Woodfield
Houses within 15km of this house
Displaying 25 houses.
Houses within 15km of Woodfield
Displaying 25 houses.
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Mannin | The harper, Turlough O'Carolan, was a regular visitor to Mannin House and composed a number of tunes in honour of the Dillons and Betaghs. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the townland was owned by Margaret Mary "Beatty" and included a house valued at £5. The house still exists but is not inhabited. It was owned by a Mr Grogan in the 1940s. |
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Holywell | At th time of Griffith's Valuation, John Burke Jnr. and Gerald Burke were jointly leasing this property from Hugh Burke, when the buildings were valued at £14. In 1786 Wilson refers to Holywell as a seat of Mr. Dillon. Some renovations were made to the house in 2005 by its current owner Eamon Healy. |
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Bekan | The exact location of the Burke's house in the village is not known. | |
Tavraun House | A home of the O'Grady family in the 19th century, this house is still lived in and well maintained. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association surveyor recorded Tavraun House as a plain, two-storey house, owned by Mr Walsh. Sir Henry Doran of the Congested Districts' Board lived in the house at the beginning of the 20th century. The family vault of the O'Gradys is in Urlaur Abbey. |
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Eden Park | Occupied by Joseph Brown at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the property was valued at £3. Brown was leasing from Francis O'Malley. Mulloy writes that nothing remains of the house. | |
Annagh | This townland was in the possession of Thomas Tyrle (Tyrrell) at the time of Griffith's Valuation. No house there has a significant valuation. In 1786 Wilson had noted Annagh as the seat of Mr. Dillon. | |
Carrowgowan | From at least 1814 the house was occupied by the Deanes who held it from Colonel McAlpine, who held from John Knox of Castlereagh. The house was described as in good repair, with offices, orchard and garden. Daniel H. Mellet occupied the house at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is now demolished. | |
Oldcastle | Built by the McJordans of Ballylahan in the late 18th century. Slater refers to it as the seat of John Bolingbroke in 1846. There are modern buildings at the site now. |
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Brabazon Park | Built by George Brabazon in 1777. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as "the fine seat of George Brabazon with beautiful demesnes".Slater refers to it as the seat of George Rutledge in 1846. It was held in fee by Captain Hugh Brabazon at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £30. Sold by the Congested District Board to the Sisters of Mercy circa 1920s, who ran a domestic economy school there for many years. It was demolished in the later twentieth century to make way for the building of a health care facility. Part of the demesne is now Swinford Golf Course and Community Sports Facility. |
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Thornhill | Home of Charles Burke Jordan in the 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, he was leasing this property to James Jordan when it was valued at £5. The building labelled Thornhill on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map is not the same as that on the later 25-inch edition published in the 1890s. The latter is no longer extant but some buildings remain at the original site. | |
Listrisnan House | This house was described as in 'good repair' at the time of the first Ordnance Survey in the 1830s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Joseph Jordan was leasing buildings valued at £2 in the townland of Listrisnan from Myles Jordan. A building still remains at the site. | |
Midfield House | Occupied by Anthony Kelly in 1814 and by P. Kelly in 1837. There is no house with a significant valuation in this townland at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Farm buildings appear to occupy the site now. | |
Barleyhill | In 1786 Wilson noted Barleyhill as the seat of Mr. McManus. Ruane dates the house from about 1748 with alterations in the 1770s and 1790s. He states that the house and 170 acres were occupied by George Harkin at the time of Griffith's Valuation, however the Valuation records Bernard McManus as the occupier of the house valued at £15. Quinn records that Bernard McManus had gone to live at Brownstown in 1856. The Aitken family have lived at Barleyhill for over a hundred years. |
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Faheens | An O'Donnell residence in the 1830s. No house with a substantial valuation exists in the townland by the time of Griffith's Valuation. | |
Newcastle | Newcastle was the home of Andrew Clarke O'Malley, son of George O'Malley of Spencer Park. Following the death of Andrew's son, Owen Bingham Manners O'Malley, in 1886, Newcastle became the property of his sister, Elizabeth Brewster. Count Manus O'Donel, a Major General in the Austrian Service, lived at Newcastle in the late 18th century. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of General O'Donnell. Occupied by David Ruttledge in 1814 and by Jacob Beckett at the beginning of the 20th century. Only a portion of the original building is now extant. |
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Ballinamore | This house was the home of the Ormsby family in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was held in fee by Anthony Ormsby at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £40. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as " the beautiful seat of Thomas Ormsby". In 1938 the Ormsbys sold Ballinamore to a Scottish order of nuns, the Order of St John, who used the house as a school. The building was donated to Western Care in the 1970s. It now functions as a nursing home. |
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Killedan | The seat of the Taaffe family and later the home of the McManuses, a well known medical family of whom Emily McManus, Matron of Guy's Hospital, London, was a member. |
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Oxford | The home of members of the Joyce family in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, later held by the Tuohys in fee. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of "Mr. Joice". The house and over 740 acres held in fee by Martin Joyes were advertised for sale in the ''The Telegraph'' [Connaught Telegraph] of 13 July 1831. The original house is now a ruin. |
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Ballyhowly | A Ruttledge family home in the 19th century, there is a lithograph of the house included in the sales advertisement of the Oranmore and Browne estate 1854. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Rutledge was leasing the property, valued at £10, from John Nolan Ferrall. Wilson describes it as "a country seat belonging to Henry Browne" in 1786. This house now offers farmhouse accommodation to guests. |
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Claremount | Built in the 18th century, this house was the home of George Browne, third son of the 1st Earl of Altamont, in the 1760s. His daughter and heiress married Dominick Browne of Castlemagarret and ownership of Claremount appears to have passed to the Castlemagarret Brownes. The Kirwans and Denis Browne of Westport lived in the house in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was bought by Murray McGregor Blacker from Lord Oranmore and Browne in 1858 for £4,250. Blacker owned the house until 1874. In 1877 the house and about 313 acres were sold to the local parish priest by Thomas D. Maguire for the purpose of establishing a Convent of Mercy. The nuns ran a girls' secondary school in the house. In October 1906 just over 300 acres of Claremount was vested in the Congested Districts' Board. |
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Curraghleagh Lodge | The O'Moore sales rental of 1852 states that Isidore Bourke held Murneen North by a lease dated 1844, for 500 years. At the time of Griffith's Valuation he was leasing this property from Garret O'Moore when the house was valued at £30. This building is labelled Curraghleagh Lodge on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. A building much reduced in size is visible at the site. | |
Liscottle | Home of the Horkan family in the second half of the 19th century. It was leased by George "Harkan" from Robert Ruttledge at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £2. It is labelled Liscottle House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Liscottle is no longer extant. | |
Carrowbeg | Occupied by Patrick Sweeney in 1814 and by Richard O'Grady at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house has been renovated and modernized and is still inhabited. |
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Errit Lodge | Errit Lodge, valued at £12, was the residence of Fitzstephen French at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is recorded as Lough Errit by Lewis in 1837 when the Ordnance Survey Name books describe it as " a well built house, two stories high and slated with detached offices". Slater refers to it as the seat of Hon. Charles French in 1894. In 1814 Errit is recorded as the residence of John Barlow. The Census of Elphin in 1749 also records it as a residence of W. Barlow. A modernised and derelict building now occupies the lakeshore site. |
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Rockfield | Marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map, this house was occupied by Henry French at the time of Griffith's Valution and was described as a herd's house. It was valued at £4 and was located on the estate of Lord Oranmore and Browne. Now derelict it was last occupied by the Dillon family. |
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