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House name	Description	Image(s)
Ieverstown	A house held by John A. Ievers in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the building was valued at £11.10 shillings. Still inhabited it stands close to the road.
Inagh Lodge	A fishing lodge built in the 1880s by the Berridge family, now a hotel.
Inane	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. Richard Marmion was leasing this property to Thomas Long when it was valued at £16 5s. Noted by Lewis as the seat of H. Marmion in 1837, it is labelled Inane on both the 1st-edition and 25-inch Ordnance Survey maps. There is still an extant house at this site. A smaller property in the same townland, labelled Inane Cottage [W042286], was leased by Patience Marmion from Samuel Townsend in 1853, when it was valued at almost £4. A house still exists at this site also.
Inane	In 1786 Wilson mentions Inane as the seat of Rev. Curtis. Robert Curtis was the proprietor of Inane, Roscrea, in 1814 and P. Jackson was resident in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation Frederick A. Jackson was the occupier, holding the property in fee. The buildings were valued at £50. There appear to be two houses at Inane, a nine bay house dating from the early 18th century and a 19th century house very closeby. The Jacksons were still resident in the 1870s and the representatives of Henry V. Jackson held the property in 1906. It is still extant.
Inch	An 18th century building which was the seat of the Ryan family. The Irish Tourist Association Survey records that the Ryans, a Catholic family, came from Munroe to Inch and that their lands were held for them by Aneas Burke of Kilkenny during Penal Times. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to Inch as the seat of Mr. Ryan. The house was occupied by Daniel Ryan in 1814. Daniel died in 1831 and was succeeded by his brother, George Ryan,who was resident in 1837. The house was valued at £53 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and was held in fee by George Ryan. It was recorded by Slater as the seat of George E. Ryan in 1894. The Ryans continued to live at Inch House until 1985 when it was sold to John and Nora Egan. The building now functions as a county house and restaurant run by the Egan family, see http://www.inchhouse.ie/about-us/a-brief-history-of-inch-house/
Inchareagh Lodge	Andrew Talbot was leasing this property, valued at £16 5s, from Lady Anne Headley, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Bary states that the Eager family had resided here until the early nineteenth century. Later it became the residence of one of Lady Headley's employees. It now forms a complex of buildings, some of which are modern and some much older.
Inchbeg	Located on the Fitzgerald estate, this house was occupied by Henry Young, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The buildings were valued at £11.15 shillings and he also held a mlll valued at £84.
Inchera	This house, also known as Sun Lodge, was the home of the Oliver family. Occupied by S. Oliver in 1814 and Silver Charles Oliver in 1837 and in the 1850s. The buildings were valued at £54 and the property was held from the Reverend Rowland Davis Gray. Owned by C.E. Murphy in the first half of the 20th century. Post 1950 it was destroyed by a fire.
Inchiclogh House	Hamilton White held this property in fee in 1852 when it was valued at almost £34. Lewis refers to it as the seat of R. White in 1837. It is included in the Encumbered Estates Sale Notice of December 1852, which indicates that it was held by Elizabeth White, a widow, by lease from the Court of Chancery. The property does not appear on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s.
Inchinveema	Christopher Gallway was leasing this property to Daniel Sullivan at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £6.
Inchiquin Cottage	A house on the Marquess of Thomond's estate, valued at £3 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and occupied by the Owens family in the first half of the 19th century.
Inchiquin House	In the early 1850s Henry Hall occupied this house valued at £15 located on the Ponsonby estate.
Inchirourke More	The residence of Hunt Esq in the 1770s and in 1786. Occupied by Edward Hunt in 1814. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Robert Hunt held the house, valued at £6.5 shillings, and over 500 acres in the townland of Askeaton from Sir Matthew Blakiston. It is still extant.
Inchydoney House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Thomas Hungerford was leasing this property from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners when it was valued at £22. Described by Lewis as "Island House" and the seat of T. Hungerford in 1837. In 1906 it was owned by Mary Sandes Hungerforde and valued at £31 15s. The house is now used as a religious retreat centre.
India Villa	Valued at £18 at the time of Griffith's Valuation, India Villa was held on a lease from Patrick A. Shannon to William Phayre and was described in 1856 as an exclusive modern residence.
Inish Beg House	Originally a summer retreat but eventually completed by the McCarthy-Morrogh family as a house in 1899. Inish Beg Estate now provides luxury holiday accommodation.
Inishleena	Located on the Devonshire estate, Inishlenna Abbey was occupied by Cross Fitzgibbon at the time of Griffith's Valuation and in the 1870s. The buildings were valued at £10. The location of the Abbey is now under water as part of a reservoir.
Innishannon House or Castle View	Rev. Robert Maunsell was leasing this property from the Frewen estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £22 10s. It is labelled Castle View on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map but named Inishannon House on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. It was burnt in June 1921 during the War of Independence.
Inver Lodge	J.Gibbons of Inver is listed in Lewis.
Ironpool	A Jenings home, described as a "good thatched 2 -storey dwelling house" in 1852, occupied by George Jenings. It was held in fee by William Ogilvie at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £6. It is now a ruin.
Island House	Lewis refers to a "handsome newly erected cottage on the island" in his description of Castleconnell in 1837. Earlier, in 1786, Wilson refers to Park, situated on an island created by a canal and the river Shannon, as the seat of Sir Richard de Burgho. Island House valued at £17+ was the residence of Sir Richard De Burgho at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held the property, which was surrounded by 9 acres, in fee.In 194, Slater refers to "The Island" as the property of Lady de Burgho.
Islandbawn	Malachi Ryan held a house, offices, flour mill and 76 acres at Islandbawn from the Honourable O.F.G. Toler at Islandbawn in the mid 19th century. The buildings were valued at £85.
Islandmacloughry	Thomas O'Connell was leasing this property from the Earl of Listowel's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8. Buildings are still extant at the site.
Islandmagrath	Originally a Burton property bought from the Earl of Thomond, Islandmagrath was leased to Edward Maunsell by the Marquess of Conyngham at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Islandmore	Tooreen, located just south of the town of Croom, was the residence of James D. Lyons in 1814 and 1837. By the early 1850s this house, then known as Islandmore, was occupied by Robert Maxwell, valued at £60 and held from Miss Catherine Giles. It later became the home of the Kelly family and Slater refers to it as the seat of John Roche-Kelly in 1894. Colonel Basil Roche Kelly was resident at the time of the Irish Tourist Association survey of 1943. The surveyor wrote that the house was originally Georgian but had suffered many alterations.
Ivy Cottage (Bantry)	Jeremiah O'Connell was leasing this property from Robert E. White at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £24. A substantial farmyard was located nearby. By the later nineteenth century the house appears to have been known as Beach Cottage. A slightly later building, known as Ardeevin House, exists at this site now.
Ivy Hall (Loughkeen)	The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Ivy Hall as the residence of Richard Palmer in 1840. By the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was occupied by Mary Anne Palmer, who was leasing from William Abernethy, and valued at almost £8. Ivy Hall is still extant and occupied.
Ivy Lodge	McTernan states that Ivy Lodge was built on the Caulfield estate in the 1870s, possibly replacing an earlier building. It was initially occupied by the agent to the estate, William Holmes, and later by Edward Purdue, the gamekeeper. Agrarian unrest occurred on the estate in the late nineteenth century, including a boycott of the Purdue family. The property was sold in 1912 and acquired by the Congested Districts Board in 1917 when the lands were divided. The house is still extant and occupied.

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