Ballybaun
Houses within 10km of this house
Displaying 35 houses.
Houses within 10km of Ballybaun
Displaying 35 houses.
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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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Ticooly/Tycooly | Occupied by the O'Kellys in the 18th and early 19th centuries. By the time of Griffith's Valuation it was part of the Clonbrock estate and was valued at £16. A building on a slightly different site, is noted as Tycooly House on the 25-inch Ordnance map of the 1890s. There is still an extant property at this site. |
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Newforest | Built prior to 1777, Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. D'Arcy in 1786. It was held in fee by Richard D'Arcy at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £24. It was demolished in the latter half of the 20th century. |
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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. | |
Greenville | Occupied by William Dillon in 1814, by P. Cruise in the 1830s and by John F. Browne at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued over £5 and was part of a farm of over 250 acres. Peter Tyrell was leasing a mill at Greenville from the Bellew estate at the same time. Buildings, including the substantial stables, still exist at the site. |
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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, | |
Kentstown | The sales rental of June 1851 records the leasing of Kentstown, by Netterville and Geoffrey Davies, to Thomas Davies, for 31 years from 10 July 1838. It was held in fee by him at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £12. In the 1877 sales rental the house was described as having "a parlour, drawing room, 6 bedrooms, kichen, dairy and servants' hall". A house is still extant at the site. | |
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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Mountbellew | A three storey house built in the 18th century. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Michael Belew. Extensively renovated in the mid 19th century and valued at £80 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was demolished in the late 1930s. |
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Ballybaun | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Lord Clonbrock owned a mill, gate house and other buildings valued at £35 in the townland of Ballybaun, parish of Ahascragh. The gate house is still extant and occupied. Local sources suggest it was at one time used as a school for children in the area. |
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South Park | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Lawrence Kerrans was leasing a property valued at £11 from the Clonbrock estate at Kilglass, parish of Ahascragh. It is not named on the first edition Ordnance Survey Map but is labelled South Park on the 25-inch edition produced in the 1890s. The house is still extant and occupied. |
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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. | |
Killian | This house was the main residence of the Cheevers family, valued in the mid 19th century at £45. The house is no longer extant but the gate lodge survives. |
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Netterville Lodge | A two storey 19th century house, the home of the Nettervilles and the Gerrards. Came into the possession of the Fallon family of Runnimeade, county Roscommon, following the death of Marcella Gerrard in 1865. Occupied by Cecilia Fallon in 1906, later demolished. Both Taylor and Skinner and Wilson indicate a second Fallon property, Highlake, in the area in the 1780s. |
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Aghrane Castle/Castle Kelly | A 16th century tower house with 19th century additions. Castle-Kelly is recorded by Wilson as the seat of Denis Kelly in 1786. Lithographs of the entrance to Castle Kelly, Castle Kelly and Ballygar town are included in the sales rental of 1863. It was bought by the Bagots, sold by them to the Department of Agriculture in 1910 and demolished in 1919. Parts of the demesne are now owned by Coillte, the Forestry Service. |
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Thornfield | Occupied by John Mahon at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from the Kellys. The sales rental of 1863 includes a lithograph of Thornfield which was sold privately to Christopher Bagot. It continued to be occupied by the Mahon family until 1917, when it was taken over by the Land Commission, Henry English inhabited the house until the 1950s. This house on the Galway/Roscommon border now appears to be a ruin, with a substantial garden wall still intact. |
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Riversdale | In the 1830s the house is described as "on rising ground and in good repair" Held by James Kelly in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £22. The original house is no longer extant. | |
Rookwood | The house, located on the border between counties Galway and Roscommon, was built in the late 1720s by a branch of the Ormsby family of Tobervaddy. Jane Ormsby married Robert Waller. Both Wilson and Taylor and Skinner record that Rookwood was occupied by Major Waller in the 1780s. The house was later leased by the Thewles family. Edmund Kelly purchased the lease of Rookwood from his cousin, James Thewles, in 1800. The house was occupied by the Taaffes in the early 19th century and by the Kellys from the 1830s. In 1900 Dr Charles E. Crean of Ballyhaunis bought Rookwood and sold it to the Land Commission in 1922. The house was intermittently occupied until the 1940s and gradually became derelict. |
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Muckloon | In 1786 Wilson mentions "Muckland" as the seat of Mr. Kelly. Occupied in the mid 1850s by Richard P. Lloyd to whom most of the Kelly estate was let. The house was then valued at £20. It is no longer extant. | |
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. | |
Springlawn | Occupied by John W. Maunsell at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £5. This house is no longer extant. | |
Ballinamore House or Curraghboy Lodge | The residence of Martin ffrench held by him in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £35. The house is noted on the 1st edition OS map as Curraghboy Lodge. In 1906 the owner was Michael Neary. |
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Ballinlass | William Kelly was residing at Ballinglass, parish of Killeroran, in 1749. Occupied by Nicholas D'Arcy from the 1830s to the early 1850s and by Malachy Fallon in the mid 1850s. Buildings exist at the site. | |
St Brendans | Occupied by the Honourable Thomas ffrench from the 1830s to 1850s who held the house from the Honourable Martin ffrench. It is now almost ruinous. |
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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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Woodbrook | Originally a Netterville home, Woodbrook was located in the demesne of Netterville Lodge and is marked on the first Ordnance Survey map of 1838. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was described as a steward's house valued at £5. It is now a ruin. | |
Mount Talbot | Built circa 1750, Mount Talbot is recorded by Wilson as "the fine seat of William J. Talbot" in 1786. It was enlarged by William Talbot in the 1820s. The house was valued at £70 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A nursery business operated in the gardens in the 1890s. Burnt in 1922 and now a ruin. |
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Bushy Park | Early 18th century house, used as a school for the sons of Protestant clergymen. Occupied by Andrew Lyster in 1814. The residence of James Barlow in the 1830s and in the mid 1850s. Bushy Park became the home of the ffrench family in the 1860s, who bought out the property in the early 20th century. Dr Noelle Davies, author and poet, was a 20th century member of the ffrench family. This house is now the home of Laurence and Helga Mullins. |
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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. | |
Ballina | Wilson refers to Ballyna as the seat of Mr. Fallon in 1786. Occupied by Malachy Fallon in 1814. It was held in fee by Anthony Fallon at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £6. Occupied by John Duignan in 1906. It is still extant. |
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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. | |
Taghboy House | Built in the 1860s by the O'Rorkes and home to Mary O'Rorke for the rest of the 19th century. Valued at £9.5s in 1906. The last occupants were the Kelly family who were still in residence in the 1930s. | |
Bellew's Grove | Slater refers to Bellew's Grove as a seat of Lord Grey de Ruthin in 1894. It was held by Mrs. Bellew at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £30. Buildings still exist at the site. | |
Ballyforan | In 1786 Wilson refers to a house at Ballyforan, the seat of Mr. Kelly. This may be the unamed property shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, close to the river Suck, which is labelled The Lodge on the subsequent 25-inch edition. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, this property was held from the Greene estate by Thomas Kenny. The house was valued at almost £7 and the nearby mills at £23. It is now a ruin. | |
Cloonlyon | In 1786 Wilson refers to Clonlyon, the seat of Mr. Kelly. The 1st edition Ordnance Survey map shows ruins in this townland. |