New Park
Houses within 15km of this house
Displaying 82 houses.
Houses within 15km of New Park
Displaying 82 houses.
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| Lackan | Occupied by James Lyster in 1814 and by Patrick McDonnell at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house is modernised and still used as a family home. |
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| Mountplunkett | Built in 1806 by George Plunkett and home of the Plunkett family until the mid 19th century when it became the property of Patrick Grehan. Described in the Crotty sale rental of 1851 as a 'superb mansion' repaired by Mr Crotty at a cost of upwards of £2,000. Grehan held the house, valued at £30, in fee, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Samuel Richard Prosser lived in Mount Plunkett in the 1860s. The entrance gates are still in use but only walls remain of the house and outbuildings. Robert Adamson was apparently living at Mount Plunkett in the 1870s. |
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| Ballymurray House | The Crofton family are originally recorded as 'of Ballymurray'. Ballymurray is the next townland east of Mote Demesne. A house at Ballymurray was occupied by Captain E. W. Kelly in 1837 and by Edmund Kelly in the 1850s, who held the house, valued at £9, from the representatives of James Daly. William Curtis was residing in Ballymurray in the 1870s. The property is labelled "Balymurray House" on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. It is no longer extant. | |
| Churchboro | Occupied by Edward Kelly in 1814, E. Kelly in 1837 and by Patrick Grehan at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house is no longer extant. |
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| Scregg | A Kelly home built in 1767, occupied by J.E. Kelly in 1837 and Eliza Kelly in the 1850s. In the sale rental of 1856 the house is described as a respectable mansion, 3 stories high with basement and attic stories and a view of the Shannon River. Occupied in 1906 by the representatives of Henry Potts. The house is extant but no longer lived in. It is currently (2009) being restored with support from the Irish Georgian Society, see http://www.igs.ie/Programmes/Conservation-Grants/Scregg-House.aspx |
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| Rahara | In the 1830s and at the time of Griffith's Valuation the home of Alexander Sproule who held Rahara from the Blake Knox family. The house was originally a thatched one storey building. On the night of the Big Wind in 1839 the thatch was blown away and the house was rebuilt with an additional storey and a slate roof. Now the home of the Donnelly family. |
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| Longfield | The Sproules were settled at Longfield from the late 17th century. At the time of the first Ordnance Survey described as a house of small dimensions with ruins attached on the south side. Lewis records Longfield as the residence of P. Sproules. The house is now a ruin. |
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| Coolderry | Occupied by Thomas Kelly in 1814 and by Bryan Fenerty in the 1850s. | |
| Moyvannan Castle | 16th century tower house with late 19th century extension. In the sale rental of the Domvile estate 1865 it is described as a handsome and commodious residence. In 1986 Moyvannan was restored by Don Panoz, Chairman of the Elan Corporation. |
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| Keoghville | Built by Laurence Keogh and his wife Mary Fallon at the end of the 18th century. They were the grandparents of Judge Keogh. Described in the Ordnance Survey Name Books as still in the occupation of Keogh, the representaive of the ancient proprietors of Doohy-Keogh 'but he is poor and nearly shook'. This must be Ross Keogh who resided in Keoghville in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was held in fee by John McKay and valued at £15. Abandoned in the 20th century and replaced by a modern bungalow, the yard is still in use. |
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| Thomastown Park | Built in the 18th century and home of the Naghten family for over 200 years, valued at £35 in the 1850s. Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Naghten in 1786. In 1894 Slater mentions Thomastown park as the seat of Mrs. Naghten. It is no longer extant. | |
| Crannagh House | The main residence of the Walsh family in the 18th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation occupied by Philip Hayes who held the house from William Potts. It is labelled Crannagh House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but is not shown on the later 25-inch edition of the 1890s. | |
| Mounthussey | The home of the Hussey Walsh family, valued at £4 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The later 25-inch map of the 1890s shows a much larger house at Moynure. A house still exists on the site. | |
| Johnstown | Built circa 1782 by Colonel John Dillon and held on a lease in perpetuity from the Incorporated Society for Promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to this fine residence, occupied by D. Kelly. The Dillons were in residence again by the time of Griffith's Valuation. It became the home of the Kelly family in the early 1870s until the late 1920s. Demolished by the Land Commission, only the entrance gates still remain. | |
| Mount Florence | This house originally known as the 'Whitehouse' and later as 'Mount Florence' was the home of the O'Sullivan family from the mid 18th century. In 1883 it was sold to the Greene family from the Ballinasloe area. It is now a ruin. | |
| Camma Lodge | A home of the St George family in the 19th century. A house is still occupied at the site. |
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| Curraghboy House | Occupied by J. Byrne or Burne in the 1830s and by Thomas W. Jefferson at the time of Griffith's Valuation and still a family residence. |
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| Lysterfield | Originally a Lyster property that later came into the possession of Lord Ashtown, a descendant of Anthony Lyster. The home of members of the Lyster family until the mid 1830s and occupied by Mr John Burne at the time of the first Ordnance Survey and by Henry Trench in the 1850s. Nothing now remains except some red bricks, possibly part of a fireplace, at the corner of a farmyard. |
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| Hodson Bay | The home of the Hodson family on the shore of Lough Ree. At the time of Griffith's Valuation occuppied by Leonard Hodson junior and Samuel Hodson, who held from the Court of Chancery. Now greatly expanded and functions as a hotel. |
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| Lissygreaghan | Held in fee by J. P. Gannon at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £4.10 shillings. | |
| Kiltoom | Crofton Kelly bought or acquired the Kiltoom property where he built a house in the mid 18th century. Occupied by Thomas H. Strevens who held a number of townlands from Sarah Kelly at the time of Griffith's Valuation and left to him at her death. Kiltoom remained a Strevans home until the 1970s, now a derelict building. |
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| Rockhill | Occupied by John Burne in 1814 and described as a tolerably good farmhouse at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. Occupied by E. Hodson in 1837 and by Thomas Wilson who held it from James Wilson in the 1850s. Thomas Wilson was still resident in the 1870s. |
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| Turrock | This house was in ruins by the time of the first Ordnance Survey in the mid 1830s. The Kellys lived at Weston, county Meath, from the mid 19th century to the 1930s. | |
| Bellgrove House | Described in the Ordnance Survey Field Name Books as a small house with a demesne of 115 acres. Occupied in 1837 by O. Irwin and the residence of John C. Davis at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Demolished in the mid 20th century. | |
| Sandfield House | Wilson notes this house as the seat of Mr. Sandys in 1786. The residence of Robert Sandes in 1814 and occupied by Bernard Reilly and valued at £3.10s at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A house is still extant at this location. | |
| Kellybrook | Wilson records this house as a Kelly residence in 1786. The seat of Denis Kelly in the 1830s and of Jane Kelly in the 1850s who held the property from Esther Dillon and the representatives of Maria Boswell. The house was valued at £3. Still occupied by a family named Kelly. |
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| Carrownure House | In the mid 1850s valued at £20 and owned by Richard Bond in fee, who advertised it for sale in 1856. Described as a modern edifice on the shore of Lough Ree. The sale rental includes a lithograph. Bought by Bernard William Bagot in 1858 from Edward John Irwin. Sold by the Bagots to Samuel Auchmuty in 1903. Owned by the Auchmutys in the 20th century and known as Carnure House. |
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| Galeybeg | Occupied by Mr Bart Purdue in 1814 and in the 1830s described as a gent's seat belonging to Mr Bond with a neat demesne attached. The sale rental of 1856 states that it was built by the Reverend James Bond. In the 1850s held by Richard Bond in fee from the Court of Chancery and described as a herd's house with office. The home of Benjamin Greene in 1906. Occupied until the late 20th century, now derelict. |
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| Esker | Occupied by W. Kelly in 1837. Bought by the Glennon family and occupied by them for most of the 20th century, still extant. |
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| Feacle/Fighill | The residence of Dennis Keogh in 1814, occupied by R. Keogh in 1837 and by Richard Keogh in the 1850s when the house was valued at £2. The house has been known as Fighill since at least 1837. The old house is no longer lived in. |
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| Larkfield House | Built circa 1780, this house was the home of Joseph Sproule at the beginning of the 19th century. Bought by Edward Larkin in 1839 and sold to John Holton in 1873. A succession of owners followed until it was bought by the Naughton family in 1923. | |
| Woodberry House | In the possession of Richard Bermingham in the mid 18th century, when he sold it to Philip Parker of Erris, county Mayo and his wife, Maria Kelly. It appears to have remained in Parker ownership until purchased by the Holton family in the 1850s. Now owned by Louis Walsh. | |
| 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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| Gort | A home of the O'Kellys in the mid 18th century. Occupied by "Doyle esquire" in 1778 and 1786 and by Simon J. Dowell in 1814. The house is labelled Gort on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but is not named on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. The townland was in the possession of Elizabeth Dowell at the time of Griffith's Valuation when she was leasing a house valued at £4 10s to Michael Kelly. Some ruins exist at the site now. | |
| Johns Port | The residence of Maurice Hodson in 1814 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation held by John Hodson in fee. It is no longer extant. | |
| Ardkeenan | A Kelly home at the end of the 18th century which passed to the Cruise family following the marriage of Daniel John Cruise, grandson of Daniel Cruise of Cruise Lodge and Ann Kelly in 1820. Occupied by Edmond Naghten in the 1830s and by Timothy Connell at the time of Griffith's Valuation who purchased the property. | |
| Newcomen Castle | Newcomen residence in the 18th century. It is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but only the site of the castle is recorded on the later 25-inch map of the 1890s. | |
| 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. | |
| Johns Port House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation owned by Alexander Gunning in fee and valued at £10. Labelled Johnsport House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map and as St. John's House on the later 25-inch edition of the 1890s. It is still extant and offers guest accommodation. See www.stjohnshouse.biz. |
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| Ardmullan | Built post 1838 and described as a steward's house at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was occupied by Thomas Pim junior who held it in fee. A mansion valued at £23 was still in the possession of Thomas Pim in 1906. The house no longer exists but some of the yard buildings remain. |
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| Grange | The Lyster house at Grange was knocked down in the early 19th century after the sale to Farrell and a new one built. | |
| Cuilleen House | A branch of the Naghten family lived at Cuilleen in the 1830s. Malachy Naghten of Cuilleen died in 1865 aged 63 and is buried in Drum Old Cemetery. The house is labelled Cuilleen House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of the 1830s but is not shown on the later 25-inch edition of the 1890s and no trace is visible now. | |
| Kilmore | Originally a Shaen property which passed by marriage to the Carters. A house and 4 acres were leased by Sir Arthur Shaen to William Hartly on 3 Aug 1706 (see sale rental 1855). In 1749, 1778 and 1786 it was occupied by the Waller family. The house was a ruin by the 1830s. | |
| Corkip | In 1786, Wilson refers to Cork, the seat of Mr. Tough. This appears to be an 18th century house associated with the Lyster family, later occupied by the Keoghs and now in ruins.The townland was in the possession of Arthur Beamish by the time of Griffith's Valuation and there was a herd's house valued at 15s. |
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| Burnbrook | A house with mills closeby on the river. | |
| Correal | Built in 1888 by Percy Magan and valued at £35 in 1906. Burnt in 1921 when it was the home of the Walker family. A smaller house was rebuilt. | |
| Ballagh | The residence of John Kelly in 1814. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, there is no house with a substantial valuation in the townland, which was the property of "Bernard Kelly, a minor, in chancery". | |
| Ladywell | Although much of the demesne of Harmony Hall is shown in the townland of Bunown on the first edition OS map, the house Ladywell was not built at this time. An elegant Italianate country house, six-bay two-storey over (partial) basement country house on L-shaped plan, built about 1845 to a design by Sandham Symes (1808-1894), for the Mahon Family (boi). In the mid-19th century Ross Mahon was the occupant holding the building valued at £37 in fee. Members of the Metge, Crofton, Williams and Flannery have all been occupants of this house. It has extensive views over Killinure Lough to the south. |
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| The Lodge | The Lodge on Hare island was a hunting/fishing lodge built c 1814 for William Handcock, 1st Lord Castlemaine of Moydrum to designs by Sir Richard Morrison (1767 - 1849), having a veranda supported on cast-iron pillars to the entrance front (boi). In 1837 Lewis describes it as a ‘Beautiful cottage’ belonging to Lord Castlemaine. On Hare Island he engaged in fishing, shooting and boating on Lough Ree and hosted many social events on the island during the first half of the nineteenth century. In 1906 the buildings on Hare Island were valued at £18, occupied by Lord Castlemaine who held 110 acres of untenanted land there. It is now derelict. |
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| Lough Ree Lodge | This lodge located on the eastern shore of Lough Ree, named on the first edition OS map, is a four-bay two-storey house, built c.1815, by a branch of the Handcock-Temple family of Waterstown House. It was the home of a Gustavus H. Temple, in 1837 and at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £21. Later the home of the Daniels and Fagan families and still occupied. |
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| St Marks | St Marks named on first edition OS map and on the 25 inch map, is now a ruin. It was the home of the Potts family, occupied by John Potts in 1814 and 1837 and by William Potts at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when the building was valued at £16.10. O’Brien writes that in the 1860s the house came into the possession of the Magan family. The house was twice destroyed by fire . On the second occasion it was not rebuilt and the stables were converted into a residence. | |
| Killinure House | Killinure House located close to the eastern shore of Lough Ree is an early 19th century house originally constructed by a branch of the Murray Family. Occupied by Alexander Murray in 1814 and by Major General Murray in 1837. It was later the home of the Maunsell Family in the mid-to-late nineteenth-century. Members of the Brereton and Metge families were residents in the 20th century. It was later the home of the Reid family who opened it as a hotel. The Glasson Lakehouse hotel resort is located there now. |
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| Portlick Castle | Portlick Three-bay four-storey late medieval tower house, built c.1500 by the Dillon family, with later seven-bay two-storey extension added to the southwest, c.1800, and a two-bay two-storey castellated block added to the southwest corner of this extension, c.1865 (boi). In 1696 granted to Thomas Keightly, a member of King William's privy council in Ireland who sold it to William Palmer of Dublin. About 1703 bought by the Smyth Family, who remained in ownership of Portlick Castle into the twentieth century. Valued at £26 and held by Robert Smyth in fee at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. A fire in 1861 damaged much of the building. Sold by a descendant of the Smyth family in 1955, the castle has been restored in recent times and has been used as a wedding venue. The Westmeath Independent reported the castle’s purchase by a family from California in January 2021. |
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| Annagh | Annagh was a Dillon home as probably were Glenmore and Lakeview houses also in this townland. There is a building still at the Glenmore site but the other two houses are gone. O’Brien writes that an early 19th century house was built in front of an earlier house and that Dillons lived here from at least the mid-18th century. In 1814 and 1837 Christopher R Dillon was resident and Mary Ann Dillon in the mid-19th century when the house was valued at £10 and held from Lord Ashtown of Woodlawn, County Galway. In the latter part of the 20th century the house was abandoned and is now derelict. | |
| Auburn | Auburn - Detached five-bay two-storey over raised basement house, built or rebuilt in the early 19th century (boi) This house takes its name from the Goldsmith Poem ‘The Deserted Village’, which was apparently inspired by the countryside surrounding this property where Goldsmith grew up as a boy. Auburn House was reputedly remodeled in the early nineteenth-century by John Hogan, whose father, a solicitor, acquired the property and estate from the Naper Family (of Loughcrew, Oldcastle, Co. Meath) in settlement of legal costs. J Hogan was the occupant in 1837. It was later sold to William Henry Daniel c.1848 and later to G.A.G. Adamson in 1864. In 1906 the buildings were valued at £34 and Charles G Adamson was the occupier. The Adamson family continued to reside at Auburn until about 1980. The house is now a ruin. |
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| Rossana House | Rossana House is named on the first edition OS map. It was built in the early 19th century but is not mentioned in Leet (1814). However, Lewis records Captain Stubbs as the occupant in 1837. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation Elizabeth Murray (nee Rushworth), widow of Major General James P Murray of Killinure House, was resident holding the property valued at £16.5 from Anne Stubbs who held the 30 acre townland from the King-Harmans. Members of the Murray family appear to have occupied the house during the rest of the 19th century. John and Ethel Hall were resident in 1901. Sold to the Sisters and Disciples of the Divine Master in the mid-1960s and demolished circa 1990 according to the list of Protected Structure for the county. | |
| Easthill House | Detached three-bay early nineteenth-century Regency villa, built in 1803. This house was originally built by a branch of the Handcock-Temple family of nearby Waterstown House and by 1814 was the home of Richard Cuppaidge, who is also recorded in 1837 as the occupant. John Cuppaidge was resident at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. The house was the property of the Clynes, Dolan and O’Shea families in the 20th century. |
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| Harmony Hall | O’Brien writes that Harmony hall was built in 1788 by Colonel William Caulfield, a member of a branch of the Caulfield family, Earls of Charlemont. In 1842, Colonel John Caulfield sold the house to Arthur Dunn Chaigneau and purchased Bloomfield House, Mullingar. Griffith’s Valuation records Chaigneau as the occupant and that the house was valued at £50. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage states that the house was built by the Handcock Temple family. Occupied by Edward Molony Gleeson of the Athlone Woollen Mills in the 1880s. Occupied by the Fox, Wilson and Fitzsimons families in the 20th century. |
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| Lackan Lodge | O’Brien writes of Walter Dillon living at Lackan in 1796. Lackan Lodge, valued at £14, was occupied by William Thomson in the mid-19th century. He held the property from the Dillons minors. A new building has been erected on this site. |
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| Waterstown House | This Palladian style country house on rectangular plan, constructed c.1745 was designed by the German architect Richard Castle (1695-1751) for Gustavus Handcock and his wife Elizabeth Temple. It has important historical connections with the Temple-Handcock family, who were originally granted the lands around Waterstown as payment for services to the Crown during the Cromwellian Wars (boi). Robert Handcock Temple was resident in 1814 and 1837. Valued at £47 in the mid-19th century it was occupied by Robert Holmes. The buildings had increased in value to £61.15 in 1906. It remained within the Temple-Handcock family until mid-1923 when they sold the estate to the Land Commission. In 1928 the pedimented doorcase at Waterstown was removed and re-erected at Lissglassick House (Longford) and the house became a ruin in the 1930s. |
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| Ballaghkeeran House | Ballaghkeeran House marked on the 25 inch OS map but not on the earlier first edition map. This ‘mansion’ house was erected in the 1860s according to a Murtagh sale rental of 8 December 1876 which states that the sale included “a fine residence, erected within the last ten years, regardless of expense, built on an eminence affording commanding views of lake scenery … and approached from the public road by a handsome carriage drive, with ornamental iron gates and lodge at entrance’. Mrs Murtagh was the occupant at this time holding the house and nine acres as a tenant under the Court of Chancery. Members of the Murtagh family were still living in the house in 1901 and 1911. This house appears to be the residence of a farming enterprise. | |
| Belville | O’Brien writes that Belville was built about 1775 for Richard Cuppaidge and by the early 1780s was occupied by the Jones family. It remained the Jones family home until at least the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when Gustavus Jones Junior was resident. The house was valued at £23. It is now a ruin. | |
| Coolvuck House | O’Brien writes that this early 19th century house was probably built by Francis Dillon, who was recorded as the occupant in 1814. Valued at £13 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), it was occupied by Eneas McDonnell who held the property from James George Murphy. Occupied by Thomas Groarke, a farmer and his sister in 1901 and by Thomas Killoughy, a shepherd who held it from Thomas Groarke in 1911. | |
| Glynwood House | Glynwood house is located east of Athlone. The original house was constructed about 1790 by Francis Longworth and rebuilt about 1860 by John Longworth (1798-1881). A new house in the Italianate style was built in the early 1880s for Francis Travers Dames Longworth to the design of George Moyers. On 1 February 1918, a few lines in the Belfast News-Letter stated that Glynwood House, Athlone, the family mansion of the Dames-Longworth family, had been destroyed by fire. It is now an ivy covered ruin. See https://houseandheritage.org/2018/02/01/glynwood-house/ The present Glynwood House, formerly the agent’s house is located to the northwest of the site of the original Glynnwood House and dates from the late 19th century. |
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| Moydrum Castle | The National Built Heritage Service states that Moydrum Castle is a Gothic Revival castellated country house built circa 1812 to designs by Sir Richard Morrison (1767-1849), who was commissioned by William Handcock to rebuild an existing house befitting of his new status as Lord Castlemaine. Lewis describes it as ‘a handsome castellated mansion, erected in 1814’. It was valued at £75 in the mid-19th century. The building remained the home of the Castlemaines until it was burnt down on 3 July 1921. A photograph of the remains featured on the cover of the U2 album ‘The Unforgettable Fire'. |
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| Twyford | Twyford House was originally built about 1760 by the Handcock Family of Waterstown House, Glassan, but passed into the ownership of the Hodson Family, at the end of the 18th century. In 1814 John Hodson was resident and E Hodson in 1837. Valued at £24 John Hodson was the occupant at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), holding the property from John Longsworth. The Hodsons continued to reside at Twyford until it was sold about 1960. The house is now derelict. |
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| Fardrum House | Fardrum House, an early 19th century house, named on the first edition OS map. Described by the National Built Heritage Service as a highly appealing early nineteenth-century gentleman’s cottage. Valued at £12 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was occupied by Eliza Mathews who held it from John Ennis. Later occupants have been the Robinson and Campbell families and it remains a family residence. |
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| Old Court | Old Court located on the northern outskirts of Athlone town was built circa 1840 (O’Brien) and incorporated an earlier house. The building on the site on the first edition OS map is named Springpark House. The Potts were settled here from the 18th century. P Cusack occupied Spring Park in 1837 and the house valued at £26 was held by William Potts in fee at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). In the early 20th century the house was occupied by the Magan family and William Morgan Tilson Magan spent his childhood years here. This house was demolished in the 1980s. | |
| Newcourt | The National Built Heritage Service records a substantial mid-Victorian house which retains its character and much of its early fabric despite numerous later extensions and alterations. A four-bay two-storey house, built about 1864 by William Potts of nearby Old Court. There is a plaque of the Longwood Family over the crenellated extension. Owned by the Potts into the 20th century and by the Heaton family since the 1950s. | |
| Court Devenish | The present Court Devenish House was built at the end of the 18th century and has been extensively renovated and extended at various times. The remains of the important early 17th century Court Devenish House forms a garden feature. The original house was largely destroyed during the 1691 siege. The Devenishes descended from a Dublin merchant who leased land at Athlone from the Crown in the early 17th century. In 1751 their interest in these lands was sold to Gustavus Hamilton [of Viscount Boyne family]. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) a Mrs Dubordieu was resident holding the property from William Cooke of Talbot Hall, New Ross, Co Wexford. It was valued at £20.10. Since then the house has had many occupants and owners but is still extant. |
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| Auburn House | Auburn House located on the eastern outskirts of Athlone town is described by O’Brien as a late 18th century, two-storey, three bay house built by James Sproule about 1790. Occupied by the Bruce family of Gore House, Northgate Street, for about fifteen years before they immigrated to Australia. W S Bruce was resident in 1837. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Laurence or Lorenzo Dundas was resident holding the house valued at £22 from George Mechum. Various persons occupied this house in the following years including the Mahon and Browne families in the 20th century. Sold to the state in the 1960s it became a ruin and is now demolished. The Athlone Regional College now occupies the site. | |
| Mountain View Cottage | This building is named as Mount View Cottage on the first edition OS map and Mount View on the 25 inch map. O’Brien writes that Mount View on the Moate road is a two-storey, three-bay Victorian house built by a Mr Vaughan in 1866. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) the previous house on this site, valued at £10, was occupied by Mrs Diana Sproule, who held the property from Robert Jameson. The present house was a McNamara home in the 20th century and is still extant. | |
| Cloonbonny | Cloonboony is a five-bay single-storey over basement house on a U-shaped plan, built c.1790, having two two-storey returns (boi). Cloonbonny House was originally built by the Longworth family as a dower house to Glynwood House (O’Brien). Edward Marsh was resident at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the house was valued at £11 and was held from Francis Longworth. The Johnson and Byrne families have occupied the house from 1869 until the present day. |
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| Creaghduff House | A building is marked at the site of Creaghduff House on the first edition OS map but the present house appears to have been built after this date. Gearoid O’Brien refers to Charles Handcock building the house at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/2023/02/03/street-wise-coosan/). Valued at £17 as recorded in Griffith’s Valuation the house was occupied by the Hon Charles Handcock and held from Lord Castlemaine. It is located at the south west corner of Coosan Lough. Donal O’Brien writes that from the end of the 19th century Creaghduff was the home of Robert Degennes Levinge, a grandson of Sir Richard Levinge 4th Bt, and his descendants, who still live there. | |
| Creggan House | Creggan House, located just south east of Athlone town and south of Creggan Castle. This house is named on the first edition OS map. It was a two-storey, three-bay house built by the Longworth family in the early 19th century. Peter Longworth was a Cromwellian soldier who settled at Creggan Castle in the mid-17th century. The Longworth family continued to inhabit Creggan House for much of the 19th century, Francis Longworth being recorded as the occupant in 1837. Henry Norwood Trye was resident at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), holding the house valued at £24 from his brother-in-law Francis Longworth. It was occupied by land agent Peter Metge and his family in 1901 and by widower Thomas Davies Longworth and his daughters in 1911. The house was burnt down in 1921 when occupied by a Major Montgomery and subsequently demolished. | |
| Woodville | Hawthorn Cottage is named on the first edition OS map and on the 25 inch map as Woodville. ‘The Cottage’ was the seat of William Cooke in 1837 and at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the building was valued at £16 and held from Lord Castlemaine. O’Brien writes that the Bourke family were in possession in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The house was demolished post 1950. The site is now among state and industrial buildings located on the east side of Athlone. | |
| Retreat | Retreat was a two-storey, three bay late 18th century house built by Thomas Cooke and located close to the east side of Athlone town. It was occupied by General Hart in 1814, F E Moony in 1837 and by Major Owen Lloyd Ormsby at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), who held the property valued at £20 from William Cooke. Later occupants of this house were the Costello, Kilduff and Young families. The house and lands were sold to the Athlone Urban District Council in 1998 and the house demolished. | |
| Cormaglava House | William Lewis was leasing this property from William Montfort [Bond] at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s when it was valued at £12. The Ordnance Survey Name Books note that the townland was the property of Lady Rosse in the 1830s. A house is still extant at this site. | |
| Newtown Parochial House | At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s, this house was occupied by Reverend Nicholas O’Flanagan, leasing from Colonel Henry White. The property was valued at £10. The National Built Heritage Service suggests that the house was built at the same time as the adjacent church in 1833, described in the Ordnance Survey Name Books as 'a splendid new chapel'. It is still extant and occupied. |
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| Ballyorney House | Ballyorney House is labelled on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the early 20th century. At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s, the house at this site was leased by John Boswell from Thomas Dennehy’s estate and was valued at £4. The National Built Heritage Service suggests the house at the site now was built in the 1880s. It is extant but derelict. |
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| Ardnagragh | Alicia Nugent was leasing this property, which included a mill, from the Digby estate at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s, when it was valued at £23. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage indicates that the house is still in use though the mill has been demolished. | |
| Littletown House [Lodge] | William Magill was leasing this property from Joseph Manly at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s when it was valued at almost £14. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map it appears to be located within the townland of Doonis but on the 25-inch edition of the early 20th century it seems to be within the townland of Cartroncroy. The house is labelled Littletown Lodge on the 1st edition map but as Littletown House on the 25-inch edition. It survived into the twentieth century but is no longer extant. In 1837 Lewis referred to Littleton Lodge as the seat of W. Lennox Napier. Another Littletown House is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map in the adjacent townland of Littletown [N096519] but this is described as 'in ruins' on the later map. William Magill of Littleton, Ballymahon was recorded as the owner of over 350 acres in County Longford in the 1870s. |