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House name	Description	Image(s)
Valentia Slate Quarry	Berwick Blackburne was leasing the slate quarry and associated buildings at Dohilla, Valentia, from the Knight of Kerry at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The buildings were then valued at £26 15s. The quarry was opened by the Knight of Kerry in 1816 and contributed slate to many of the Victorian period's most farmous building projects, including the Houses of Parliament at Westminster. It closed in the twentieth century but was re-opened in 1998 and is still working.
Velvetstown	Seat of the Crofts family for over 3 centuries, Velvex-town was occupied by Thomas Crofts in 1814, by T. Lucas Crofts in 1837 and by the Reverend William Crofts in the early 1850s. The Reverend William held the house and 708 acres from Penrose Fitzgerald and the buildings were valued at £21. Hajba writes that the original house was replaced by an elaborate Italianate mansion in the late 1870s but when this burnt down in 1895 they moved back into their old home. She also writes that Velvetstown is one of the few North Cork houses still occupied by the family that built it.
Venter Fair	The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to this house in the townland of Clashduff, parish of Ballingarry as "Venture Fair" and note the existence there of coal mines of the same name. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was leased by Mrs. Mary O'Sullivan from the Langley estate and valued at almost £10. A house is still extant at the site.
Verdanthill House	In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books record Verdant Hill House as the residence of George Wilson. By the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by George Fitzmaurice, leasing from Rev. David Brownrigg when it was valued at £19. It is still extant.
Vermount	Also known as Munine or Moneen, the house was described as 'in ruins' on the Ordnance Survey 6 inch map (1932), following its burning in 1923. Extensive outbuildings are still in use and part of the yard is now a residence. McHale writes that this was, in fact, the original house. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests that the family occupied this building while Vermont House was being constructed. In 1786, Wilson refers to a house called Munnine as a seat of Mr. French.
Vernon Mount	Built by Atwell Hayes in the 1780s, Vernon Mount was the residence of John Leslie in 1814 and of O. Hayes in 1837. Soon afterwards it was leased to William Lane and he was the occupier at the time of Griffith's Valuation, holding the house valued at £55 from Attiwell Hayes. The Hayes sale rental of 1851 describes this house as "a large handsome building erected by the present owner's father at a cost of £5000". It was leased by the Hayes family to William Lane in 1839. A building still exists at this site.
View Mount	A property named as View Mount on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map of the 1890s. It was occupied by Sarah Reynett, leasing from the Grant estate, at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £32. Mrs. Sarah Reynett, with an address at Kingstown, Dublin, owned 89 acres in county Waterford in the 1870s.
Villa Mantilla Verda	On the outskirts of the town of Carrick on Suir, this house was occupied by Mrs Sophia Manderville in the mid 19th century. She held it from Walter Herbert [nephew of Dorothea Herbert] and the buildings were valued at £16.11 shillings.
Villa Marina (Dunmore East)	Richard Stapleton was leasing a property valued at £22 from Lord Waterford's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He was also occupying a pleasure ground valued at £12. Possibly occupying the site of the property now known as Villa Marina, formerly a hotel. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests the existing building at this site was built in the 1860s for David Malcolmson, designed by John Skipton Mulvany.
Villierstown House	In 1851 leased by Rev. Hans Butler from the Villiers Stuart estate when it was valued at £14 5s. Still extant and occupied.
Violet Hill	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas McDonnell was leasing an extensive mill complex and a house at Shannon Oughter, from the Martin estate. The entire property was valued at over £30.
Violet Hill	Home of James Going and his wife Jane Patterson from at least 1837. Occupied by their third son Wyndham Quin Going in the mid 19th century when the buildings were valued at £20. The house remained the property of the Going family until it was sold in 1924, now a ruin.
Violet Hill	Occupied by Jonas Smyth at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held by him from Henry Cornelius. The buildings were valued at £12. This house is still extant and occupied.

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