Lord Stuart de Decies in 1851 when it was valued at £30. It is still extant and occupied. In 2014 it was offered for sale. |
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Clonmacken | Built in 1700 by Reverend Edmund Palmer according to the Ordnance Survey Field Book, this two-storey house was occupied by Henry D'Esterre in 1814, by Captain Vereker in 1834 and by 1839 was the seat of John Brown Finch. In the early 1850s it was the residence of John Sharp, situated on the Lansdowne estate, it was held from Lawrence Kelly. | |
Clonmaine | At the time of Griffith's Valuation William Abbot held this house valued at £15 from Robert U.P. Fitzgerald. |
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Clonmeen House | Built in 1893 for Stephen Grehan and designed by George Ashlin. This house remained in the possession of the Grehan family until the 1970s. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted it as the residence of Major Grehan. Late in the twentieth century it functioned as a hotel for some time but has now returned to private ownership. |
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Clonmeen Lodge | Hajba writes that this house was the home of Cornelius O'Callaghan in 1750. In 1786 Wilson refers to "Bantyre" as the seat of Mr. Callaghan. Viscount Lismore is recorded as proprietor of Clonmeen in 1814. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Clonmeen Lodge was occupied by George Grehan and held from Viscount Lismore. It was valued at £7+. The Grehans continued to use this house as a secondary residence while their main residence was in Dublin. In 1893 a much larger house, Clonmeen House, was built close to the lodge. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted "The Lodge, Banteer" as the residence of Jerome O'Callaghan and stated that the house had originally been built by the Nash family as a fishing lodge. A building is still extant at the site. | |
Clonmoney West | An early 18th century house, built and owned by the Westropps until the 20th century. The O'Donnells were resident at the end of the 18th century. It was leased to Henry White in 1814 and to D. Canny in 1837. Matthew Canny held Clonmoney from John Westropp in the mid 19th century, when the property was valued at £25. The Cannys subleased the property to Michael Macnamara. The executors of Macnamara's will advertised the sale of his interest in Clonmoney in January 1880. The original house is not extant now. |
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Clonmoyle | In 1837 this house was the home of Charles Colthurst, a younger son of John Colthurst and his wife, Jane Bowen. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Jonathon Bruce was the occupier. He held the house valued at £35 from Charles Colthurst. Henry Leader of Clonmoyle, Coachford, owned 2,418 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. The Irish Tourist Association survey of the early 1940s mentions that it was the residence of Mrs.Young, the owner of Clonmoyle Flour Mills and that it had previously been the home of Harry Leader. It is now a ruin. | |
Clonmult | The Powers appear to be associated with Clonmult from the late 17th century. In the first half of the 19th century Pierce Power was resident, the house being valued at £23 in the early 1850s and held from Edward Phayre. A Shaw Smith home in the second half of the 19th century. Louis K. Smyth is recorded as the occupant in 1906 when the buildings were valued at £16. 15 shillings. |
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Clonroad | A 17th century house in the possession of the Gore family from 1712 until 1852. The house was close to the River Fergus and had a brewery beside it. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Gores were leasing the house and brewery to William Digges and the house was occupied by Henry Greene. In the 20th century the house which was rebuilt and extended in the mid 19th century belonged to the Knox and Merry families. | |
Clonshavoy | Located on the Barrington estate this house was occupied by Caleb Powell and valued at £15 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Bence Jones describes Clonshavoy as a single storey early 19th century house in the "cottage" style. In the 20th century it was the home of the last Barrington to live in the Limerick area. The Irish Tourist Association surveyor writes in 1944 that the house was interesting as it was the remains of a very old Elizabethan house. He says that more than half the house was pulled down as it was unsafe "and the present eastern wing is a reconstruction". This house is still extant. |
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Clonshire | Occupied by George Fosberry in 1814 and by J. Dickson in 1837. This one storey house was described as a ''comfortable slated cottage built in 1812 by the present occupier Col. John Dickson'' [brother of the Reverend Richard]. This house, valued at £22 at the time of Griffith's Valuation, was occupied by Samuel D. Power who held it from John Pigott. Clonshire is now the location of a large equestrian centre. Owned by the Greenall family, Lord Daresbury, in the 20th century. [The Greenalls also bought Mount Coote]. |
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Clonsingle | A house situated on the Tipperary/Limerick county border, occupied by R. Young in 1837 and by Robert Young in the early 1850s, when it was valued at £30 and held in fee. Robert Young was still resident in the 1870s. A house is still located at this site. | |
Clontaff | Richard Townsend was leasing this property from Esther Horan at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £19. Lewis also records it as the seat of R. Townsend in 1837. | |
Clontead More House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Herbert Gillman was leasing a property valued at £14 from Edward Murphy. This house was built after the publication of the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. The Irish Tourist Association survey refers to "Clontead" as the former residence of the historian, Herbert Webb Gillman,(1832-1898). It is still extant and seems to have become known as Clontead More House. |
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Cloon | In 1814 Cloon House is recorded as the seat of B. Eyre. Lewis records the house as that of Burke Eyre in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Cloon House was occupied by Henry Lahiff when it was valued at £15. It is still extant and occupied by his descendents. |
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Cloonacauneen Castle | Muriel L. Athy writes that the castle was occupied by Martin Blake in 1835, although it is recorded in the Ordnance Survey Name Books as the property of Mr. French. The property later passed into the hands of Mr Fair "who built against it a Tudor house", his descendant Dr Fair of Ballinasloe sold it to the Estates Commissioners". Owned by James Malley in the early 20th century. Described by Bence Jones as a tower house with an attached wing. Still occupied, it now operates as a bar and restaurant. |
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Cloonagh | The home of a branch of the Fallon family from the mid 18th century. Wilson refers to it as the seat of John Fallon in 1786. Occupied by James Mannion in 1814 and described in the 1830s as "a well built modern mansion forming three fourths of a cross". Occupied by James Bailey at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was part of the Trench estate. It is now a ruin. | |
Cloonagh Lodge | An extensive complex of mills is shown at this location on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1840, including two flour mills. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Matthias McDonnell was leasing mill properties, valued at £67, from the estate of the Marquis of Sligo. In addition he was leasing a house valued at £4. Cloonagh Lodge is shown on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. A house is still extant at the site. . | |
Cloonahee | Residence of Gilbert Conry in 1814 and of John Conroy esq in 1822. According to a note with the sale rental of 1853 the house was accidently burnt and a good farm house built as a replacement. The home of John Heague in the mid 19th century. Occupied by Richard Hague and valued at £40 in 1906. |
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Cloonalassan House | Lord Monteagle was leasing this property to John Giles at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8 5s, on a demesne of 123 acres, some of which extended into Ballycrispin townland. Lewis mentions, in 1837, that Ballycrispin was formerly the residence of the Spring-Rice ancestors. It is not shown on the later 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. | |
Cloonamahon | In 1854 when the estate was offered for sale by Thomas James Meredith the house was described as "a good slated dwelling-house..somewhat out of repair, but with a little outlay, it could be made very comfortable". In 1906 Dr. Henry Tweedy was the owner of buildings valued at £50 at the site. Following the departure of the Tweedy family the property was used as a sanitorium and later a retreat centre. McTernan notes that the original house was demolished in 1976 and replaced by modern buildings. Most of the site is now occupied by a Health Service facility. | |
Cloonatleva | Samuel Johnston was leasing a property valued at almost £5 at Cloonatleva Lower, barony of Kilconnell, from the Hodson estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The original building is not shown on the later 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Modern farm buildings occupy the site now. | |
Cloonatleva Mill | James Tyrrell was leasing a house and mill, valued at £6, together with land, at Cloonatleva, barony of Kilconnell, from the Hodson estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The building is described as "disused" on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. | |
Cloonbarry | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Cloonbarry was occupied by George Knox and was valued at £27.It was offered for sale in July 1866 by Roger Dodwell Robinson, when it was described as "an excellent dwelling house, erected by the owner's father at an expense of £2000". In 1906 Henry McCarrick was the owner of buildings at Cloonbarry, barony of Leyny, valued at £22. McTernan states that it had fallen into disrepair by the 1950s and was subsequently demolished. | |
Cloonbeg | A property described as offices, the property of R.H. Gumbleton, was valued at £15 5s at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1906 this property was owned by Basil Orpin with a valuation of £16. Some of the buildings still remain at the site. | |
Cloonboy House | The home of John Coghlan at the time of Griffith's Valuation, held from the Lynch Blosse estate when the house was valued at £10. It is still extant. | |
Clooncah | A house built after the publication of the 1st Ordnance Survey map, at the time of Griffith's Valuation it was by John Love. The house was valued at £12 and held from John Armstrong. In 1885 Walford describes John Armstrong as a magistrate for county Galway, and of "Clooncagh and South Hill, Clifden". The site at Clooncah is now occupied by farm buildings. | |
Clooncah | In 1778, Clooncah was a property of the Daly family. and Wilson mentions it as the seat of Peter Daly in 1786. Lewis records it as the seat of P. Daly in 1837. William Galway held this property at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £30. According to local tradition, Clooncah House was demolished in the early twentieth century and the stone used in the construction of the new National School at Attymon. | |
Clooncahir | John Walsh was the lessor of a vacant house valued at £12 at Clooncahir, barony of Mohill at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He was leasing lands in the same area from the Crofton estate. A house still exists at the site. | |
Clooncannon/Cloncannon/Runnamead | Far Kelly was resident at Cloncannon in 1749. It is described in the Ordnance Survey Name Books as the residence of William Kelly. This property was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates in July 1850. At that time it was occupied by Mathew C. Browne. John and Edward Lennon were occupying this property, valued at £9, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was part of a holding of almost 400 acres. Joseph Trumperant Potts laid the foundation stone for his house known as Runnymeade in 1866 (''Saunders Newsletter'', 23 June 1866). It is labelled as Runnamead House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. In 1906 a house valued at £10 at Clooncannon Kelly was part of the Clonbrock estate together with almost 400 acres of untenanted land.. It is no longer extant. | |
Clooncona | Laurence Mitchell was leasing a house valued at almost £4 at Clooncona, barony of Longford, from the Clanricarde estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. There is still an occupied house at this site which in 2007 was offered for sale. Extensive nurseries are shown in this location on the 1st edition OS Map. |
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Cloonconra | A house in the townland of Cloonconra, parish of Clonfert, barony of Longford, was valued at £10. It was part of Archdeacon Butson's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is labelled Cloonconra Farm on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. A farm still exists at the site. | |
Clooncorick Castle | Formerly an O'Rourke castle, Clooncorrick was held by several other families, notably the Irwins, before being bought by Pierce Simpson in 1835. In 1814 it is recorded as the residence of Rev. Agar. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was being leased by Pierce Simpson from the Ormsby Gore estate and was valued at £40. Lewis also records it as the seat of the Simpson family in 1837. In the 1930s the castle was dismantled and the fittings sold. The ITA survey in the 1940s recorded that the castle had recently been demolished. For more information on Clooncorrick see http://homepage.eircom.net/~carrigallen/clooncorrick.html | |
Clooncormick | Home of the Gildea family in the 19th century and of the McCartan family in the late 20th century until it was destroyed by a fire. Francis Knox Gildea was leasing from James Knox Gildea at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the property was valued at £45. No trace of the house remains but much of the stable yard is still extant. |
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Clooncunny | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas Rice was leasing a property valued at £5 together with over 150 acres at Clooncunny, barony of Leyny, from the Kirkwood estate. Lewis records Thomas Rice's seat as Achonry in 1837. A house and farm are still extant at this location. | |
Clooncurra | In 1786 Wilson states that Clooncurra was the seat of Mr. Hussey. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, this townland was part of the Hickson estate and let in two substantial farms, with houses valued at £1 5s and £1 10s respectively. Modern farm buildings are visible at the site. | |
Cloondoyle | In 1786, Wilson refers to "Clondowel" as the seat of Mr. Blake. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Thomas Kelly and held from [his father] Bartholomew Kelly. The house was valued at £8. It is labelled Clondoyle House on both the First and 25-inch editions of the Ordnance Survey map. A house still exists at the site. |
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Cloone Grange | A house built after the publication of the first Ordnance Survey Map. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Rev. John Carson was occupying the property which was valued at £25. In 1906 William H. White was the owner of this house, valued at £28. The site of the original house is now occupied by farm buildings. | |
Cloonee | A house built circa 1760, sometimes known as Lakeview. It was occupied in the late 1770s by a member of the Browne family and from the early 19th century by the Blakes. Thomas Walsh was the occupier at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held the property from Colonel Charles Knox. Cloonee was the home of William Creagh Burke in the early 20th century. The "Connaught Telegraph" of 9 March 1935 reported the sudden death of William C. Burke of Lakeview in the Main Street of Ballinrobe when a fair was taking place. The property passed by marriage to the Ruttledge family of Bloomfield. see www.clooneehouse.com/ |
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Clooney House | Originally a 17th century house, the home of the Bindon family, it was burnt in the 19th century. Lewis refers to "Clonie, the demesne of Burton Bindon" in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was unoccupied and William S. Vesey Fitzgerald was the immediate lessor. Rebuilt in the latter half of the 19th century by Joseph Hall and his wife Ellen Bindon. The house was bought by the Tuckeys following the death of Joseph Hall in 1907, the land was divided in the 1920s and the house went to ruin. |
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Cloonfad | Home of the Browne family in the 18th and 19th centuries. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was occupied by Mrs. Margaret Browne and was valued at £4. Extensive farm buildings and a modern house exist at the site. | |
Cloonfinlough Lodge | Occupied by Robert Devenish at the time of Griffith's Valuation, who held the property from John Caulfeild. Buildings are still extant at the site. | |
Cloonfree | The residence of William Mahon. Apparently the residence of George Knox in the 1840s. http://www.ballykilcline.com/story_f.html | |
Cloongee | Originally a Moore home which was sold by Harloe Phibbs Baker to the McDermotts who lived there until the 20th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was held in fee by Owen McDermott and valued at £7. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage notes Cloongee as a rare survivor of a late-seventeenth century house in county Mayo. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Cloongownagh | Thomas and Andrew Kirkwood had houses in this locality in 1814. Thomas resided at Hermitage and Andrew at Lakeview. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Andrew Kirkwood was occupying a property at Cloongownagh, barony of Boyle, valued at £13. Keenehan and others state that Cloongownagh House was built in 1690. It was occupied by the Kirkwood family until 1939 when Col. Moore Kirkwood sold the house and 109 acres. The house is still extant and occupied and is now part of a farm. | |
Cloonkea | John Eyre was leasing a house valued at £10 from the estate of Dr. Duggan in 1855. The house was located at Cloonkea, barony of Longford. It was advertised for sale in 2007. |
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Cloonkeen House | Patrick Sweeney was leasing a house valued at £12 at Cloonkeen, barony of Castlereagh, from the Sandford estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is labelled Cloonkeen House on the 25-inch edition of the Ordnance Survey map. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Cloonkeen House (Kilmacabea) | Leased by Sarah Dorman to Florence McCarthy in 1851 when the house was valued at £9. A house still exists at the site. | |
Cloonkeen Lodge (Kilkerrin) | Cloonkeen Lodge is shown on the 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. It occupies the site of an earlier settlement, Ballyphillipeen, shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. At the time of Griffith's Valuation this townland was held by William P. Cullen who held a house, valued at almost £5 in fee there. The building is still extant though not apparently in use. |
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Cloonkerry House | Cloonkerry was an 18th century house on the Vandeleur estate. The house was occupied by Richard Brew in 1814 and by members of the Lloyd family in 1837 and in the 1850s. Weir writes that the house is now demolished. According to local information this house was once a police barracks. | |
Cloonkilla | James H. Mandeville held buildings valued at £21 from James N. Cronin among the woods at Cloonkilla at the time of Griffith's Valuation. | |
Cloonlara | Christopher Gallway was leasing this property to William Hickson at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £7 5s. A farm is still extant at the site. | |
Cloonlyon | In 1786 Wilson refers to Clonlyon, the seat of Mr. Kelly. The 1st edition Ordnance Survey map shows ruins in this townland. | |
Cloonmore | In 1786 Wilson refers to Cloonmore as "the fine seat of Mr. Phillips". The house was inhabited by Myles McDonnell in the first two decades of the 19th century. It was described as 'a mansion house in good order and suitable for the accommodation of a gentleman's family' when Phillips sold the estate in 1853. It was unoccupied at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Only the foundations of a flight of steps now remains of the house. |
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Cloonmore | At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was valued at £3 and was held in fee by Charles Grant.It is labelled Cloonmore on both the 1st and 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey maps but is no longer extant. | |
Cloonmore | At the time of Griffith's Valuation occupied by William McMahon, held from Timothy McMahon and valued at £10. This was a one storey thatched house, a modern house is now located near the site. |
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Cloonmurray | Leased by Marcella Dillon to the Reverend Michael Lennon at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £9. Some ruins remain at the site. | |
Cloonnagashel | A house inhabited by the Gildea family from the mid 18th century and situated on the estate of the Earls of Lucan. Wilson refers to it as the seat of James Gildea in 1786. It was the home of James Simpson between 1855 and 1880 , valued at £25 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Later occupied by the Egan family. It now functions as the club house for Ballinrobe Golf Club. |
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Cloonnakilla | A house occupied by John Ryan medical doctor and held from John Bindon Scott in the 1850s. John Ryan was still resident in the 1870s. | |
Cloonshanbally | Margaret and Henry Gorman were leasing a property valued at £12 at Cloonshanbally, barony of Tirerrill, from the Gore Booth estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. | |
Cloonshanville | William Davis was the occupier of a property valued at £8, together with over 120 acres at Leggatinty, barony of Frenchpark, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In the same townland he was leasing a property, including a corn mill, valued at £18, to James McCann. In 1814 Paul Davis was resident at Clonchanville, Frenchpark and Lewis records this as the seat of J. Davis, in 1837. The 1749 Census of Elphin records W. Davis resident at Clegarna in the parish of Tibohine. Only some foundation stones of Cloonshanville Mill remain. There is a house, probably not original, on the site of Cloonshanville House. |
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Cloonteem | Described in 1837 by Lewis as "a handsome and newly erected lodge of the Marquess of Westmeath". The house was valued at £14 in the 1850s and was held by Lord Greville in fee. The buildings have disappeared by the time the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map was published in the 1890s. | |
Cloonteen | At the time of Griffith's Valuation occupied by George Jennings when the house was valued at £7. Some ruins remain at the site. | |
Cloonteen | A house in the townland of Cloonteen is named Ballyallia on the first Ordnance Survey map. It was valued at £30 and was held by John Enright in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, now a ruin. Weir called this residence Templemaley House, the name by which it is labelled on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. | |
Cloonties House | Mary Gillman was leasing this property from Jacob Biggs in 1851 when it was valued at £10 15s. There is still an extant house at the site. | |
Cloontoo | Adrian Taylor was leasing a property valued at £15 15s from John Croker at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Lewis notes it as the seat of R.E. Orpen in 1837. In 1814 Leet records the house as the seat of Edward Orpen. In 1851 the property was included in the sale of the Croker estate in the Encumbered Estates Court when Adrian Taylor was the occupier. It remained a residence of the Taylor family until the 1950s. Cloontoo is still extant and occupied. | |
Cloontreston | The notice advertising the sale of Michael Francis Treston's property at Cloontooa, barony of Clanmorris states that "the dwelling house with the offices, garden and demesne, known as Cloontreston, is in fair order and condition, suitable as a residence for a gentleman". At the time of Griffith's Valuation the townland was owned by John Treston who also held a herd's house there. The house is labelled Cloontreston on twentieth century maps. Buildings are still extant at the site. | |
Cloonts | Henry Moriarty Cronin was leasing this property from the Kenmare estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £5 10s. Bary states that it was later occupied by Daniel O'Halloran but is no longer extant. | |
Cloontykilla Castle | This building was constructed after the publication of the first Ordnance Survey Map. It appears to have functioned as a shooting/fishing lodge for the King estate. It is now a ruin. |
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Cloonusker | On the first Ordnance Survey map Cloonusker house is marked "in ruins". However by the time of Griffith's Valuation Henry Sparling was occupying a steward's house, which he held from Lord Norbury. The buildings were valued at £8. | |
Cloonyhea | A house valued at £11+ was occupied by Thomas Mansfield at Cloonyhea in the mid 19th century. It was held from John Bradshaw. A small house is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map at this location. It had increased considerably in size on later maps, still extant. | |
Cloonyquin | Home of the French family, including the song writer Percy French, sold by the family in the 1950s. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as a seat of Arthur French in 1786. Valued at £24 in the mid 19th century. The house was demolished in the 1960s. See www.percyfrench.ie. |
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Cloonyscrehane | This house, located on the Devon estate, was valued at £12 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and was the residence of Patrick Candon. A house and farm are still extant at the site. | |
Clooskirt | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Mrs. Ormsby Gore was leasing this property to William Wilson. It was then valued at £12. At the same time Ruttledge Burrowes was leasing a property valued at £4 with over 140 acres of land from the Ormsby Gore estate. Johnston states that a "model farm" was established here in the later nineteenth century. This townland is mentioned as Clooshire, in 1906, when George Ormsby Gore was the owner of the property but there is no valuation given for buildings at that time. It was subsequently lived in by the St. Lawrence family. |
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Cloran | A house valued at £10. 11 shillings at the time of Griffith's Valuation, occupied by Miss Mary Kelly and held from the Earl of Clare with 224 acres. A building is still located at this site. | |
Clorane | A house occupied by Henry Hunt in 1814. Lewis describes Clorane as a "fine old house belonging to the Hunt family". By the time of Griffith's Valuation Edward Browning was leasing the house and 280 acres from Sir David Roche. In the 1870s in the possession of Patrick Hartigan. Old farm buildings are still located at the site but the house is a modern structure. |
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Clorhane | Home of Thomas Dalton in the mid 18th century and of the Fosbery family in the 19th century. Held by George Fosbery junior at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £11. Home of Francis Wise Browning in the early part of the 20th century following his marriage to Jane Philippa Fosberry daughter and co heiress of Thomas Fosberry of Kilgobbin and Clorane. Cussen writes that this house is now demolished. | |
Cloverfield | Joseph E. Nolan was resident at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £4. It appears to have become ruinous by the time of the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. | |
Cloverfield | In 1786 Wilson mentions a house called Cloverfield three miles beyond Caherconlish as the seat of Mr. Lloyd. A house named Cloverville is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. On later maps a much larger building is marked. At the time of Griffith's Valuation valued at £9.5 shillings was vacant in this townland. Richard Laffan, a dairy farmer, is recorded as the immediate lessor. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates the original building from circa 1830 with later 19th century additions. The house continues to be used as a residence. |
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Cloverhill | Cloverhill was part of the Earl of Erne's estate in county Sligo. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was leased to William C. Chambers when it was valued at £28. In 1786 Wilson had noted it as a seat of "Mr. Chalmers" so it had been occupied by that family since the eighteenth century. The Hunter family were the final family to live in the house. Cloverhill House was demolished in 1988. Some remains of estate walls visible. |
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Cloverhill | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Thomas Cox was leasing a house from the Lloyd estate at Bunreagh, barony of Boyle, valued at £10 . This property is labelled Cloverhill on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. A house and substantial farn are still extant at the site. | |
Cloverhill | Latouche esquire lived at Cloverhill in 1778 and Wilson refers to it as the seat of John La Touche in 1786. The residence of Thomas Hurst in 1814 and of John Hurst in 1837. Occupied by Edward Jones, who held from Thomas Booth, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The main road has been directed through the site and only a few ruins remain. | |
Cloyne House | Originally the Bishop's Palace, by 1837 it was known as Cloyne House and occupied by H. Allen. Valued at £50, occupied by John Wilkinson and held from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners at the time of Griffith's Valuation. |
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Cluen House | An 18th century house originally known as Mount Kennedy. This house valued at £15 was being used as an auxiliary workhouse in the mid 19th century. It was held by John Kennedy from Thomas Slattery. In 1906 Lord Barrymore is recorded as the occupier and the building were valued at £28+. |
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Clyda | Hajba records the building of this house by Charles Haines in 1805. Occupied by Joseph Barry in 1814 and by the Reverend M. Becher in 1837. In the 1850s it was the residence of the Reverend Henry Swanzy who held it from Thomas Haynes. The buildings were valued at £24. Later the home of Lieutenant Colonel Robert D. Perry. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted it as the residence of Mr. Mandeville. In the late 20th century it was owed by the O'Meara family. |
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Clydagh | Built in the early 1820s close to the shore of Lough Corrib, a residence of the Lynch Stauntons until the early 20th century and still occupied. IN 1894 Slater noted it as a seat of B. O'Neill Power. |
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Clydaville | Mrs Callaghan lived in this houses in 1814 and Mrs Sankey in 1837. Held by Hugh Delacour from Charles Haynes in the early 1850s when the house was valued at £15. The residence of the O'Connor family in the 20th century. Hajba records that the house was demolished in April 2002. | |
Coalbrook | A Langley home in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Ordnance Survey Name Books describe the demesne as "nearly one half wood and oranmental ground" in 1838. It was valued at £35.10 shillings in the mid 19th century when held by Henry Langley in fee. George Langley was the occupier in 1906 when the buildings were valued at £41+. This house is still extant and lived in. |
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Coarsefield | The Grays were in possession of Coarsefield by the late 1830s. The present house was probably built by the Tighe family who bought Coarsefield from the Grays and sold it to the Stephens family in the early 20th century. |
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Codrum | In 1837 Edward Ashe was occuping a house in the townland of Condrum and this house remained the residence of Edward Ashe until at least the 1870s. In the early 1850s it was valued at £18.15 shillings. It is labelled Codrum West on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map and as Codrum on the later 25-inch edition of the 1890s. It is still extant. |
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Codrum House | In the 1770s and 1780s Codrum was occupied by Hutchinson esq. It was the residence of John Warren in 1814. There were two houses in this townland at the time of Griffith's Valuation, one occupied by Richard Ashe and the other by Massy H. Warren. The Warren house was known as Codrum House. It was valued at £19. Frederick H. Warren was resident in the 1870s. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey referred to Codrum as the home of Mrs.S.W. Baldwin and also to the murder of Colonel Hutchinson there. The original house at this site is now a ruin. | |
Coleraine | The seat of the Price family occupied by William Price in the mid 19th century and held by him in fee. The buildings were valued at £31.15 shillings. Thomas Price was resident in 1906. This house is still extant and occupied. | |
Colgagh House | Edward Homan was leasing a property valued at £18 from the Ffolliott estate at Cogagh, parish of Calry at the time of Griffith's Valuation. McTernan writes that the Homans continued in residence until the 1880s. Colgagh House is still extant and occupied. |
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Colligan Lodge | Reverend Craddock was leasing this property from the McGuire estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £15 10s. The house is labelled Colligan Lodge in the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. The famous greyhound "Master McGrath" was born at Colligan Lodge in 1866, when it was the home of James Galwey. In 1906 it is recorded as part of the Earl of Dartry's estate and valued at almost £25. Waterford County Museum researchers note that the building was dismantled in the 1940s. | |
Colmanstown | Originally a French property which became a Quaker settlement. Griffith's Valuation describes the buildings as a herd's and steward's house occupied by Edward Barrington and partners and then valued at £30. Buildings on both sides of the road mark the site of Colmanstown. Only the walls remain of some of these buildings, others are still in use. |
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Comeragh House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Col. Wray Palliser was leasing this property from Phineas Hunt, when it was valued at £28. It is recorded as the address of John Palliser in the 1870s. Though badly damaged by fire in 1923, Comeragh house was restored and is still extant. The ITA survey of 1942 noted it was in the ownership of Captain Fairholme at that time. It was offered for sale in 2010. |
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Comeragh Lodge | Thomas Hunt was leasing this property from Col. Palliser's estate in 1851, when it was valued at £14. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Commeen | Thomas Hayes was leasing this property to Richard Hayes at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8, on a holding of 230 acres. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s it is labelled Commeen Kennels. Farm buildings still exist at the site. | |
Concamore House | James Nelson Crofts was leasing this property from Lady Carbery's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £10. He was the fifth son of William Crofts of Velvetstown and was married to Dora, daughter of Jasper Lucas, of Richfordstown, Clonakilty. There is still an extant house at the site. | |
Condonstown | Timothy Mahony occupied a house valued at £6 which he held with 165 acres at Condonstown North from J.H.S. Barry in the mid 19th century. By 1906 the buildings were valued at £15+ and Arthur H.S. Barry is given as the occupier. Grid reference is approximate. | |
Congor | Occupied by F. Falkiner in 1837 and described by the Ordnance Survey Name Books as "the commodious residence of Nicholas Biddulph" in 1840. It was still occupied by him at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £20. Nicholas Biddulph was still resident in the mid 1870s when he is recorded as owning 74 acres in county Tipperary. A building is still located at this site. | |
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Connonagh House | John Morris was leasing this property to Barbara Jago in 1852 when it was valued at almost £8. There is still an extant house at the site. |
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Convamore | This property was sold by the Bailey family to the Hares in the late 18th century. William Hare, 1st Earl of Listowel, built a new house beside the River Blackwater in the early 19th century. He was residing at Convamore in 1814. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the buildings were valued at £100 and the property was held by the Earl from the representatives of D. Callaghan. Callaghan's interest was advertised for sale in July 1853. It was still the Earl's seat in 1894. The house was burnt during the War of Independence in 1921 and is now a ruin. |
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Convamore Upper | J. Delany was the proprietor of Upper Convamore in 1837. George Crofts occupied the house in the early 1850s. He held it from the Reverend G. Atkins Collins and it was valued at £16. The property was later bought by the Reverend Maurice Collis who sold it to the Earl of Listowel. Unoccupied for much of the 20th century it was demolished in 2000. | |
Cooga | A house on the O'Callaghan estate, inhabited by the Lingard family from at least 1837. Sold by the Lingards to the Hogans in 1922. | |
Cooga Lodge | The house at Cooga was valued at £26 in 1906 and was the property of John Howley.At the time of Griffith's Valuation Patrick Howley had a steward's house here, valued at £4, together with 300 acres. [Grid Reference is approximate]. Local folklore suggests it afterwards became the residence of the local priest. |
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Coolagarry | Charles Ellison was leasing a property at Coolagarry valued at £8 10s from Viscount Dillon's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The Ordnance Survey Field Name books record that there were no houses that could be called farmhouses in this townland in 1837 so it is assumed that Coolagarry must have been constructed 1837-1855. There is still a house extant at this site. |
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Coolagh | Coolagh is described in the Ordnance Survey Name Books as "a good dwelling house in a small demesne with plantation and ornamental ground" in 1841. It was occupied by John Brindley in the mid 19th century. Valued at £12+ it was held from the Very Reverend Dean Head. It is still extant. | |
Coolalta | This house was the residence of the Reverend Pierce Green PP in 1837. It is named Coolalta Cottage on the first Ordnance Survey map and Coolalta on the later 25-inch edition of the 1890s. Occupied by Frederick Arden, valued at £13+ and held from Thomas Crooke at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Coolaran | Sometimes spelt Coolarne. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the Meldon estate owned a herd's house at Coolarne. Later the property became a convent of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart. It is now an addiction treatment centre. |
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Coolard House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Samuel Raymond, MD, was leasing this property to Patrick Dalton, when it was valued at £10 5s. A house still exists at the site. | |
Coolavin | McParlan described the Coolavin of 1802 as a "delightful retreat". The house at Clogher was offered for sale as part of the McDermott estate in 1852. By the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Joseph Holmes and was valued at £16. In 1906 Coolavin was valued at £35. The house now known as Coolavin was built in the 1890s replacing an earlier house near the same location. This latter house is still extant and occupied. The original house at Clogher is now derelict. |
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Coolbane | Mahony Harte was leasing a property valued at almost £6 to Denis McGillycuddy at the time of Griffith's Valuation. | |
Coolbeg House | In 1856 Thomas Stratford Eyre was leasing a property valued at £5 together with 146 acres, located in the townland of Coolbeg, parish of Clontuskert, barony of Longford to William Seymour. It is labelled Coolbeg House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. A house still exists at the site. | |
Coolboy | A herd's house and offices situated on the St Leger estate was occupied by Henry Ievers at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £14+. Coolboy was occupied by the representatives of Robert Cleary in 1906. A substantial farm is still extant at the site. | |
Coolbunnia | In 1848, Margaret Cheasty was leasing this property from thel Power estate when it was valued at £10. The house is adjacent to the the site of Faithlegg Castle, the original stronghold of the Aylward family in the area. | |
Coolcarta Farm | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Allan Pollok held a property valued at £20 in the townland of Annaghcorrib, parish of Clonfert, barony of Longford. It is labelled as Coolcarta Farm on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Padraig Lane states that this property was damaged by fire during land agitation in the 1850s. A substantial farm still exists at the site. | |
Coolclogher or South Hill | Rev. Richard Herbert was leasing a property valued at £21 to John Leahy at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. He was also leasing a mill, valued at £90 to Richard and John Leahy in the same townland. Lewis records South Hill as the seat of J. Leahy in 1837. Bary states that the house was probably built in the earlier 18th century though it may have been renovated in 1810, probably by the Leahys, in whose family it remained until the end of the 19th century. The Irish Tourist Association survey in the early 1940s reported that it was the private residence of Mr.R. Hilliard. It is now a luxury guest house. See www.coolclogherhouse.com. |
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Coolcon Castle | Originally a Burke castle and later a residence of the Blakes in county Mayo, very little of this castle now remains. | |
Coolcour/Coolcower | Home of the Browne family in the 18th and 19th centuries, occupied by John Browne in 1814, by W.G. Browne in 1837 and still his residence in the 1870s. In the early 1850s the house was valued at £46 and was held in fee. St George G. Browne was resident in 1906. Coolcour was burnt in July 1921, just before the end of the War of Independence, when it was the residence of Richard C. Williams, a hotel owner in Macroom. It was rebuilt and now functions as a guest house, see http://www.coolcowerhouse.ie/ |
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Coolcronaun | Coolcronan House was built by Edmond Pery at the time of his marriage to Sarah Jane Knox Gore in the mid-nineteenth century. The family owned the property until the 1950s. The Irish Tourist Association File states that it was erected in 1860 by the Knox Gores. It was extensively renovated in the late 1990s and is still extant and available as holiday accommodation. See http://www.coolcronan.com. |
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Cooldaniel | This house was the home of Barter esq in the 1770s and 1780s, of Thomas Barter in 1814, of J. Barter in 1837 and of Michael Buckley at the time of Griffith's Valuation who held it from William Gallagy. It was valued at £10. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that it had been converted to farm buildings.. | |
Coolderry | Occupied by Thomas Kelly in 1814 and by Bryan Fenerty in the 1850s. | |
Coole | Coole House was built in the late 18th century for Robert Gregory. It was demolished in 1941 but the gardens and some of the parkland are still extant and maintained by the Forestry and Wildlife Service. Part of the farm buildings now houses an interpretive centre and tea rooms. See www.coolepark.ie |
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Coole | A house with a gatelodge marked on the first Ordnance Survey map and located just north of Knocklofty. Occupied by Thomas Morrissey in the mid 19th century, held from the Earl of Donoughmore and valued at £16+. A building is still extant at this location. | |
Coole Abbey | This house was the home of a branch of the Peard family until the early 20th century and is still inhabited. It was occupied by Richard Peard in 1814 and by Henry Hawk Peard in 1837. He was still resident in the early 1850s and held the house valued at £36 from James H. Smith Barry. By the end of the 19th century Orr McCausland was the owner of Coole Abbey. |
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Cooleen | At the time of Griffith's Valuation William Hart Mason held the townland of Cooleen amounting to 88 acres in fee. The buildings were valued at £12. |
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Cooleeney/Coolinny/Cooleeny | At the time of Griffith's Valuation this property was occupied by James Daly and was valued at £15. When offered for sale in February 1863 the house was occupied by Eleanor M. Lynch. In 1906 it was in the possession of John J. Smyth of Masonbrook and was valued at £20. Cooleeney is still extant and occupied. | |
Cooleeny Lodge | A house has been located at this site since the first edition Ordnance Survey map of circa 1840. Robert Hunt occupied the house, valued at £11.18 shillings in the early 1850s and held from Henry Langley. A house is still extant at this location. | |
Coolemore | This was the residence of Herbert O'Donnell in 1837 and in the early 1850s. Located on the Wallis estate it was valued at £20. Hajba writes that O'Donnell was agent to the Wallis estate and that it was later the home of the Perry family. A house is still extant at this site. | |
Coolfadda House | Alexander Swanston was leasing Coolfadda House from the Devonshire estate in 1851 when it had a valuation of £30. Lewis refers to it as the seat of B.Popham in 1837. A house still exists at the site. |
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Coolgarriv House | James Donovan, MD, was leasing Coolgarriv House from The McGillycuddy’s estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £12 10s. Bary, quoting the Ordnance Survey Name Books, states that Coolgarriv House was built by the Eager family in the 1830s at a cost of £900. It is still extant and occupied. | |
Cooliney House | Hajba writes that Cooliney was originally part of the Bowerman estate and that the house was rebuilt in the mid 18th century. It passed through marriage to the Nevilles of Furnass, county Kildare. Occupied by Mr Thomas Weldon in 1814 and by R. Weldon in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Robert Weldon held the house and 85 acres from James Hill. The house was valued at £20. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association survey noted that it was then the home of the Goold family. The house was restored in the 21st century. |
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Coolkellure House (Hill Farm) | Held in fee by Major General Shuldham in 1851 when it was valued at almost £17. It is labelled Hill Farm on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Coolkellure House on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. It is still extant and part of a large farm.The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes it as a late Victorian House designed by Henry Hill. In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that the original house had burned down in 1920 and that this house replaced it. |
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Coolkirky | The representatives of Gresham Herrick held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £25. The house burned down in the late 1990s. | |
Coolmain Castle | Thomas Wyse was leasing this property to Hibernicus Scott at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £18. In 1837, Lewis records it as the seat of E. Stowell. In 1814, however, it was the seat of Hib. Scott. The Honourable Henry Boyle Bernard, third son of the 2nd Earl of Bandon, lived here in the 1870s when he owned over a thousand acres in county Cork. Both Walford (1885) and Slater (1894) record him as the owner. In 1942 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that the building was becoming derelict. It had recently been the home of the novelist Donn Byrne, who had been involved in a fatal motor accident. Coolmain castle is still extant and now the property of the Disney family. |
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Coolmeen | Referred to as a herd' s house at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was occupied by William Harrison who held it from Patrick Curtis. The house now extant at the site is not the original one. |
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Coolmona Glebe House | Townsend Family Records indicate that Rev. Horatio Townsend built the glebe house at Coolmona in 1752. The house did not remain in the Townsend family after his death. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s it is labelled "parochial house". |
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Coolmore | Held in fee by Reverend Edward H. Newenham at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £100. He was leasing a smaller house, valued at £8, to John Donegan in the same townland. Noted by Leet as the residence of W.W. Newenham in 1814. Valued at £64 in 1906 when it was the residence of Major William W. Newenham. The Irish Tourist Association Survey also noted it as belonging to the Newenhams in 1943. It is still extant but in poor repair. |
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Coolmore | The seat of the Sankey family in the 18th and 19th centuries, Coolmore was recorded by Wilson as the seat of Mr. Sankey in 1786. It was occupied by John Butler in 1814, by Matthew Villiers Sankey in 1837 and by Jacob Sankey in 1850. He held the property in fee and the buildings were valued at £37.15 shillings. In the second half of the 20th century Coolmore became a world famous stud for the breeding of race horses. The stud was set up in the late 1960s by Tim Vigors and continued by Vincent O'Brien, Robert Sangster and John Magnier. |
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Coolmountain House | Leased to Denis O'Leary by Richard O'Donovan at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the house was valued at £10 10s. Local traditon indicates that Mr.O'Leary ran a soup kitchen here during the Famine years. This house is no longer extant. | |
Coolnaconarty House | Held in fee by Herbert Gillman at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £6. Not labelled on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but named Coolnaconarty House on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. It is no longer extant. | |
Coolnagour House | In 1851 the occupier, Arthur McGuire Giles, was leasing this property from Catherine Giles, when it was valued at £13 5s. Lewis refers to it as the seat of W. Giles in 1837. The house is still extant and occupied. | |
Coolnahane | A house situated on Viscount Lismore's estate and occupied by Jeremiah Leane at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £10. It is named Coonahane House on both the 1st and 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey maps. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Coolnaleen Cottage | Lady Burghersh was leasing this property to Gerard O'Callaghan at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10. | |
Coolnamuck Court | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Coolnamuck was held in fee by James Wall when it was valued at £64.Smith describes it as "the pleasasnt seat of William Wall" in 1777. Bence-Jones noted the house had a curved bow with domed roof and contained a ballroom. Bought by the Sadliers circa 1852. A lithograph of this house is included in both the Wall and Sadlier sale rentals of May 1852 and July 1857. Richard O'Donnell was the tenant at that time. The 1943 ITA survey mentions the existence of this house but it was demolished later in the twentieth century. A folly remains in the former demesne lands. |
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Coolnamunna | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Edward Kennedy held buildings valued at £34+ from Ellen Lloyd [widow of Henry Jesse Lloyd of Castle Iney?] in the townland of Coolnamunna. He had a distillery in Mullenkeagh valued at £47. Edward Kennedy of Coolnamoner Park owned 432 acres in county Tipperary in the 1870s. |
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Coololla/Coololah | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, George Crowe was leasing a property valued at almost £5 from the Handy estate at Coololla, barony of Kilconnell. Buildings appear at the site on the 1st-edition Ordnance Survey map but appear to be ruinous by the time of the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. | |
Cooloo Cottage | In 1786 Wilson mentions "Coreloo" as the seat of Mr. Browne. Occupied by James O'Connor in 1814. Held in fee by Edward Browne at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £25. It became the home of Michael O'Kelly in the latter half of the 19th century. Cooloo is still extant and occupied | |
Coolquill Castle | In 1786 Wilson refers to Coolquill as the seat of Mr. Gahan. The property is labelled "Coolquill Castle" on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map and indicates that it was built on to a tower house. Coolquill was held in fee by Colonel Palliser in the mid 19th century. He was married to Anne Glenstanes. The castle was valued at £5. The castle ruin and other buildings are still extant at the site. | |
Coolraine House | Occupied by John Vereker at the time of Griffith's Valuation, valued at £30 and held from the Marquess of Lansdowne. It was still extant until the 1940s but the site is now occupied by suburban housing. | |
Coolreagh | In 1814 Coolrea was occupied by Cor O'Callaghan and in 1837 by Ralph Westropp, who was leasing the property to Robert Studdert by the mid 19th century. The buildings were valued at £28. At the end of the 19th century it was the home of Colonel George O'Callaghan Westropp. The East Clare golf clubhouse now occupies the site, possibly incorporating some of the old house. |
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Coolrus House | The residence of Richard Harte circa 1840 and of James Lynch in the early 1850s who held the property and 186 acres from the Court of Chancery. The house has diminished in size by the publication of the 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey map in the 1890s and it is no longer extant. | |
Coolum | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Patrick Power was leasing this property from Lord Fortescue's estate when it was valued at £14. An extensive farm is extant at this site now. | |
Coolum Lodge | In 1848 Lady Carrick was leasing Coolum Lodge from the Fortescue estate when it was valued at over £26. It is no longer extant. | |
Coolville | An early 19th century house, occupied by Richard Grubb in the first half of that century. It was held from Viscount Lismore and with offices and flour mills was valued at £169 in the early 1850s. Home of Edward Sackville West 5th Lord Sackville in the mid 20th century, who added a Gothic conservatory to the building. |
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Coolwood House | John Kingston was leasing this property from the Earl of Shannon's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8. It is not labelled on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but appears on the later 25-inch map as Coolwood House. It is still extant and occupied. | |
Coolyduff House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation this house valued at £16 was occupied by Alfred Parnell and held from Richard Beamish. Labelled as Coolyduff House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. There is still an extant house at the site. | |
Coolyhane | Lewis refers to Coolehane as recently erected, Richard Ashe was proprietor. Richard Ashe was still the occupier in the early 1850s and held the property from Elizabeth Foote when it was valued at £15.15 shillings. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that it had formerly belonged to the Ashe family but was then the home of Mr. Purcell, solicitor. It is still extant. | |
Coolyhenan House | A house occupied by Michael Shine at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from the representatives of M. Honan, valued at £28, with a demesne of 343 acres. Though buildings survive at the site they appear to be in a derelict condition. | |
Coolyrahilly House | Thomas Cuthbert was leasing this property from John C. Kearney's estate in 1851 when it was valued at £6. It is labelled Coolyrahilly House on the 25-inch map published in the 1890s. There is still an extant house here. | |
Coom Wood Cottage | Timothy O’Sullivan was leasing Coom from Lord Kenmare’s estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation when it was valued at £5 15s. Bary states that the origina property is no longer extant though a house is present at the site. | |
Coomhola Lodge (Sans Souci) (Bantry) | Occupied by Richard E. White at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8. It is labelled as Sans Souci on the 1st edition Ordnance Map but as Coomhola Lodge on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. Local sources indicate it was formerly a hunting lodge for the Bantry Estate. It is still extant. | |
Coomlogane | A late 18th century house was built near the original building. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. O'Leary. This house became the home of the McCarthy-O'Learys for all the 19th century. In the mid 19th century it was valued at £38. John McCarthy O'Leary occupied the house in 1906. It was looted during the War of Independence and is now demolished. | |
Coomlumminy Court | The representatives of Reverend D. Mahony were occupying a house valued at almost £5, together with over 1400 acres at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. In 1906 this was the property of Mary Mahony and valued at £3. The building was labelled Coomlumminy Court on the 1st and subsequent edition Ordnance Suvey maps and is now a ruin. | |
Cooneen Mill | Charles Musgrave was leasing this extensive property from Sir Richard Musgrave at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £31 5s. It is recorded as disused on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map of the 1890s. Some ruins remain at the site. | |
Cooper Hill | The residence of James Cooper in 1814 and occupied by Mrs [Honora] Cooper in 1837. Inherited by James Cooper Tuthill circa 1844 who then assumed the surname Cooper. The house was valued at £45 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and in 1906 when it was occupied by James Cooper. It was advertised for sale in ''Country Life'' (28 April 1955), bought by Cement Ltd who ran a model dairy farm on the property for some years. A large dairy enterprise still operates on the property. The house is a ruin. |
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Coopershill | Coopershill House was completed in 1774. McParlan described its situation as delightful in 1802. Lewis records it as the seat of Arthur Cooper in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Charles William Cooper and valued at £52. Charles William Cooper later succeeded his uncle as owner of the O'Hara of Annaghmore estate and henceforth Coopershill bacame an O'Hara property. He is recorded as the owner in 1894. The house is still extant and run as a guesthouse by the O'Hara family. |
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Coorevin | Lewis records Cooreavan as the property of R. Hall in 1837. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books indicate that it was occupied by "Mr Gorey Baker, Burresokane". Jeremiah P[ierce] Scully was the occupier at the time of Griffith's Valuation, holding the property from the representatives of Robert Hall. The buildings were valued at £11. A building is still located at this site. | |
Coote Hall | In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Coote Hall was owned by the Coote family. The 4th and 5th Baronets, both named Charles, lived there and it was one of the houses O'Carolan visited and for whom he composed tunes. It was bought by Maurice O'Conor in the 18th century and later again by the Barton family. There is still an extant house at the site. |
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Coppinger's Court | Built by Sir Walter Coppinger in the early seventeenth century and partially destroyed in the 1641 Rebellion. Described by Bence-Jones as an impressive semi-fortified house. By the mid nineteenth century it had fallen into ruin and is not mentioned in Griffith's Valuation, when the lessor of the surrounding land was Lady Carbery's estate. |
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Copsetown Abbey | This building is named Fitz Urse Lodge on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. It was valued at £6 occupied and held in fee by Richard Beere in the mid 19th century. Hajba writes that William Fitzgibbon, a Cork draper, bought the house in 1851 and that it was the home of the O'Connors in the 20th century. The house was known as Copsetown Abbey by the end of the 19th century. |
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Copsewood | Copsewood Cottage is marked on the first Ordnance Survey map at this site. A much larger house was built in the mid 19th century for Major General Caulfeild. It was valued at £36 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and at £63 in 1906. It remained in the possession of the General's descendants until 1919 when it was bought by the Salesian Fathers who started an agricultural school. It is now a secondary school run by the Salesian Order. |
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Cor Castle | Thomas Frewen was leasing this property to James Corker at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £16 10s. In 1837 it was the seat of Chambre Corker. Cor Castle was in ruins for many years following its burning in June 1921 during the War of Independence. At the time it was the residence of Mrs. Carolne Stephenson, who, Donnelly indicates, had inherited it from her mother, Sophia Corker. It has recently been restored. |
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Corabeg House | John Spottiswoode was leasing this property from the Knight of Kerry's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuaton, when it was valued at almost £4. Lewis refers to it as the seat of Capt. Spotswood in 1837. The 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s labels the property as "in ruins". In 1906 a property of the same valuation at Coarhamore nearby was owned by the Congested Districts Board. It is no longer extant. | |
Corbally | The Spaights were resident at Corbally from the latter part of the 18th century. Poole Gabbett was resident here in the first decade of the 19th century. Griffith's Valuation show that the Spaights held Corbally from the Mahon family "of Corbally". The house appears to have reverted back to the Mahons in the later part of the 19th century. Slater notes it as the residence of George T.M Stacpoole in 1894. | |
Corbally | ''Burke's Irish Family Records'' describes the Sheehys of Corbally House from about the late 18th century. In the mid 19th century the house was occupied by William J. Sheehy, second son of Bryan Sheehy of Corbally House, died 1806. The buildings were valued at £27 and the property was held from the Reverend Edward Newenham. This house was named 'Mill View' on the first Ordnance Survey map. Mill View was still occupied by Sheehys when it was advertised for sale in 1871. | |
Corbally | Michael Kirwan was leasing this property from the Fortescue estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £11 18s. A property built after the publication of the 1st Ordnance Survey. A house and farm are still extant at the site. | |
Corbally (Rattoo) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Pope was leasing this property from the Trinity College Estates when it was valued at £6. A modern house, part of a large farming enterprise, exists at the site now. | |
Corbally House | The Ordnance Survey Name Book records the rebuilding of this house by Poole Gabbet in 1824 at a cost of £1,700. The Gabbets had flour mills closeby. It overlooked the Shannon north of Limerick city and was three storeys high. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was valued at £35 and was occupied by Thomas Gabbett who held it from Patrick A. Shannon. This house now functions as a nursing home. |
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Corbally House (Kilmoylan) | In 1786 Wilson refers to Corbally, the seat of Mr. D'Arcy, situated beside a lough. This would appear to be Corbally House, in the parish of Kilmoylan. By the time of Griffith's Valuation, the townland was in the possession of James O'Hara and Walter Blake was occupying this property which was valued at £2. It is no longer extant. | |
Corbally House (Magunihy) | The Kenmare estate was the lessor of Corbally House at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £11 5s. Bary states that this farm was originally held by the O'Connor, probably of nearby Fieries Castle. Later a Fr. Dunne built Corbally House as a presbytery near the old Catholic Church. The property is still extant and occupied. | |
Corbally House (Roscommon) | Patt Dunn, an agent, was living at Corbally in 1749. The home of members of the Plunkett family in the early 19th century. Occupied by William Phibbs at the time of Griffith's Valuation, held from John Egan and valued at £8. A house still exists at the site. | |
Corbally Park | Built in 1824 by Pierce Shannon for £2,500, this three storey house was held by Patrick A. Shannon in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £51. St Munchins College is situated at this location now. A lithograph of this house called Corbally House and the toll bridge is included in the 1856 rental. The house was not included in the sale. | |
Corbally South | Catherine Delany held buildings valued at £11 from William J. Sheehy in Corbally South at the time of Griffith's Valuation, with 148 acres. Buildings are still located at this site. | |
Corcamore | A house situated on the Barker estate and occupied by Thomas Gleeson in the mid 19th century and valued at £18. [Grid reference is approximate]. | |
Corcullen/Kirkullen House | The house valued at £21 was vacant at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Michael D. Browne was the immediate lessor. It is shown as a considerably enlarged structure on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. Buildings are still extant at the site. | |
Cordangan House | Cordangan was a Cooke family residence in the 18th and 19th centuries, occupied by John Cooke in 1814. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as being "in very good repair, the residence of J. Cooke". in the early 1850s it was occupied by Thomas Cooke. The property was held from the Smith Barry estate and the buildings were valued at £26. Slater refers to it as the residence of Horatio Townsend in 1894. In 1906 it was in the possession of Lord Barrymore and valued at £53. It is still extant. |
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Corduff House | The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage estimates that Corduff House was built c.1780. William Penrose was occupying the house at Corduff, barony of Carrigallen, at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £8. Corduff House is recorded as the seat of the Penrose family by Lewis in 1837. In 1814 it was the residence of George Percy. The house is still extant and occupied. |
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Corgary or Corgerry | The house known as Corgary was part of the Joyce estate. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was occupied by Eleanor Morgan, leasing from Walter Joyce, and valued at £30. It was shown on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s but labelled "in ruins" on the 6-inch map of 1932. | |
Corgrig House | Gerald Griffin was the proprietor of Corgrig in 1826, Mrs Griffin occupied Congrieff in 1837 and Gerald Griffin held Corgrig from Lord Monteagle in the early 1850s. The Ordnance Field Name Books state that Peter Griffin was the proprietor circa 1840 and that his father had erected this house about 80 years previously. It is still extant though with modern housing now occupying much of the surrounding area. The 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s also shows a house known as Corgrig Lodge in the same townland at R253511. | |
Corkbeg | The Penrose Fitzgerald Papers in the Boole Library document the building of a mansion house at Corkbeg in the 1820s. It was built to replace an earlier house mentioned by Wilson in 1786 as the seat of Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald. It was held in fee by the Fitzgeralds and valued at £65 in the early 1850s. By 1906 it was valued at £81. Bence Jones writes that the Fitzgeralds sold Corkbeg in the mid 20th century. The Irish Tourist Association survey notes that it functioned as a hotel for a few years. It was demolished in order to establish an oil refinery. | |
Corkhill House | Sir Malby Crofton is recorded as the lessor of two properties in the parish of Templeboy at the time of Griffith's Valuation. One property is noted as a herd's house, valued at £1 while the second, valued at £1 5s, was leased to Thomas Fury. McTernan notes that in the eighteenth century this house had been leased from the Crofton estate by the Wood family. It eventually fell into disrepair and was demolished. | |
Corkip | In 1786, Wilson refers to Cork, the seat of Mr. Tough. This appears to be an 18th century house associated with the Lyster family, later occupied by the Keoghs and now in ruins.The townland was in the possession of Arthur Beamish by the time of Griffith's Valuation and there was a herd's house valued at 15s. |
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Cornaveigh | A house in this townland was occupied by George Bowles in the mid 19th century, valued at £17 and held from his father, Spotswood Bowles. The original building is no longer extant. | |
Cornfield | Cornfield was the original Ruttledge home in the Hollymount area and continued to be lived in by family members until the 20th century, although it was replaced as the family's principal residence by Bloomfield. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Ruttledge. In the mid 19th century it was the home of Thomas Ruttledge who married Jane Fair. He was leasing from Robert Ruttledge and the buildings were valued at £20. The existing dwelling is part of the original house, as are the ruins beside it. Local sources suggest that portions of the original house were demolished when the property was acquired by the Land Commission and some of the stone used to build houses in Hollymount village |
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Cornfield | Occupied by Westropp Ross in 1814 this house was in the possession of Major William Ball by the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the buildings were valued at £48. Later occupied by members of the Dawson family. The house no longer exists but a gate lodge is still extant. |
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Cornwall's Brewery | Henry Cornwall held this property in perpetuity at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £180. It is labelled Watergate Brewery on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. The former miller's house is still extant and now known as The Haven. |
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Coronea House | Thomas Clerke was leasing this property from George Robinson at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £17. Lewis refers to Coronea House occupied by Mrs. Marmion in 1837. The residence of Rev. William Robinson in 1814 and in the 1770s and 1780s it was the seat of a Townsend family. It is no longer extant. | |
Corr Lodge/Corr House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation the property at Corr was being leased by R.P.Dolphin to Edmund Mahon. In the 1780s, both Taylor and Skinner and Wilson recorded Corr as a seat of the Dolphin family. Slater refers to it as the seat of Redmond D. in 1846. By the 1890s it had become known as Corr House. In 1906, the mansion house at Corr, valued at £15, was owned by Marcella Blake Forster. It is no longer extant. |
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Corra More | The residence of Colonel W. Caulfield in 1814. The home of Christopher Balfe, ninth son of Walter Balfe of Heathfield, in the 1830s. John Cornwall occupied the house in the mid 1850s when the house was valued at £23. Extensive high walls as well as the yard remain but the present owners live in a modern bungalow. |
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Corrabella | In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe this house as "a very good building in bad repair, the residence of Miss Ann Mulcahy". It was leased to William Mulcahy by the Glengall estate and occupied by him in the mid 19th century when it was valued at £18+. A lithograph of this building is included in the sale rental of November 1853. The Mulcahys were still resident in the 1950s. This three storey house still functions as a residence. |
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Corradoo Lodge | At the time of Griffith's Valuation William Phibbs was leasing the property at Corradoo, barony of Tirerrill to Major Kingston Lloyd when it was valued at £18. Lewis records it as a residence of William Phibbs. McTernan notes that it was originally built by the Phibbs estate as a schoolhouse but was later converted into a residence. It was leased, and later sold to, the Frazier family. Following the deaths of the last of that family it was demolished and a new house built at the site. | |
Corrandoo House | This property was granted to the ffrenches in the late 17th century in lieu of Monivea Occupied by the Reverend Mr Marsh in the 1770s sand 1780s, by M. Dowdall in the 1830s and Thomas Kenny at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £10. It is no longer extant. |
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Corranroo Lodge | Occupied by Burton Bindon in 1837 and by Samuel Bindon in the mid 19th century, who held the property from Colonel Henry White with 11 acres. Weir writes that it was the home of the Misses Lloyd in the early 20th century, one a painter and the other a sculptress. The house is no longer extant. | |
Corrastoona More House | In 1749 Richard Kirwan was living at Coristoonamore. This house appears to have been the residence of K. Lyster [Kirwan Lyster?] in 1814 and of F.T. Byrne in 1837. Occupied by Patrick O'Connor in the mid 1850s, who held the house from Christopher Hamilton. Valued at £2 in 1906 and in the occupation of Sir N. O'Conor. It is no longer extant. | |
Correal | Built in 1888 by Percy Magan and valued at £35 in 1906. Burnt in 1921 when it was the home of the Walker family. A smaller house was rebuilt. | |
Correen | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William T. Potts was occupying the house at Correen, barony of Moycarn, valued at £22. The current house was built in the early 1830s but the Potts family were resident there prior to that as "Carrine" is recorded as their residence by Wilson in 1786. In 1837 the Ordnance Survey Field Name books describe Correen House as "a gentleman's place in very good repair on a demesne of over 300 acres". The building is still extant and occupied as a private residence. |
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Corrib View | The home of the Doig family in the Oughterard area, occupied by George Cottingham in 1855 who held it from John Doig. The house is now run as a B&B. http://www.galwaybandb.net/ |
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Corrofin Lodge | At the time of Griffith's Valuation held by Pierce Blake in fee. The house was valued at £16. Some ruins remain at the site. |
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Corry Lodge | At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house at Cavan, known as Corry Lodge, was owned by Francis N. Cullen and was valued at £12. In 1859 when the property was being sold it was claimed that the house had cost £1500 to build. It was the suject of a sale notice again in 1876 when the house was described as having 3 reception rooms and 5 good bedrooms. | |
Corsallagh | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Charles O'Connor was leasing a property valued at £8 together with over 250 acres at Corsallagh, barony of Leyny from John N. Farrell. Lewis records it as the seat of Dominick O'Connor in 1837. This house is no longer extant. | |
Cortigan | A house on the Jephson estate, probably used as a dower house or agent's residence. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the buildings were valued at £10 and Sir C. D. Jephson Norreys is recorded as occupier. This house was not in use at the end of the 20th century. | |
Corville | Corville was the residence of the Hon Francis A. Prittie in the first half of the 19th century. He was a brother of the 2nd Lord Dunalley. He represented county Tipperary in Parliament and died in 1853. Lewis describes the house as "a handsome structure in the Grecian style". In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to the townland of Corville as "large and beautiful, the principal parts nicely laid out with plantings". At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was valued at £58 and held from the Messrs Birch. The sale rental of 1858 includes a lithograph of the house. The house belonged to O'Byrne family in the later part of the 19th century and is recorded as the seat of Count John O'Byrne in 1894. Now functions as a nursing home. |
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Cossaun or Cussane | In 1786 Wilson refers to Cussane as the seat of Mr. Parker. By the time of the 1st Ordnance Survey the house in Cossaun townland is described as "in ruins". The townland was in the possession of the Mahons of Belleville by the time of Griffith's Valuation in the 1850s. | |
Costello Lodge | A 19th century lodge which was burnt in 1922 and rebuilt in 1925. It was occupied by the Honourable Richard Hely Hutchinson in 1855, leasing from George Cottingham and others when it was valued at £10. It is labelled Derrynea Lodge on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Costello Lodge on the later 25-inch edition of the 1890s. Later the residence of J. Bruce Ismay, a survivor of the sinking of the ''Titanic'' in the early 20th century and in the mid 20th century by the Herdman family. |
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Cottage | Originally a Vize home, later occupied by the Pyne family, J. Pyne was in residence in 1814 and 1837 and the house appears to be unoccupied at the time of Griffith's Valuation, Reverend John Lawless Pine was the immediate lessor. It was valued at £17.15 shillings. | |
Cottage | James Norcott is recorded as the proprietor of Cottage, Doneraile, in 1814 and J. Norcott MD was resident in 1837. Philip Allen occupied the house in the early 1850s. He held it from Arthur Norcott and the buildings were valued at £20. This house no longers exists. | |
Cottage (Caher) | The residence of George Fennell from 1814 until at least the mid 19th century, when it was valued at £22+ and held from Mrs Rachel Haughton. A building is still located at this site. | |
Cottage (Dunkellin) | In 1837 Lewis recorded Cottage as the seat of J. Ryan. Catherine Ryan was leasing the house from Randall Athy at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £17. The house at Cottage was part of the Athy estate which was sold in the Encumbered Estates court in July 1857. The new owners, John Edmond Crofton Kelly and Edmond Walker Kelly offered it for sale again in June 1866. At this time the house at Cottage was leased to the representatives of Thomas Redington for 21 years from 1856. By 1906 it was owned by Charles V. Pratt together with 150 acres of untenanted land. The ruins of the house and other buildings are visible at the site. |
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Cottage (Kilcloony) | Lewis records The Cottage in the parish of Kilcloony, barony of Clonmacnowen, as the seat of the Colohan family in 1837. This is possibly the same house recorded as in the ownership of Nicholas M. Coolahan in 1906. | |
Cottage (Loughrea) | In 1786 Wilson refers to Cottage as the seat of Mr. Varo [?]. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the property was leased by Bryan Rynn from the Clanricarde estate and valued at £4. The original house is no longer extant. | |
Cottage Vale | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Charles Ensor was leasing a property valued at £10 at Drumdarkan, barony of Mohill, to George West. There is still an occupied house, part of a large farm, at this site. |
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Cottlestown | The Kirkwood estate was centred on Cottlestown House. The name seems to have sometimes been known as Castletown and this is how it appears on the First ed. OS sheet but documentary evidence would seem to suggest the estate was also known as Cottlestown. The Buildings of Ireland survey states that it is likely that the present house was added to an earlier, probably eighteenth century structure, which in turn replaced the fortified house on the site. On modern OS sheets the townland is known as Cottlestown. This property later became part of the Boyd estate. |
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Coumahon | Col. Palliser was leasing this property to Patrick Stack in 1851 when it was valued at almost £10. A house still exists at the site. | |
Court Lodge | Described as a small lodge, the residence of Tobias Delmege at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. Occupied by Pierce Brown and held from Lord Southwell at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £10. This house is now the home of a dairy farmer. |
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Court Macsherry | An earlier house had existed in the grounds of the present building. The "Ladies Boyle" held Court Macsherry House in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £30. The building seems to have become the Esplanade Hotel by the time the 25-inch map was published in the 1890s. The Irish Tourist Association survey of the 1940s refers to it as the "beautiful demesne and summerhouse of the Earl of Shannon, now reconstructed as the Esplanade Hotel". This building continues today as the Courtmacsherry Hotel (www.courtmacsherryhotel.ie). |
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Court/Kildimo Court | In 1837 Lewis wrote that Kildimo Court "which is nearly entire was the seat of the Hartstonge family". The Hartstonges appear to have inherited this property from the Widenhams. In 1786 Wilson refers to Court as the seat of Sir Harry Hartstronge and notes that "a bridge is now building at the ferry of Court but the house is in ruins". The property called Court Castle is labelled "in ruins" on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. A house labelled "Court" appears in the same townland on both the 1st and 25-edition maps. Buildings are still present at this location. | |
Courthill | The house was built in 1768. In 1786 Wilson refers to "Ranadyff" which may be this property, as a seat of Mr. Gardiner. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the occupier was Lacklin Chisholm. Frank Boland had a racing stable at Courthill in the 1940s and trained a horse named 'Lough Conn', who came second in the Aintree Grand National of 1947. |
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Couse Mill | Richard Power was leasing this property from David O'Neill Power at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £22 and included a mill. The mill is labelled on the 1st-edition Ordnance Survey Map but does not appear on the later 25-inch edition of the 1890s. | |
Coxtown (Gaultiere) | William Quinn was leasing this property from the Fortescue estate in 1848 when it was valued at £10. Farm buildings appear to occupy the site now. | |
Crag House or Rockville | Robert Leeson was occupying this property at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the lessor was William Miles. It was then valued at £18 15s. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map the house is labelled as Rockville. Bary quotes O'Donovan who claimed the owner in the 1830s was John Marshell Myles. The house is still extant and the well-known Crag Cave complex is located in the demesne. See www.cragcave.com | |
Cragbeg | A house situated on the estate of Lord Clarina, occupied by Vokes in the 1770s and in 1786. It was leased to the Vandeleur family in the mid 19th century. Major Thomas Vandeleur was the occupier and the buildings were valued at £38. Occupied by Richard Parson in 1814, by G. Vandeleur in 1837 and by William Henry Harkness in the 1870s. Slater notes Lieut-Col. Lionel E. Massey as the owner in 1894. Still extant and occupied. |
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Cragbrien | An 18th century house of the Stacpooles which Wilson notes as "the beautiful seat of Mr. Stacpole" in 1786. It passed to the Stacpoole Mahons in the early 20th century and is still occupied. Matthew Kelly of Cragbrien owned 562 acres in county Clare in the 1870s. |
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Cragg | Home of a branch of the Molony family from the 1730s to the early 20th century. The house is still extant and lived in. It was valued at over £14 in the mid 19th century when it was held by Anne Molony in fee. | |
Cragg | The home of a branch of the Going family, occupied by Robert Going in 1814 and in 1837. Robert died in 1838 and was succeeded by his son John. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe Cragg as "formerly the residence of John Going, it is now going to wreck". He still held Cragg at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £12+. John Going of Cregg House, Birdhill, owned 1,896 acres in the 1870s. A new house was built to the south west of the original house circa 1880 [R709 652]. John's son, Robert Edward Going, had succeeded to Traverston by the early 20th century. The second Cragg House is still extant. |
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Craggaunowen Castle | 16th century tower house, "in ruins" at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. The castle, herd's house and 96 acres were in the possession of the Reverend William Ashworth in the mid 19th century, who held them from a Caswell. A mansion house valued at £13 was in the possession of Count James Considine in 1906. The castle was bought by John Hunt in the mid 1960s and was the first home of the Hunt Museum. | |
Cragleagh | A Mahon house at the end of the 18th century, occupied by Thomas Pilkington in 1814 and by William Kenny at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Kenny held the property from Charles James/Janns and it was valued at £20. | |
Cragmoher | A house built in the mid 19th century by Major Charles Washington Studdert eldest son of Jonas Studdert. His son Jonas was born 1857. Burnt in the late 20th century. In 1906 buildings at Killeen were valued at over £17. |
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Craig's Hotel | John H. Craig was leasing a property valued at £65 at Back, parish of Kilcloony, barony of Clonmacnowen from the Clancarty estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He was running this property as a hotel. In Slater's Commerical Directory, 1846, Craig's hotel was located on the Main Street in Ballinasloe. The Royal Mail car called there on its way from Galway to Dublin. | |
Cramer's Court or Ballindeenisk | Labelled as Ballindeenisk on the 1st edition Ordnance Map and as Cramer's Court on the 25-inch series published in the 1890s. It was being leased by Benjamin Jeffers from the Earl of Bandon's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £11. It is now a Nursing Home. |
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Cranagh | Located beside a castle of the same name this house was occupied by John Lalor in 1814. Lewis records the property belonging to J. Lloyd but occupied by the Reverend M.N. Thompson. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Cranagh was in use as an Auxiliary Poor House and was valued at £25+. The Irish Tourist Association surveyor refers to a 4 storey house built at Crannagh in 1768 by the Lloyd family. The owner in the early 1940s was J. Cullen. This house is no longer in existence. | |
Cranagher | Originally a Bindon home this property passed to the Blood family through a marriage in the 1770s. In 1814 it was occupied by Mr James Kerin and in the mid 19th century by Giles Darcy who held it from William Blood. The house was valued at less than £2. There is a substanial house and demesne marked on the first Ordnance Survey map at Cranagher. Weir writes that a new house was started sometime in the 19th century a short distance from the original but was abandoned before completion. General Sir Bindon Blood sold Cranagher in 1905. Some farm building and modern houses exist at the site now. | |
Cranmore | Built in 1838 by Alexander Clendining Lambert on land he held on lease from Colonel Charles Knox. It reverted to the Knoxes after the Famine and was used as a dower house by Colonel Charles Howe Cuff Knox for his mother, a daughter of the 2nd Marquess of Sligo. The house was bought by the Daly family in the 1920s and sold to the McCartans in the late 1940s. They took off the roof in the 1950s and the house is now a ruin. |
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Cranna | The original home of the Going family in county Tipperary, inhabited by the Reverend John Going, eldest son of Richard Going of Birdhill in 1814 and by his son Charles in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the house was valued at £23+. Buildings are still located at this site. | |
Crannagh House | The main residence of the Walsh family in the 18th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation occupied by Philip Hayes who held the house from William Potts. It is labelled Crannagh House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but is not shown on the later 25-inch edition of the 1890s. | |
Crannagh House | There are references to a house owned by the Nugents at Crannagh in the eighteenth century but there is no substantial house shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map. Slater refers to "Crane" as the seat of Arthur Nugent in 1846. The townland is in Arthur Nugent's possession at the time of Griffith's Valuation but there is only a caretaker's house of nominal valuation. However, the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s shows a substantial building labelled Crannagh House. This property is no longer extant. | |
Cratloe House | Another house belonging to the Stafford O'Brien family, held by Augustus Stafford in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £12. Lewis records this house in the parish of Killeely and Cratloe Woods in the parish of Kilfintinan. Leet records Don O'Brien as resident at Cratloe, county Limerick, in 1814. In 1786 Wilson refers to Cratlagh-Hall as a seat of Mr. O'Brien. Possibly either part of the same building complex as Cratloe Woods or the nearby premises labelled Cratloekeel Castle on both the 1st edition and 25-inch Ordnance Survey maps. | |
Cratloe Woods | An 17th century house with a 19th century addition, the Irish home of the Stafford O'Briens and still in the family's possession. On the first edition Ordnance Survey map this house appears to straddle the border of the townlands of Cratloe and Portdrine. The house was held by Augustus Stafford at the time of Griffith's Valuation, valued at £24. In 1894 it was the seat of F.H.Stafford-O'Brien. It is still extant. |
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Crawford's Lodge | In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Crawford's Lodge as the residence of W. Crawford. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the townland was held in fee by William Crawford when the house was valued at £6+. It is not labelled on the later 25-inch map of the 1890s though a house still exists at the site. | |
Creadan A | In 1848, John Denn was leasing this property from the Fortescue estate when it was valued at just over £15. Modern buildings exist close to the site now. | |
Creadan B | Michael Spencer was leasing this property from the Earl of Fortescue's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £14. Modern buildings exist at this site now. | |
Creadan House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Creadan House was occupied by Edward Blackmore, leasing from the Fortescue estate. It was then valued at £45. A house still exists at this site. | |
Creagh | The original house was situated beside the River Robe and was described in September 1836 by Robert Graham as a "nicely laid out cottage residence". Earlier, in 1786, Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Cuff. Mary Louisa Cuffe was leasing the property from Colonel Charles Knox at the time of Griffiths Valuation, when it was valued at £32. A new house was built by Colonel Charles Knox in 1875, which became a tuberculosis sanatorium and a centre for the Agricultural Institute in the 20th century. James Cuff (recorded as Duff), of Creagh, near Ballinrobe, is mentioned as the proprietor of townlands in the parish of Ballynacourty, barony of Dunkellin, county Galway, at the time of the first Ordnance Survey in the 1830s. |
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Creagh Castle | Creagh Castle was acquired by Dr John Creagh in the late 18th century and passed to his daughter Mary and her husband, Kilner Brooke Brasier. Their second son, John Brasier-Creagh, inherited Creagh Castle and is credited with building the present house, the original one having been destroyed by a fire. George Washing Brasier Creagh held Castle Creagh in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The buildings were valued at £50. The descendants of John's brother, George Washington Brasier Creagh, continued to live at Creagh Castle until the 1930s. In 1906 the building was valued at £44+ and occupied by Captain John Brazier Creagh. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that there was a castle formerly associated with the Coppinger family on this property. |
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Creagh House | Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to Cree as the seat of John Becher. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Sir H. Becher was in possession of Creagh House, then valued at £25. In 1894 and 1906 it was owned by Sir John W. Becher and valued at £30 15s. It is still extant and the well-known gardens are sometimes open to the public. |
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Creagh Lodge | Francis Madden was leasing a property valued at £13 at Townparks, barony of Moycarn, from the Earl of Clancarty's estate in the 1850s. This may the property referred to on the 1st edition OS map as Creagh Lodge. | |
Creagh's Villa | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, this property appears to be have been leased by Mary Boyd fron the Lucan estate when it was valued at £12. In the 1870s it was the residence of Bernard Peyton. It was destroyed by fire in 1996 and subsequently demolished to make way for the Lough Lannagh holiday complex which includes a building similar to the design of the original house. |
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Creegh House | A house on the Stewart estate, Weir writes that it was built for James Kelly on his marriage to Margaret Kenny of Freagh Castle and five generations of their descendants have lived there. | |
Creeraun | At the time of Griffith's Valuation the townland was held by Margaret O'Kelly and the house and some land was occupied by Anthony O'Kelly. In the sale particulars of Creeraun in 1889 the house is marked on the map as 'in ruins'. |
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Cregaclare | The Ordnance Survey Name Books mention that Cregaclare House was built in 1802. In the 1830s it is described as having elegant gardens and a Hot House producing various types of fruit. Cregaclare House is recorded by Lewis as the seat of J.S. Lambert in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was leased by James Lambert to Lord Clanmorris and was valued at £50. Bought by Lord Clanmorris in the late 1850s, it was still his property in 1894 and 1906. Only the ruins of a basement and remains of stable yard and gateways are visible. Mausoleum located at M470118 in the ruins of old RC church. This was originally a burial place for the Bingham family (Lords Clanmorris) but those buried there were later re-interred in the grounds of the Church of Ireland, Ardrahan. |
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Cregg | The home of a branch of the Lalor family in the 19th century. Thomas E. Lalor is recorded for Creg in 1814 and Lewis writes in 1837 of his handsome residence erected "about ten years since". Cregg was occupied by his son Thomas in the early 1850s. Thomas held the property from the Marquess of Ormonde and the buildings were valued at almost £40. Passed to the Sadlier family of Castleblake, county Tipperary at the end of the 19th century. In 1906 it was valued at £41 and occupied by Annie Sadlier. This house is still a fine residence. |
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Cregg Castle | Built in the mid 17th century, the home of the Kirwans until the early 19th century. In 1786 Wilson mentions that it was the last castle to be built in county Galway and that it had lately been remodelled by Mr. Kirwan. Later occupied by a branch of the Blake family. It was held in fee by Francis Blake at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £40. Slater notes it as the residence of Mrs. Blake in 1894. Sold by the Blakes in 1947 to the Johnstons, who made alterations and restored it. Bought by the Murrays in the early 1970s, who ran it as a guest house. Sold again in 2006. |
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Cregg Castle | Built by the Hyde family and occupied by John Hyde, a younger son of Arthur Hyde of Castle Hyde, in the mid 18th century. Wilson refers to the residence of John Hyde, "near the ruins of Creg Castle" in 1786. By 1810 Cregg Castle was occupied by Colonel William Stewart from Fort Stewart, county Donegal who had married Anne Hyde. The Colonel was the proprietor in 1837 and Mrs Anne Stewart was still resident in the early 1850s. Her nephew John came to live at the house following the sale of Castle Hyde in 1851 and following his death in 1885 it was leased to various persons. It is still extant. |
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Cregg House | The house at Cregg seems to have been built by Francis Butler in the 18th century. Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Butler in 1786. In 1814 it was the residence of Walter Butler and Lewis also records it as a Butler house. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Robert J. Lattey and was valued at £25. This also included the premises known as Cregg Cottage which was located in the demesne. In 1906 it was owned by Robert Thomas Lattey and was valued at £33. The original house is no longer extant. |
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Cregg House | Michael Jones, formerly of Lisgoole, county Fermanagh, is described as of Cregg House in 1854. His representatives still held the property in the 1870s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was occupied by Capt. Alex Lumsden, son-in-law of Michael Jones, leasing from John Wynne, when it was valued at £25. Cregg House afterwards came into the possession of the Sisters of La Sagesse and is now a Special Needs facility. |
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Cregg South [Avonmore] | The Phipps "of Cregg" are recorded in "Burke's Irish Family Records" from the early 18th century. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the house in Cregg South valued at £22 was occupied by John Carey who held it from John Phipps. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s the house at this site is labelled Avonmore. A house is still extant there. | |
Creggagh | The house valued at £6 was held by John Fair at the time of Griffith's Valuation but was unoccupied. In 1894 Slater noted it as the seat of Major D.R. Fair. It was occupied in the early decades of the twentieth century but is now a ruin surrounded by forestry. |
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Creggane Castle | A property associated with the Hutchins family, occupied by John Quaid at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from Samuel Hutchins. The buildings were valued at £17. The sale rental 1857 records that the original lease dated 1802 was from Edmund Earl of Cork and Orrery to Emanuel Hutchins. Farm buildings occupy the site. | |
Creggane House | Creggane House was in the possession of John [Lichfield] at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at almost £9. It was leased to Robert Starkey at the time. A more substantial house is shown on the later 25-inch map of the 1890s. In 1885 Walford described Francis Evans Bennett as of "Creggane". A house is still extant at the site. | |
Creggane House (Churchtown) | Cregane House in Creggannacourty was occupied by the representatives of Sarah Barry and held from Sir Edward Tierney at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the house was valued at £35. Hajba associates the names Crofts, Hennessy and Hutchins with the house, which in 2002 was the home of the Lynch family. |
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Creggaun House | Bar Kelly was living at Cregan in 1749. At the time of the first Ordnance Survey it is mentioned as the home of Captain Masters. William Masters was leasing a house valued at £16 in Creggaun townland, parish of Ahascragh, from the Clonbrock estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This property is no longer extant. | |
Creggolympry | Henry Adams occupied a house at Creg, Fermoy in 1814 and the Reverend Samuel Adams in 1837. This house valued at £32 was held by the Reverend Samuel Adams in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Guy's ''Cork Alamanac'' (1907) records Miss Adams as resident at Creggolympry. Buildings still remain at the site. | |
Creta | Occupied by George Harken in 1814 and Daniel Hughes in the mid 1850s and valued at £8. Creta Cottage was occupied by Captain Dillon in 1837. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Crobeg | Home of a branch of the Stawell family throughout the 19th century. The family were involved in the flour milling business at Doneraile. At the time of Griffith's Valuation George Stawell held Crobeg from the representatives of Luke Hassard. The buildings were valued at £36. The house was demolished in the 1980s. |
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Crocknaraw/Rockfield House | Built in the early 1850s, when it was known as Rockfield, possibly by Thomas Butler who occupied it at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It later became a Protestant boys' orphanage. In the later 20th century known as Crocknaraw Guest House and renowned for its beautiful gardens. |
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Croftonpark | Described in the Ordnance Survey Name Books as a 'neat house', built in 1784 and occupied by Hugh Dane [Deane]. Robert Hunter lived there at the time of Griffith's Valuation and Patrick Ruane refers to the recent death of James Hunter, the owner of the house in the early 1990s. The house is still extant but no longer in use. |
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Croghan | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Guy Lloyd was the occupier of the house at Croghan, valued at £40. In 1749 the Census of Elphin shows that J. Lloyd, spinster, lived there. Wilson also notes it as a seat of the Lloyd family in 1786. Croghan House is no longer extant but an extensive range of outbuildings remains. |
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Croghan | In 1841 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to "Croughane House" as the residence of Francis Drought. Michael Mullarchy was leasing it from James Fleetwood at the time of Griffith's Valuation when Croghan was valued at £15. This house is still in use as a family residence. |
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Cromore | John Creagh leased part of Castlesaffron to Luke Hassard in the late 18th century, who Hajba writes built the house Cromore. Soon afterwards it became the home of the Campion family and Roland Campion was resident at the time of Griffith's Valuation, holding the property from the representives of Luke Hassard. The buildings were valued at £15. Later the home of the Graham family. The building was extensively rebuilt and restored in the 1980s. | |
Cronody | In the mid 18th century Smith refers to the seat and improvements of Mr Cross at Coronody. At the time of Griffith's Valuation James Cross occupied a house valued at £10.10 shillings which he held from Viscount Midleton and John H. Colthurst. This would appear to be the house marked Crondybeg on the first Ordnance Survey map. Cronodymore was in ruins. Gillman writes that Cronodymore was inherited from Richard Hawes by the late 17th century marriage of Philip Cross to Mary Ellard, step daughter of Richard Hawes. A house and farm building are still extant at the site. | |
Crooke Villa | Leased by Captain William Clarke from Lord Waterford's estate in 1848 when it was valued at £12. It is named as Crooke Villa on both the First Edition and later 25-inch Ordnance Survey maps. Local sources suggest this house was originally built by the local parish priest, Fr. Hearn, at the end of the eighteenth century. There is still a house at the site. | |
Crookhaven Hotel | David Cagney was leasing a property described as a hotel to John O'Brien at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was valued at £7 10s. Buildings are still extant at this site. | |
Crookhaven House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, David Cagney was leasing this property to Isaac Notter, when it was valued at £11. Lewis noted Crookhaven House as the seat of R. Doe, in 1837. This property does not appear on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. | |
Crookstown | Smith records Mr Crook of Crookstown in 1751. The mother of Robert Warren, 1st Baronet, was Anne Crooke and this house may have got its name from her. It was the home of a branch of the Warren family from the late 18th century, occupied by the Reverend E. W. Warren in 1814, by the Reverend R. Warren in 1837 and in the early 1850s. The Reverend Robert Warren held the property in fee and the buildings were valued at £48. It was burnt in June 1921 during the War of Independence when it was the residence of Robert Warren. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Croom Castle | Originally a Fitzgerald Castle, subsequently granted to the Duke of Richmond who sold it to John Croker in 1721. Reverend Fitzgerald writes that Croker was agent to the Duke. A residence was built with some of the stone from the old castle. Situated on the outskirts of the town of Croom this house was occupied by Samuel A. Dickson in the mid 19th century who held it from the Crokers. The buildings were valued at £30. Sold in the late 1880s to the Lyons family and bought by Michael Corry in 1936. Now functions as self catering accommodation. see http://www.croomcastle.com/history.html |
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Croom House | Croom House was the home of the Lyons family in the 18th and 19th centuries. The house of James D. Lyons was valued at £48 in the early 1850s and he had a flour mill valued at £75 closeby. He held the property from John Croker. Described in 1943 by the Irish Tourist Association surveyor as a beautiful mansion on the left bank of the Maigue river, it was then in use as a military post. The house is still extant and occupied. |
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Cross House | Built in the early 19th century and the home of the Evans family afterwards. The walls of the house and extensive farm buildings still remain alongside some modern farm buildings. |
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Crosshaven House | Thomas Hayes held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £44. Lewis refers to it as the seat of T. Hayes in 1837. Local sources suggest it was built in the eighteenth century replacing an earlier house. It remainded in the ownership of the Hayes family until the early 1970s. The house is still extant and occupied and sometimes open to the public. |
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Crossoge | Lewis refers to Prior Lodge as the residence and property of the Reverend Dr Prior. The house in Crossoge is named Prior Lodge on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. This house appears to have been replaced by another building, a short distance to the south, known as Crossoge House sometime in the mid 19th century. Occupied and held in fee with 92 acres by the Reverend John Prior at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £25.15 shillings. This house is still in use as a country residence. [This may be the house to which Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to as"Bachelor's Lodge", in this area, which was a seat of Mr. Roe]. |
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Crosspatrick | The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to the building of a house in 1832, the residence of James Knox who held the townland from Mary Boyd. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was occupied by William Kirkwood. Some floor tiles, which remain in the present farmyard at Crosspatrick, indicate the site of the house which no longer exists. |
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Crotta House | Samuel Julian was in possession of this property at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £27. Lewis records it as the seat of T. Ponsonby in 1837 while Leet notes it as the residence of James O'Donnel in 1814. In 1786 Wilson writes that "Crotto" was the seat of James Carrigue Ponsonby and "very pleasantly situated with good plantations". Bary writes that Crotta had been built by the Ponsonby family and was later held on lease from the Court of Chancery by the Julian estate. At the sale of the latter estate in 1857, Crotta was described as being in the hands of the proprietor Samuel Julian. Later in the nineteenth century it was leased to the Kitchener family. Herbert Kitchener, later Earl of Khartoum, lived there as a boy. The estate was the property of the Browne family in the later nineteenth century but was offered for sale by Thomas Beale Browne in 1877. In 1894 Slater records it as the seat of Richard Savage. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey describes it as " a ruined shell" where there was once "an imposing mansion". The remains of the house were demolished in the later twentieth century. |
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Crovraghan | A house situated on the Wyndham estate, occupied by John Tatlow in 1814 and J. O'Donnell in 1837. James O'Donnell held the house, valued at just over £10, from Colonel George Wyndham at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Later the home of the Cannon family until the 1970s. |
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Crowsnest | In 1856 Allan Pollok was the occupier and lessor of a property valued at £6 together with over 460 acres, in the townland of Crowsnest, parish of Clontuskert, barony of Longford. Molloy provides a detailed description of the huge farmyard (M868239) in the neighbouring townland of Ganaveen which was part of the Pollok estate. The latter was destroyed by fire in 1920. The Crowsnest property is now in ruins. |
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Croy Lodge | Occupied in the 1830s by Con O'Donel, the lodge was held by the Clives from the Marquess of Sligo. It was valued at almost £3 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In the early 1830s Reverend William Maxwell wrote his book ''Wild Sports of the West'' at the lodge. The building is still extant but disused. | |
Cruise Lawn | Held by William Cruise from James Galbraith at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £5. It is named Cruice Lawn on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Cruice Lawn is now a ruin. | |
Crumlin | Built in 1844, the original house was held in fee by Peter Blake and valued at 7 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was later altered and extended by Cecil Henry in the style of a French chateau. The house was sold to the Land Commission in 1913 and to John Costello in 1917, whose grandson renovated it and the courtyard in the early 1990s. |
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Cuckoo Hill | In 1786 Wilson referred to a house he called "Clover-Hill", three miles from Caher, "the seat of Mr. Ryall". He may have been referring to the townland named Cuckoohill which appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Map. A house is present in this townland which is labelled Cuckoo Hill House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, this property was leased to Patrick Heffernan by Abraham Riall when it was valued at over £6. A house and farm still occupy the site. | |
Cuffe House or Camcuil | Camcuill townland was part of Peter Niddrie's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house with highest value was that of Edward Larrinan, leasing a property valued at £3 from Peter Niddrie. McTernan states that the house had originally belonged to the Brownes and later the Jones family of Fortland. In 1874 the sale notice referring to the Niddrie estate mentions Camcuill as "a comfortable dwelling house with extensive offices, recently erected". In 1906 a house in this townland is recorded as the property of the representatives of Grace Niddrie. |
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Cuillaun | Part of the Oranmore and Browne estate in the mid 19th century, occupied by Frenches, Brownes and by Edward Rush at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the house was valued at £7. Now the home of the Donnellys. |
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Cuilleen House | A branch of the Naghten family lived at Cuilleen in the 1830s. Malachy Naghten of Cuilleen died in 1865 aged 63 and is buried in Drum Old Cemetery. The house is labelled Cuilleen House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of the 1830s but is not shown on the later 25-inch edition of the 1890s and no trace is visible now. | |
Cuilmore | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, James Powell was leasing a property valued at £7 with over 150 acres, from Lord de Freyne's estate, at Cuilmore, barony of Coolavin. The original house is not extant now. | |
Cuiltybar | Occupied in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by relatives of the O'Haras of Annaghmore. Leased in the 1830s to John Fenton Motherwell and afterwards his widow Elizabeth who held it at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was then valued at £7 10s and leased to George Martin. It returned to members of the O'Hara family in the early twentieth century after which the land was acquried by the Land Commission. Still extant and occupied, McTernan notes that it is one of the oldest occupied houses in county Sligo and was, in the distant past, known as Trimgrove. | |
Cuiltyconeen House | Keenehan and others state that Douglas Boyde built Cuiltyconeen House in 1847. It is recorded as having less than £3 valuation at the time of Griffith's Valuation in the mid-1850s. It was sold to the Molloy family in 1905 whose descendents continue to reside there. | |
Cullairbaun | Occupied by James Perry at the time of Griffith's Valuation. | |
Cullane House | A house built in the 1780s, also known as Lough O'Connell. It was the home of Thomas Steele and in 1821 passed to his nephew "Honest Tom" Steele, friend of Daniel O'Connell. In the late 1840s Cullane was inherited by Tom Steele's niece who had married Charles Studdert of Newmarket House. Their son Robert Wogan Studdert held the house valued at £25 in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It remained in Studdert hands until 1954 and is now a ruin. | |
Culleenamore | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Samuel Barrett was leasing the house at Culleenamore, barony of Carbury, from Edward Nicholson, when it was valued at £16. | |
Cullenagh | This house, situated on the outskirts of Newcastle West, was the home of Patrick Griffin in 1814 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Valued at £27 it was held from the trustees of the Earl of Devon. The house remained until the mid 20th century but is no longer extant and a large industrial complex exists to the rear of the site. | |
Cullenagh (KIlmeadan) | Mrs. Margaret Gamble was leasing this property from Viscount Doneraile's estate in 1850 when it was valued at £11 15s. A house is still extant at the site. |
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Cullenagh House | At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, Cullenagh House was occupied by Kean Mahony when it was valued at £22. Lewis records it as the seat of Kean Mahony in 1837 as does Leet in 1814. In 1906 it was the property of Thomas McDonagh Mahony and valued at £18. Bary states that this house was probably built by the Mahonys towards the end of the 18th century. It was still extant but uninhabited towards the end of the twentieth century. | |
Cullenagh Lower | Myles Mahony was occupying a house at Cullenagh Lwr at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. It was valued at £6 and part of a holding of 176 acres. The house is not shown on thre 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. | |
Culliagh North [Knockmoy Abbey] | Occupied by Robert Blake Forster leasing from Martin J. Blake, at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £10. It is still extant and occupied. Melvin notes that it was also known as Knockmoy Abbey. |
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Cummeen (also spelt Cummin) | The Ormsby family had a house at Cummeen, Coolera in the eighteenth century. Wilson noted it as the residence of John Ormsby in 1786, when he describes it as "a magniificent and beautiful seat". At the time of Griffith's Valuation the representatives of Charles Ormsby were leasing the house and land at Cumeen to William Phibbs who in turn leased the house to Alexander Wylie. It was valued at £13. Some building remains and a possible folly are still visible at the site. |
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Curheen House | Sometimes known as Coorheen House. In 1786 Wilson refers to Curheen as the seat of Mr. Loftus. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, this was a small property occupied by Andrew Egan, leasing from the Clancarty estate and valued at £1 5s. Extended and enlarged sometime after this, by the 1890s it had become Curheen House, resided in by the Aitken family, agents for the Clancarty estate. Later the residence of the RC Bishop of Clonfert. |
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Curra Mill | Lady Anne Headley was leasing a property valued at £16, including a mill, to Francis Turies, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Though it appears on the 1st edition Ordnance survey map the mill is not shown on the 25-inch editon Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s and the West Kerry branch line of the Great Southern & Western Railway is very close to the site. | |
Curraclogh House | Mary Gibson occupied this house at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was held from Sir Augustus Warren and was valued at £12.10 shillings. This house is no longer extant. | |
Curragh | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Thomas Davy was leasing a house, valued at £11, at Curragh, parish of Ballynakill from the Burke of Marble Hill estate. There is still a house at Curragh and some of the adjoining land is now a golf course. |
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Curragh | William John Neligan was leasing this property from the Denny estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8 10s. Bary indicates that the house has always been occupied by merchant families from Tralee. It is still extant. | |
Curragh | At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Courtenay held a house, offices and gate lodges at Curragh, valued at £28. The first Ordnance Survey map shows a farm yard for Ballyedmond in Curragh. The 25-inch map of the 1890s still indicates extensive farm buildings, together with kennels. Farm buildings remain at the site. | |
Curragh House | Lady Headley’s estate was leasing a property valued at £6 5s to James Beazly at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. Bary states that the Beazlys acted as agents for the Headley estate and that Curragh House was built c.1810. The house underwent renovation in the later twentieth century. | |
Curragh House | A house on the Stafford O'Brien estate, the residence of the Faircloth family in the 19th century, valued at £9.10 shillings at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Accidentally burnt in the early 20th century. | |
Curraghalicky | Edward Powell was leasing this property to Edward Ellis at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £7 10s. The site is now occupied by substantial modern farm buildings. | |
Curraghamoreen House | Rev. John O'Meara was leasing this property from the Villiers-Stuart estate in 1851 when it was valued at £14. The house is still extant and undergoing renovations. | |
Curraghbinny | In 1850 Henry Smith was leasing this property from the estate of Louisa Penrose and others, when it was valued at £10. It is not shown on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. | |
Curraghbog | Leased by Allen Pollok to Michael Kelly in the mid 1850s when it was valued at £7. A house is still extant at the site. | |
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Curraghboy | This house, valued at £9, was held by Arthur Bingham at the time of Griffith's Valuation and was unoccupied. The original buildings are not shown on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. | |
Curraghboy House | Occupied by J. Byrne or Burne in the 1830s and by Thomas W. Jefferson at the time of Griffith's Valuation and still a family residence. |
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Curraghbridge | Located on the Bury estate and home of a branch of the Fosbery family for much of the 18th and 19th centuries. Taylor and Skinner record the occupant as the Reverend Mr Westrop in the late 1770s. ''Burke's Irish Family Records'' records Thomas Westropp of Curraghbridge, father of the Reverend Thomas Westropp rector of Doonass. The residence of G. Fosbery in 1814 and in 1837. Described circa 1840 as in good repair and comprised of 4 storeys. Occupied by Samuel Dixon Power in the early 1850s who held the house and 197 acres from George Fosbery. It was later occupied by S.D. Power's son-in-law, Edmond Langley Hunt. A house is still extant at this site. | |
Curraghglass | J.W. Walsh is noted as the proprietor of Curraghglass in the Ordnance Survey Name Books of 1841. In the mid 19th century Thomas Meara occupied a house valued at £11 and held from the representatives of Jonathan Walsh. There is still a building located at this site. | |
Curraghleagh Lodge | The O'Moore sales rental of 1852 states that Isidore Bourke held Murneen North by a lease dated 1844, for 500 years. At the time of Griffith's Valuation he was leasing this property from Garret O'Moore when the house was valued at £30. This building is labelled Curraghleagh Lodge on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. A building much reduced in size is visible at the site. | |
Curraghmore | The house at Curraghmore is centred on the old medieval tower house of the Le Poer family to which various additions and renovations have been added. Both Smith, writing in 1774 and Wilson, writing in 1786, offer detailed contemporary descriptions of the house and demesne . At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was valued at £210. In 1906 it was valued at £200. The 1943 ITA survey describes it in detail, stating that it was one of the finest properties in Munster, if not in all of Ireland. It is still extant and occupied by the Le Poer Beresford family. See www.curraghmorehouse.ie for more information. |
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Curraghroe | At the time of Griffith's Valuation this property was in use as a Constabulary Barracks, valued at £5 and leased from the estate of Theobald Dillon. Local sources suggest the police were withdrawn from the barracks in the late 1860s. In modern times it has become known as Sullivan's Cross. The house is still extant and occupied and in 2014 was offered for sale. | |
Curraglass House | Part of the Lysaght estate from the mid 18th century, W. and L. Giles are recorded at Curraglass in 1814. Earlier, in 1786, Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Bonwell. By 1837 W. Gumbleton was resident and his widow Mrs Georgina Gumbleton occupied the house in the early 1850s. It was valued at £58+. Hajba writes that she was the last occupant of the house which is now demolished. | |
Currah Chase | This was an 18th century house with early 19th additions, home of the Hunt/De Vere/ Vere O'Brien family. In 1906 it was valued at £57 and was occupied by Henrietta L. De Vere. Bought by the Forestry Department in the 1940s the house was destroyed by fire in 1949. |
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Currahaly | Occupied by S. Penrose in 1814, by H. Penrose in 1837 and by Joseph R. Harding in the early 1850s who held the property from John L. Westropp. It was valued at £25. | |
Curraheen | The home of the Stephenson family for some of the 19th century. Slater's Directory of 1846 for the town of Rathkeale records Mr John Stephenson of Curraheen but no Stephenson is recorded in Curraheen South in Griffith's Valuation. |
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Curramore | In 1906 Herbert Sullivan is recorded as the occupier of a mansion house valued at £33.5 shillings in the townland of Knockglass. The Irish Tourist Association survey records that this house was demolished by 1944. | |
Curramore House | Bence Jones dates this house as circa 1830. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Geoffrey Martyn and valued at £20. It was still in the possession of the Martyn family in the mid 1920s. Curramore is still extant and occupied. |
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Currans House | The Ordnance Survey Name Books record Currans House as in a "decayed condition" in 1840. It was allegedly built c.1700. Francis Peet had resided there until c.1829. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was in the possession of Charles Daly, unoccupied and valued at £3. It is labelled Currans House on both the 1st and 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey maps. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Currarane | John Tresilian was leasing this property from the Earl of Bandon's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £7. In 1814, Leet noted it as the seat of John Howe. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Currarevagh | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Henry Hodgson owned the townland of Currarevagh and occupied the house there, then valued at £5. The existing house was built in the mid 19th century and is still owned by the Hodgson family who run it as a guest house. |
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Curravarahane House/Bernard Court | William Smith Bernard was leasing this property from the Bandon estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £42. Lewis notes the residence of W.S. Bernard, as The Farm, in 1837. It was labelled Bernard Court on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. It is still extant. |
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Curryglass | Originally a Goold home, occupied by B. Plummer in 1814 and Pierce Purcell Goold in 1837. His representatives held the property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation and the house was valued at £18. It was advertised for sale in May 1852. Home of Robert Edward Gibbings for sometime in the mid 19th century. An O'Callaghan home in the 20th century. Also known as Curraghglass or Curraglass House. In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted its association with all of these families as well as, in the eighteenth century, the Lysaght family. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Currymount | Lewis gives J. O'Leary as the proprietor of Currymount in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation Currymount was held by Alexander McCarthy in fee and was valued at £7.10 shillings. Hajba writes that Alexander McCarthy left Currymount to his brother-in-law, James Morrogh, third son of James Morrogh of the city of Cork. The house was considerably extended post Griffith's Valuation. James McCarthy of Currymount owned 259 acres in the 1870s. In the late 19th century Eustace Morrogh Bernard lived at Curraghmore. Bought by the Purcells of Burton Park in the second decade of the 20th century as a dower house and passed by marriage to the Bird family. The Irish Tourist Association Survey refers to it as the seat of Major Bird in the 1940s and also that the Morrogh-Bernard family resided here before going to live at Byblox. |
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Cuskinny | A French home from the early 19th century, occupied by Savage French in 1814 and by his son Savage T.W. French in 1837 and in the early 1850s. The house was then valued at £32 and held from Bartholomew Verling and Thomas R. Sarsfield. IN 1894 Slater noted it as the seat of S. French. This property was still in the possession of the descendants of the French family in the 1970s. |
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Cuslough | Lewis describes this house as formerly a 'seat of Lord Tyrawley and now of R.Livesay'. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Richard Livesay, leasing from Colonel Charles Knox, when the house was valued at £12. It stood close to the ruins of Cuslough Castle. | |
Cutteen House | Phillip Coffey held this property from Edward Gallwey at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at almost £10. He also held an estate of over 1200 acres there. The 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s names the property as Cutteen House. |