Rockfield

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Rockfield

Displaying 15 houses.

House name	Description
Rookwood	The house, located on the border between counties Galway and Roscommon, was built in the late 1720s by a branch of the Ormsby family of Tobervaddy. Jane Ormsby married Robert Waller. Both Wilson and Taylor and Skinner record that Rookwood was occupied by Major Waller in the 1780s. The house was later leased by the Thewles family. Edmund Kelly purchased the lease of Rookwood from his cousin, James Thewles, in 1800. The house was occupied by the Taaffes in the early 19th century and by the Kellys from the 1830s. In 1900 Dr Charles E. Crean of Ballyhaunis bought Rookwood and sold it to the Land Commission in 1922. The house was intermittently occupied until the 1940s and gradually became derelict.
Corra More	The residence of Colonel W. Caulfield in 1814. The home of Christopher Balfe, ninth son of Walter Balfe of Heathfield, in the 1830s. John Cornwall occupied the house in the mid 1850s when the house was valued at £23. Extensive high walls as well as the yard remain but the present owners live in a modern bungalow.
Rocksavage	The home of Waldrons and Ormsbys in the 18th century.In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Waldron. The residence of Jeffrey French in 1814 and occupied by Mr Smith at the time of the first Ordnance survey and by Samuel Hodson who held it from William Longfield in the 1850s. Occupied by Robert O. Longfield in 1906. A modern house now occupies the site but some old farm buildings still remain.
Castlecoote	An 18th century house which has recently been restored. Occupied by T. and J. Nolan in 1814 and by William John McLoughlin in the 1850s, when the house was valued at £40. In 1894 it was the seat of Arthur and Francis Chute. See www.castlecootehouse.com.
Emlaghkeadew	At the time of Griffith's Valuation this house was ccupied by Louis Ormsby when it was valued at almost £10. It is no longer extant and a modern house exists at the site now.
Castlestrange	Named after the L'Estrange family who held the land and castle in the late 16th century, Castlestrange appears to have belonged to the Gunning family early in the 18th century. A house was built by the Mitchell family in the 18th century which at the time of Griffith's Valuation was valued at £47. In 1894 the residence of James Mulry and occupied by Thomas Mulry in 1906. The original house, coach house and stables are now in ruins but other outbuildings have been converted into a home.
Coolmeen	Referred to as a herd' s house at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was occupied by William Harrison who held it from Patrick Curtis. The house now extant at the site is not the original one.
Mount Prospect	This house was the residence of John Browne in 1814. Recorded as the seat of Mr Fallon at the time of the first Ordnance Survey in the 1830s but in ruins by the mid 1850s. though a small portion of the house is labelled Mount Prospect on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Small fragments of the building remain at the site.
Tobervaddy	The Ordnance Survey Field Name Books record the ruins of an old castle. The Discovery map mark a fortified house. A branch of the Ormsby family resided at Tobervaddy in the 18th century. and Wilson, writing in 1786 refers to Tobervaddy as the seat of Mr. Ormsby. Robert Irwin held the townland at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Fort William/Fort Lyster	A house on the outskirts of the village of Athleague, it was the home of N. J. French in 1837. It was valued at £20 and was occupied by Henry West who held the property from Anne Lyster in the 1850s. The house, marked as Fort William on the first Ordnance Survey map, later became known as Fort Lyster. Still valued at £20 and occupied by the representatives of William Jameson in 1906. It was the home of Aileen Cust the first woman veterinary surgeon in the British Isles in the early 20th century. Modern farm buildings occupy the site but the entrance gates remain.
Hazelbrook	The residence of the Reverend Oliver Carey in 1814 and in the 1830s of Robert Blakeney. At the time of Griffith's Valuation occupied by Joseph A. Holmes and in 1906 by the representatives of John Neilan. Still extant but not occupied.
Ballymartinbeg	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Jane Plunket held the house, offices and cornmill valued at £16 from the representatives of Gunning Plunket. Occupied by Martin McDonnell in 1906 and valued at £11. A house at the site has been recently renovated.
Englishtown (Ballygalda House)	A Mitchell family home from the mid 18th century. Occupied by William N. Reynolds at the time of Griffith's Valuation who held from George G. Battersby. The house was valued at £4.It is labelled Englishtown on the 1st edtion Ordnance Survey map but as Ballygalda House on the later 25-inch edition. A house and substantial farm are still extant at the site.
Ballybride	James O'Farrell was leasing over 180 acre and a herd's house from Louisa Pelly at Ballybride, barony of Roscommon, at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Ballinturly	In 1786 Wilson refers to Ballinturly as the seat of Mr. Mitchell. By the time of Griffith's Valuation, this townland is part of the estate of Sir Charles Coote. John Brennan was leasing a house valued at almost £4 and 180 acres at the time. The buildings are not shown on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s.