Cartown
Houses within 10km of this house
Displaying 57 houses.
Houses within 10km of Cartown
Displaying 57 houses.
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Jamestown House or Jamestown Lodge | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Hugh O'Beirne was occupying a house at Jamestown, barony of Leitrm, valued at £40. Jamestown House was held by the O'Beirne family until the twentieth century though in 1894 Slater refers to it as the seat of Gilbert King, junior. In 1906 it was also valued at £40. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Mount Campbell | Josias Rowley was leasing the property at Mount Campbell, valued at £35, to William A. Lawder at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Slater refers to it as the seat of William S. Lawder in 1894. In 1906 William Rowley owned the mansion at Mount Campbell valued at £40. The house is no longer extant. |
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Lismoyle | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Francis Waldron was the owner of a property valued at £12 at Lismoyle, barony of Leitrim. A house still exists at this site. | |
Laheen | In the 1780s both Taylor and Skinner and Wilson recorded Laheen as a seat of the Peyton family. Lewis also records it as a Peyton residence. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was being leased by Richard Peyton to Michael Fitzgerald and was valued at £15. The original Laheen house is not extant though a house and extensive farm buildings remain at the site. | |
Hatley Manor | This house was built c. 1830. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Charles St. George was leasing it to Diana Faris. It was later inherited by the Whyte family of Newtown Manor and is recorded by Slater as the seat of Charles C. Beresford Whyte in 1894. It is still extant and had been in use by the Bank of America. In April 2007 it was offered for sale. |
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Castlecarra (Leitrim) | This house was occupied by the Peyton family later in the 19th century. In 1814 it was the address of Mr. A. O'Beirne. In 1906, when it was the property of Mrs. William Peyton it was valued at £10. | |
Keonbrook | In 1783 Taylor and Skinner record Kanebrook but not the name of the family whose residence it was. Keonbrook, the residence of the Keon family, was occupied by John F. Tottenham in 1856. In 1906 it is recorded as the property of Bridget Mollahan and was valued at £14. A modern house has been constructed in the demesne. | |
Newbrook | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Michael Costello was leasing Newbrook, valued at £7 from the Keon family. Lewis records Newbrook as a residence of the Keon family in 1837. in 1814 Ferdinand Keon had his address at Newbrook, Carrick-on-Shannon. The sale notice of 1878 mentions the existence of Newbrook House which "with some expenditure might be made a most desirable residence for a gentleman's family". | |
Port | Port is given as the address of Guy Cooper in 1814 while in 1856 the house at Port was occupied by George Latimer. | |
Blackrock | In 1906 the house at Blackrock was owned by John W.L. Birchall and was valued at £10. Arthur J.V.L.Burchall was occupying the house at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was also valued at £10. There is still an occupied house at this site. | |
Drumhierny Lodge | At the time of Griffith's Valuation William LaTouche was leasing this property, valued at £15, to Francis LaTouche. Originally built by David La Touche and lived in by successive generations of the family until the early years of the twentieth century. Sold in 1912 and now a ruin. | |
Shannon Lodge | Alexander or Alick Faris leased property from the St. George estate in Carrick-on-Shannon. His wife Diana is recorded as the occupier of the house known as Shannon Lodge at the time of Griffith's Valuaiton, when it was valued at £30. Pyle states that after Alick Faris died Diana married a French aide of the St.George's, Victor de l'Herrault. She resided at Shannon Lodge for some time but after her second husband died she moved to Sligo and rented Shannon Lodge to her brother, James. She died in 1890. |
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Letterfine/Letterfyne | Letterfine was occupied by the representatives of Mary Anne McNamara in the mid 1850s. In 1814 it was the address of Tobias Peyton. Taylor and Skinner and Wilson both record it as a seat of the Reynolds family in the 1780s. It is labelled Letterfine House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map but is not visible on the later 25-inch edition. In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association survey recorded no trace of the house. | |
Bunnybeg House | Lewis records Bonnybeg as a seat of the Lawder family in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was owned by William Lawder and was valued at £10. A modern house and farm exist at the site now. | |
Drumrahan | Lewis records Drumrahan as a seat of the O'Brien family in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was being leased by John O'Brien to Phillip Taggart and was valued at £25. Entrance gates have been reconstructed but the original house is not extant. | |
Drumcree Mill | Josias Rowley was leasing a mill and house valued at £13 in this townland to Alexander Acheson in the 1850s. | |
Headfort/Headford | At the time of the first Ordnance Survey the property at Headford was described as belonging to "S. White, non resident, property going into decay". In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries it was a seat of the Jones family. Wilson, perhaps incorrectly, refers to it as the seat of Mr. Johnston, in 1786. The house was immortalised by Anthony Trollope in his novel ''The McDermotts of Ballycloran''. The ITA survey of the 1940s recorded it as in ruins and it remains as an ivy-covered ruin today. It was pointed out for this survey as "the ruins of that auld Ballycloran Castle"! |
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Ardcarne House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Hackett was leasing Ardcarne House, valued at £25, from Viscount Lorton's estate. The house is still extant and used as a farmhouse. |
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Glencarne House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Samuel Handy was leasing a house valued at £18 at Ardcarne, barony of Boyle, from Viscount Lorton's estate. Glencarne is now a guesthouse. |
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Ardcarn Glebe | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Viscount Lorton was leasing the Glebe House in Ardcarn parish to Rev. George Griffith when it was valued at £12. It is still extant and is part of a large farming enterprise. |
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Grevisk | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas Phibbs Peyton was leasing a house at Grevisk, valued at £10, along with 100 acres, from Viscount Lorton's estate. The Census of 1749 recorded Grevisk as the home of John Nesbit. It is still extant. | |
Knockvicar | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Charles J. Peyton was leasing a house at Knockvicar, parish of Ardcarn, valued at £15 to Edward Jones. Lewis records the house as the seat of C.J. Peyton in 1837. In 1814 it was the seat of Randal Peyton. | |
Oakport | Oakport was the home of the Reverend William French, fourth son of John French of French Park, in the early 18th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Oakport House, the property of Thomas William Goff, is recorded as "unoccupied". A house is still extant at the site. | |
Riversdale House | John R. French was leasing a house valued at £25 at Kilateasheen from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners at the time of Griffith's Valuation. There is no substantial house marked on the 1st edition OS map. This house is still extant and known as Riversdale House. |
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Killukin Glebe/Killukin House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Archdeacon Henry Irwin was occupying the Glebe House in the parish of Killukin, valued at £11. This property is labelled Killukin House on the 25-inch Ordnance survey map of the 1890s. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Danesfort (Roscommon) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Roycroft was leasing the house at Danesfort, valued at £12, from Miss M. O'Connor. In 1814 it was recorded as the seat of Gilbert Roycroft. Lewis also describes "Deansfort" as the seat of the Roycroft family in 1837. Keenehan and others state that the Roycroft house was demolished c.1890 and another house constructed on the site by the Duignan family. | |
Greyfield | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Greyfield, barony of Boyle, was leased by Robert O'Donnell from the O'Reilly estate. It was valued at £10. Lewis also records Greyfield as the seat of the O'Donnell family in 1837. The original house is no longer extant. | |
Cloongownagh | Thomas and Andrew Kirkwood had houses in this locality in 1814. Thomas resided at Hermitage and Andrew at Lakeview. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Andrew Kirkwood was occupying a property at Cloongownagh, barony of Boyle, valued at £13. Keenehan and others state that Cloongownagh House was built in 1690. It was occupied by the Kirkwood family until 1939 when Col. Moore Kirkwood sold the house and 109 acres. The house is still extant and occupied and is now part of a farm. | |
Woodbrook House | Keenehan and others state that Woodbrook House was built around 1780 by the Phibbs family although there may have been an earlier house on the site. The Kirkwood family purchased the property sometime in the early nineteenth century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Sarah Mary Kirkwood was leasing a house at Usna, barony of Boyle, valued at £14, from Robert H. Brewster French. From the 1890s-1911 Woodbrook was a very successful racing stables run by Colonel Tom Kirkwood. Life in the house in the post-WWI era has been made famous by the memoir ''Woodbrook'' written by the Scottish author David Thomson, a tutor to the daughters of the family. In 1946 over 50 acres of the estate was sold to the local golf club while the Land Commission subsequently divided the remainder. Woodbrook House is still extant. | |
Springfield House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John Keogh was leasing a house at Cultycuneen, barony of Boyle, valued at £13, to Joseph Backhouse. Keenahan and others state that this house was built by the Backhouse family in the 1790s. It remained in the family until the mid twentieth century. It is still extant and has been recently refurbished. | |
Carrowreagh | Richard O'Farrell Caddell was leasing a "herd's" house valued at £8, together with over 350 acres, at Carrowreagh, barony of Boyle, to Thomas Boylan, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A house and farm are still extant at the site. Patrick Fox was leasing a mill property from the Caddell estate in the same townland. Some stone buildings remain at the site though the mill was described as "in ruins" on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. | |
Hughestown | The seat of the Mulloy family is described as Hughestown but at the time of Griffith's Valuation the buildings at this location are described as "offices" and have a low valuation. C.M. Mulloy was resident at "Husetown"in 1749. Wilson refers to Hughes-town as the seat of Mr. Molloy in 1786. In 1814 Hughestown was the seat of Mulloy McDermott. | |
Ellesmere | Harloe Powell was leasing a house valued at £18 at Ardcarn, barony of Boyle, from Viscount Lorton's estate, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This house is still extant and occupied. |
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Kilmore House | Built by the Reverend Edward King, Bishop of Elphin circa 1630. Home of a branch of the Lawder family in the 18th century until the murder of James Lawder in 1779. The Auchmuty family resided at Kilmore in the 19th century. The demesne was named Aghaward on the first Ordnance Survey map. A large farm is still extant at the site. | |
Coote Hall | In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Coote Hall was owned by the Coote family. The 4th and 5th Baronets, both named Charles, lived there and it was one of the houses O'Carolan visited and for whom he composed tunes. It was bought by Maurice O'Conor in the 18th century and later again by the Barton family. There is still an extant house at the site. |
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Cartron (King) | The home of the Waldron family in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Occupied by Gilbert Hogg in 1837. Valued at £10 and occupied by John B. Hogg at the time of Griffith's Valuation who held the house from Sir Gilbert King. A substantial farm is still extant at the site. | |
Cloonteem | Described in 1837 by Lewis as "a handsome and newly erected lodge of the Marquess of Westmeath". The house was valued at £14 in the 1850s and was held by Lord Greville in fee. The buildings have disappeared by the time the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map was published in the 1890s. | |
Charlestown House | In 1786 Wilson refers to Charlestown as the "the fine seat of Mr. King, most delightfully situated on the Shannon". The first Ordnance Survey map marks both Charlestown House and Charlestown Old House closeby at M984 976. Valued at £46 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1894 Charlestown was the residence of Sir Gilbert King. The house is no longer extant but extensive estate architecture survives. |
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Fortview | At the time of Griffith's Valuation occupied by Erasmus Lloyd who held it from William Lloyd. This house is labelled Fortview on the 25-inch edition map of the 1890s. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Dangan | Dangan Castle was one of the main residences of the O'Beirne clan but was badly decayed by the early 17th century. Dangan House was built nearby and was occupied by the O'Beirne family from the 17th to the 19th centuries. They held Dangan from the King family. Father Martin Coen writes that Dangan House in the parish of Kilmore was the birthplace of George J. P. Browne, Bishop of Galway in the 1830s. Patrick O'Beirne was the occupant in 1814 and 1837. It was the residence of Mathew Hanly at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £8. Farm buildings exist at the site. |
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Ashfort House | The home of John Lawder in 1814. Occupied by Hubert K. Waldron in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation occupied by John Hamilton and held from Thomas Goff. Farm buildings exist at the site now. There was a second smaller house known as Ashfort Vale in the same demesne grounds. It is no longer extant. | |
Tully Lodge | Built circa 1820, occupied by J. W. Kelly in 1837 and by Christopher Lawder in the 1850s who held the property in fee. It was valued at £20. Occupied by Samuel Russell in 1906. Another house marked as Lakeview was in the demesne grounds at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. In 1837 W. McDonnell was residing in Lakeview [M987 921] |
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Flanker House | The Walsh estate, including Drumsna House, was advertised for sale in the Landed Estates' Court in 1861. The sale notice describes the dwelling house as "handsome and commodious" with a large walled garden. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Mary Anne Walsh was leasing the house, valued at £22 from Josias Rowley. The accompanying map indicates that it was called Flanker House. In the 1870s several members of the Keogh family, with an address at Flanker House, Drumsna, held property in county Roscommon. |
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Holywell | Holywell was built in the 1790s. In the early nineteenth century it was leased from the St. George estate by the Dockery family who in turn leased it to the Munns family, doctors in Carrick-on-Shannon. It was later the home of the Kiernan family and is now a country guesthouse. |
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Caldragh | Eliza Lawder was leasing a house valued at £7 10s at Caldragh, parish of Kiltoghert, from George Muntz at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1837 Lewis recorded it as the seat of the McDermott family. This house is still extant and run as a guesthouse by the Jackson family. |
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Rockville | Home of the Lloyd family in the 18th and 19th centuries. Valued at £45 in the 1850s. Sold in 1917 to George Frayne of Ballaghderreen. Demolished in the second half of the 20th century. |
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Rush Hill | Home of the Devenish family in the 18th and 19th centuries, held from Sir Gilbert King. Funding received from the Heritage Council in 2005 for the restoration of this house. http://www.iol.ie/~oldbuilders/oldbuilders/rushhill/rushhill_01.htm. A detailed history and account of ongoing improvements to Rush Hill can be found at the blog www.irishaesthete.com tagged as Rush Hill. |
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Cloonfad | Home of the Browne family in the 18th and 19th centuries. | |
Beech Abbey | Originally a Begg residence, Beech Abbey in the mid 1850s was occupied by William Acheson, who was the main tenant of the Babington lands in the parish of Aughrim. The house was only valued at £2.10 shillings. It appears to have fallen into ruin by the 1890s. | |
Drumliffen Glebe | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Rev. Wm. Percy was leasing a property valued at £12 at Drumliffen Glebe, barony of Leitrim, from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The property is still extant and part of a farm. | |
Hartley | At the time of Griffith's Valuations Charles St. George was leasing a house valued at £10 at Hartley, barony of Leitrim, to Robert Burns. It is unclear if this house has survived due to dense forestry and building of modern mansions. | |
Holly Park (Leitrim) | In 1786 Wilson refers to a house close to Leitrim village as the seat of William Houghton. He may be referring to the house named on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map as Holly Park. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Francis La Touche was leasing this property, valued at £4, at Tullylannan, to Edgar Macklin. Extensive redevelopment has taken place in this area | |
Lisnanuran | Occupied by Robert Burns at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from Arthur F. Lloyd. | |
Lowfield | A Lawder home in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Occupied by John B. Hogg at the time of Griffith's Valuation who held it from Sir John Gilbert. The house was valued at £2. It is not visible on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. | |
Clogher | Built post 1838, home of William Parks at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £7. Thomas H. Parke was born at Clogher in 1857. He became a surgeon in the British Army and was with Stanley in Africa. Clogher was purchased by the Collins family from the Parkes in 1910. | |
Belmont | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Mary Anne Walsh was leasing a property valued at £17 to Hugh Byrne at Drumsna, barony of Leitrim. In June 1883 Gerald F. Walsh offered for sale the property in Drumsna known as Belmont. Modern housing now occupies the site. | |
Gallowshill | A house built for the St George family at the end of the eighteenth century but used as a hospital for the Carrick-on-Shannon area until the 1940s. |
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