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Ballina

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 36 houses.

Houses within 10km of Ballina

Displaying 36 houses.

House name Description
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. Photo of Castleffrench
Ahascragh Glebe/Rectory At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. Sir William Mahon was leasing a house valued at £20 in the townland of Ahascragh West, barony of Kilconnell, to Reverend Peter Browne. He was also leasing property in this townland to Thomas Hunt. Reverend Mahon was rector of Rawmarsh, Yorkshire. This property is still extant and occupied as a private house. Photo of Ahascragh Glebe/Rectory
South Park At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Lawrence Kerrans was leasing a property valued at £11 from the Clonbrock estate at Kilglass, parish of Ahascragh. It is not named on the first edition Ordnance Survey Map but is labelled South Park on the 25-inch edition produced in the 1890s. The house is still extant and occupied. Photo of South Park
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.
Weston John D. Mahon was leasing this property, valued at £35, from Sir William Mahon, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is described as unoccupied at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage indicates that the original Weston house is now demolished. A smaller house, known as Weston Lodge, was also located in the demesne (M779403). It is no longer extant. Photo of Weston
Dalysgrove The Ordnance Survey Name books describe Dalysgrove as the residence of Peter Daly and in good repair. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Francis Daly was leasing the property at Dalysgrove valued at £32 from Peter Daly. The house was in the possession of Peter F. Daly in 1906. Sold by the Dalys in 1928, the shell of the house and parts of the walled garden remains. Photo of Dalysgrove
Ballybaun Wilson refers to Ballybawne as the seat of Mr. Kelly in 1786. Occupied by John Kelly in 1837 and by John Mahon at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The sales rental of 1863 includes a lithograph of Ballybaun, which was described as 4 storeys high. The house was occupied by the Mahon family until 1916 when it was taken over by the Congested Districts' Board. It is no longer extant. Photo of Ballybaun
Thornfield Occupied by John Mahon at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from the Kellys. The sales rental of 1863 includes a lithograph of Thornfield which was sold privately to Christopher Bagot. It continued to be occupied by the Mahon family until 1917, when it was taken over by the Land Commission, Henry English inhabited the house until the 1950s. This house on the Galway/Roscommon border now appears to be a ruin, with a substantial garden wall still intact. Photo of Thornfield
Riversdale In the 1830s the house is described as "on rising ground and in good repair" Held by James Kelly in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £22. The original house is no longer extant.
Muckloon In 1786 Wilson mentions "Muckland" as the seat of Mr. Kelly. Occupied in the mid 1850s by Richard P. Lloyd to whom most of the Kelly estate was let. The house was then valued at £20. It is no longer extant.
Castlegar The principal residence of the Mahon family, designed by Sir Richard Morrison circa 1801, replacing an earlier house. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to this earlier house as the seat of Mr. Mahon. In the 1830s the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe it as in good repair but Sir Ross Mahon was not resident there at the time. Sir William Mahon was still in possession of the property in 1906 when it was valued at £67. In 1979 the house was sold by the Mahons to John Horan, who advertised the house for sale again in 1988. The house is still extant. Photo of Castlegar
Ballinamore House or Curraghboy Lodge The residence of Martin ffrench held by him in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £35. The house is noted on the 1st edition OS map as Curraghboy Lodge. In 1906 the owner was Michael Neary. Photo of Ballinamore House or Curraghboy Lodge
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. Photo of Claremont
Mount Talbot Built circa 1750, Mount Talbot is recorded by Wilson as "the fine seat of William J. Talbot" in 1786. It was enlarged by William Talbot in the 1820s. The house was valued at £70 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A nursery business operated in the gardens in the 1890s. Burnt in 1922 and now a ruin. Photo of Mount Talbot
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. Photo of Lackan
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. Photo of Rahara
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. Photo of Longfield
Bushy Park Early 18th century house, used as a school for the sons of Protestant clergymen. Occupied by Andrew Lyster in 1814. The residence of James Barlow in the 1830s and in the mid 1850s. Bushy Park became the home of the ffrench family in the 1860s, who bought out the property in the early 20th century. Dr Noelle Davies, author and poet, was a 20th century member of the ffrench family. This house is now the home of Laurence and Helga Mullins. Photo of Bushy Park
Coolderry Occupied by Thomas Kelly in 1814 and by Bryan Fenerty in the 1850s.
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. Photo of Keoghville
Camma Lodge A home of the St George family in the 19th century. A house is still occupied at the site. Photo of Camma Lodge
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. Photo of Curraghboy House
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. Photo of Lysterfield
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.
Camlagh The Newcomens resided at Camlagh in the mid 18th century and then leased the property to the Keoghs. Occupied by a Cruise in 1814 and described as a house of small dimensions at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. Occupied by E. Kilkenny in 1837 and by James Kelly and James Naughton in the 1850s.
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. Photo of Feacle/Fighill
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.
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.
Grange The Lyster house at Grange was knocked down in the early 19th century after the sale to Farrell and a new one built.
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. Photo of Corkip
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.
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.
Milverton Thomas Hunt was leasing a property valued at £20 from the Mahon estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Extensive corn mills are shown at this site at the time of the First Ordnance Survey but by the 1890s it is occupied by a house labelled Milverton which is still extant. Photo of Milverton
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.