Knockroe

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Knockroe

Displaying 13 houses.

House name	Description
Glencarha	The Ordnance Survey Names Books record that the house was 'a new edifice not yet finished', the intended residence of George Fenton, an attorney of Kilglass, near Ballina, who was leasing the townland. The house was occupied by Isaac McLoghry at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Buildings are still extant at the site.
Cottlestown	The Kirkwood estate was centred on Cottlestown House. The name seems to have sometimes been known as Castletown and this is how it appears on the First ed. OS sheet but documentary evidence would seem to suggest the estate was also known as Cottlestown. The Buildings of Ireland survey states that it is likely that the present house was added to an earlier, probably eighteenth century structure, which in turn replaced the fortified house on the site. On modern OS sheets the townland is known as Cottlestown. This property later became part of the Boyd estate.
Moyview	Moyview was part of the Wingfield estate but was let to other families at different times. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was being leased by Robert Warren and was valued at £12. There is still an occupied house at this site though McTernan notes that the original house was an eighteent-century single story thatched residence.
Scurmore	In 1786 Wilson writes that Scurmore House was the seat of Mr. Nisbett. Later, in the nineteenth century it became a seat of the Wingfields. In the 1830s it is described as undergoing repairs but the family were again occupying it by 1857. The house is recorded as the property of S.L. Lewis in 1906 when it was valued at £37. McTernan states that the house was demolished in the mid twentieth century. A later house now exists at the site but the original outbuildings are still intact.
Quignashee	Edward Howley occupied a property valued at £5 at Quignashee, barony of Tireragh, as well as 300 acres, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Since 1898 this townland has been located in county Mayo. A building remains at the site.
Downhill	The house at Downhill is recorded as being built by Mr. Brennan, Merchant, Ballina. It appears, from the Ordnance Survey Name Books, that the townland of Knockalyre or Downhill was part of the Gore estate in 1836. Dr. McHugh of Ballina also had an interest in the property which he was renting to Rev. Thomas Feeney in 1857. Colonel Knox Gore also had a mill complex in this townland which, at the time of Griffith's Valuation, he was leasing to William Symes. Downhill House became a hotel when it was purchased by the Moylett family in 1936.
Rosserk	Captain Green resided here in the 1830s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Capt Augustus Bolton was occupying a property valued at £10. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s a different building, adjacent to a large corn mill and located at G243252, is labelled Rosserk House. Buildings are still extant at this site.
Belleek Castle/Ballina House	Edward J Howley held Belleek Castle and demesne on a lease originally granted by James O'Hara 2nd Lord Tyrawley to Vaughan Jones for 999 years, dated 25 Mar 1739. He was residing at Belleek in the 1830s. The Castle was leased to the Pery family in the late 1860s. It is now known as Ballina House.
Belleek Manor/Abbey	Built in 1831 in the Gothic style. The seat of Maj.-Gen Saunders Knox-Gire in 1894. It was sold in 1940 to the Beckett family who resold it to Mayo County Council. It became a santorium but now functions as the hotel known as Belleek Castle.
Rathmeel	The representatives of William Ormsby were leasing a property valued at £12 at Rathmeel, barony of Tireragh, to Augustus Bolton at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Extensive modern development has taken place in this area.
Quignamanger	Charles Craig was leasing a property valued at £6 at Quigamanger, barony of Tireragh, from Edward Howley at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Since 1898 this townland has been located in county Mayo. Modern housing exists in this location now.
Quignalecka	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Rev. James Lindsay was leasing a property valued at £5 at Quignalecka, to Capt. William Wright. Since 1898 this townland has been part of county Mayo.
Rinroe House	Rinroe was leased from the Wingfield estate by John Boyd at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8. It later became a residence of the Ormsby family, relatives of the Ormsbys of Glen, and remained in that family until the 1960s. Earlier, in 1786, Wilson refers to it as "Bunro, the seat of Mr. Leech". The house is still extant.