Cloonmore
Houses within 10km of this house
Displaying 14 houses.
Houses within 10km of Cloonmore
Displaying 14 houses.
House name | Description | |
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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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Benada | The Jones had a house here in the eighteenth century as Wilson refers to Banada as the seat of Mr. Jones in 1786. It was held in fee by Rev. Daniel Jones at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £17. In 1858 it was transferred to the Sisters of Charity who ran a girls' school and orphanage there. In the twentieth century it became a secondary school and continued in that role until 2004 when it was sold to a private developer. |
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Doobeg | At the time of Griffith's Valuation the property at Doobeg consisted of a herd's house, valued at over £1, together with over 300 acres, and was in the ownership of Robert McAlpine. In the later nineteenth century it was lived in by the Phibbs family. Doobeg house is still extant and occupied as a family home. | |
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. | |
Doocastle Cottage | In Griffith's Valuation Joseph M. McDonnell held Doocastle Cottage from John B. Lindsey [of Turin Castle, barony of Kilmaine] when it was valued at £10. It is now a ruin. | |
Kilturra | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Joseph Verscoyle was leasing a property valued at £6 together with over 300 acres to Bartholomew McGettrick, at Kilturra, barony of Corran. This later became the residence of John Ormsby Cooke. It was partially damaged by fire in 1920 and Cooke eventually abandoned the property which became derelict. It was demolished in the 1930s. | |
Bunnacranagh House | Luke Colleran was leasing a property valued at £12 at Bunnacrannagh, barony of Leyny, from the Knox estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This house was built after the publication of the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. It is labelled Bunnnacranagh House on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. In the twentieth century part of this premises served as the post office for the village of Curry nearby. There is still an extant house at this site together with other remains of estate architecture. Part of the property was offered for sale in 2007. |
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Tobercurry | John Brett was leasing a house in the town of Tobercurry to the value of £17 from the Irwin estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Much development has taken place in the vicinity since then. | |
Ballyara or Ballyhara | The original Ballyara Castle was formerly associated with the O'Hara family. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Patrick Mullarkey was leasing a building valued at £3 at Ballyara, barony of Leyny, from the Ffolliott estate. | |
Powellsborough | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Abraham Powell, was leasing a property at Powellsborough, barony of Leyny, valued at £5 together with almost 400 acres from Edward Powell, In 1906 James J. Powell was the owner of buildings valued at £12 at Powellsborough, barony of Leyny. The Congested Districts Board later acquired over 50 acres of this estate. The house is still extant but derelict. | |
Palmfield | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Anne McDonnell was leasing a property valued at £3 at Calveagh Upper, parish of Kilbeagh, county Mayo from Viscount Dillon's estate. Lewis identifies Palmfield in the same parish as a residence of A. MacDonnell in 1837. Walls and estate architecture still identify the site which form part of a large farm. It is now located in county Roscommon. | |
Rathmagurry House | The 1st edition OS map indicates Rathmagurry House at Rathmagurry in Achonry Parish. At the time of Griffith's Valuation William Gawley was leasing a herd's house valued at £2 from the Knox estate at this location. The house is no longer extant. | |
Leitrim House (Achonry) | The 1st edition OS map indicates "Leitrim House (in ruins)" at Leitrim South, barony of Leyny. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas Kane was leasing 85 acres here from the Ormsby Gore estate though the herd's house on the property only had a valuation of 5s. | |
Larkhill | A late nineteenth century house which replaced an earlier residence on an adjacent site. Held by the Greer family from the Perceval estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the house was valued at £1. The property was later acquired by the Bell family who built the existing house. Purchased in the twentieth century by the Taylor family and still extant and occupied. |