Drummartin
Houses within 10km of this house
Displaying 12 houses.
Houses within 10km of Drummartin
Displaying 12 houses.
House name | Description | |
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Benada | The Jones had a house here in the eighteenth century as Wilson refers to Banada as the seat of Mr. Jones in 1786. It was held in fee by Rev. Daniel Jones at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £17. In 1858 it was transferred to the Sisters of Charity who ran a girls' school and orphanage there. In the twentieth century it became a secondary school and continued in that role until 2004 when it was sold to a private developer. |
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Cloonbarry | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Cloonbarry was occupied by George Knox and was valued at £27.It was offered for sale in July 1866 by Roger Dodwell Robinson, when it was described as "an excellent dwelling house, erected by the owner's father at an expense of £2000". In 1906 Henry McCarrick was the owner of buildings at Cloonbarry, barony of Leyny, valued at £22. McTernan states that it had fallen into disrepair by the 1950s and was subsequently demolished. | |
Gleneask Lodge & Cottage | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John Brett was leasing over 500 acres and a herd's house valued at £4, from John Taaffe, at Tullaghaglas, barony of Leyny. Lewis records Glenesk, in Kilmacteige parish, as a seat of the Taaffe family, in 1837. This is Gleneask Cottage, still extant and occupied. McTernan indicates that this property was built by the Irish Waste Lands Improvement Society, when they leased the Taaffe estate in the 1830s. In 1866, when the property was offered for sale, "Gleneask House" was described as being situated in "most romantic scenery". McTernan writes that this latter property was a hunting lodge built by the Taaffes in the 1850s and demolished in the 1930s | |
Bunnacranagh House | Luke Colleran was leasing a property valued at £12 at Bunnacrannagh, barony of Leyny, from the Knox estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This house was built after the publication of the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. It is labelled Bunnnacranagh House on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. In the twentieth century part of this premises served as the post office for the village of Curry nearby. There is still an extant house at this site together with other remains of estate architecture. Part of the property was offered for sale in 2007. |
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Corsallagh | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Charles O'Connor was leasing a property valued at £8 together with over 250 acres at Corsallagh, barony of Leyny from John N. Farrell. Lewis records it as the seat of Dominick O'Connor in 1837. This house is no longer extant. | |
Tobercurry | John Brett was leasing a house in the town of Tobercurry to the value of £17 from the Irwin estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Much development has taken place in the vicinity since then. | |
Carns Lodge | In 1906 Lord Harlech's estate was the owner of buildings valued at £18 at Carns, parish of Kilmacteige. . McTernan notes the house as Carns Lodge, which he says was built in the late 1850s as a gamekeeper's house. It is still extant and occupied. | |
Doomore | At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house at Doomore, barony of Leyny, valued at £5, together with over 200 acres was leased by Walter Henry from John F. Knox. In 1837 Lewis lists Doomore as the residence of Hugh Gray. McTernan notes that it was held by the Gray family from the mid-eighteenth to almost the mid-nineteenth century. | |
Ballyara or Ballyhara | The original Ballyara Castle was formerly associated with the O'Hara family. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Patrick Mullarkey was leasing a building valued at £3 at Ballyara, barony of Leyny, from the Ffolliott estate. | |
Carnaleck or Carrownaleck | At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Gray was leasing a property valued at £8 together with 178 acres from Adam Mossman at Carrownaleck, barony of Leyny. This would originally have been part of the Nicholson estate. McTernan notes that the Grays surrendered their lease in the 1880s. The property is still extant and occupied. | |
Carns (Kilmacteige) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Henry McCarrick was leasing a property valued at £14 in the village of Aclare (Carns townland), from the estate of William Evans. A shooting lodge is marked in this townland on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. | |
Rathmagurry House | The 1st edition OS map indicates Rathmagurry House at Rathmagurry in Achonry Parish. At the time of Griffith's Valuation William Gawley was leasing a herd's house valued at £2 from the Knox estate at this location. The house is no longer extant. |