Muckloon
Houses within 5km of this house
Displaying 8 houses.
Houses within 5km of Muckloon
Displaying 8 houses.
House name | Description | |
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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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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. | |
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. | |
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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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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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. | |
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. |