Curragh

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 16 houses.

Houses within 5km of Curragh

Displaying 16 houses.

House name	Description
Marble Hill	Marble Hill was built in the 1770s. It was enlarged as the family fortunes increased in the 19th century and was valued at £55 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1906 it was held by Sir Henry G. Burke and was valued at £55. It was burned in the early 1920s. It is now a ruin with the remains of a substantial stable block to the rear. In 2005 it was for sale.
Duniry A	Patrick Kennedy was leasing houses and other buildings valued at £8 from Peter Blake at Duniry at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A farm still exists at the site.
Springvale	The OS Name Books mention the existence of Springvale House in the townland of Lisheenagat together with some plantation and ornamental ground. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Francis Lynch was occupying a property at Lisheennagat, barony of Leitrim, valued at £9. In 1906 this property was owned by Michael Lynch. The original house is not extant though some estate buildings remain.
Ballynagar/Ballinagar	Lewis records Ballynagar as the seat of A. Nugent in 1837. . At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was the property of John Aylward and was valued at £10 but the estate is recorded as in Chancery. In 1894 it was the seat of John Lewis and the Lewis family continued to reside at Ballynagar until the 1920s. Ballynagar is still extand and occupied.
Danesfort House (Ballynakill)	Jethro Hemsworth was occupying the house, valued at £10, at Gortnakilla, in the 1850s. He was leasing from Henry Brunskill. There is still an extant house at the site.
Silverstream House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Shaughnessy was leasing a property valued at £5 from the estate of John Aylward, which was the subject of chancery proceeding. A building still exists at the site.
Ballycorban	In 1856 Matthew White was leasing a house valued at £10 at Ballycorban, in the parish of Ballynakill, barony of Leitrim, county Galway from the Burke of Marble Hill estate. Ballycorban is still extant and occupied.
Carrowroe Lodge	Sir Thomas Burke's estate held a house valued at £8 at Carrowroe in the parish of Ballynakill, barony of Leitrim, in 1856. Lewis records Carrowroe Lodge as the residence of H. Clarke in 1837. It was the property of Sir Henry Burke in 1906 when it was valued at just over £8. This house is still extant and occupied though it has been modernised.
Eagle Hill	Eagle Hill was leased from Andrew Martin by Henry Pigott at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £20. In 1837 Lewis recorded Eagle Hill as the seat of Capt. H. Pigot. It was recorded as the residence of A.P. Martin in 1814. In 1906 Anne Martin was the owner when the buildings were valued at almost £16. It is still extant and occupied.
Cartron House (Ballynakill)	On the first-edition Ordance Survey map this building is labelled "police barracks" but is shown on the 25-inch map of hte 1890s as Cartron House. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was still a police barracks and valued at over £12, when it was part of the estate of Sir Thomas Burke of Marble Hill. Madden states that evictions on this estate had resulted in buildings in the area being attacked. Cartron House is still extant and occupied.
Cartron (Duniry)	In 1906 Lawrence Egan owned a property valued at £5 at Cartron, barony of Leitrim, county Galway. Patrick Egan had held almost 200 acres here at the time of Griffith's Valuation but the buildings valuation at that time was less than £1. A house still occupies the site.
Ballyargadaun	In 1906 Charles O'Farrell was the owner of a house valued at £4 at Ballyargadaun, barony of Leitrim, county Galway. This may be the gatelodge at the entrance to the Dalystown demesne or may be buildings associated with the plant nursery in the same townland. {Grid Reference is for gate lodge]
Kylebrack	In 1906 Lord Clonbrock's estate held a property valued at £3 at Kylebrack West, barony of Leitrim, county Galway as well as over 100 acres of untenanted land. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the townland was leased to tenants and this property appears to have been occupied by Michael Coleman.
Knockadrum	The Burke estate owned a house at Knockadrum, barony of Leitrim at the time of Griffith's Valuation, which was leased to Reverend Lawrence Egan and was valued at £6. In 1906 the buildings at this site were still part of the Burke estate and were valued at over £12.
Duniry B	Michael Derwin was leasing property valued at £7, including a mill, from Peter Blake at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A house still exists at the site.
Brookville (Ballygowan)	Lewis records Brookville as the seat of Martin White in 1837. He was leasing the property from the Aylward estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The estate was "in Chancery" at the time when the buildings were valued at £7. A house still exists at the site.