Ballyconnoe House
Houses within 10km of this house
Displaying 18 houses.
Houses within 10km of Ballyconnoe House
Displaying 18 houses.
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Newtown Castle | Newtown Castle was originally the home of the O'Loghlens of the Burren and Lewis records C. O'Loghlen resident there in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation it was part of the estate of Colonel Henry White, later 1st Baron Annaly. The present house was a rectory at the time of Griffith's Valuation inhabited by Reverend Hugh B. Howlett. The original castle is still extant and the Burren College of Art is now located at this site. | |
Fanore Lodge | This house was located on the O'Brien estate. Occupied by Richard Blood in 1814 and by Robert Johnston at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £5.10 shillings. Robert Johnston held the house and 950 acres from Jemima O'Brien. Weir writes that the house later became a police barracks. Buildings are still extant at the site. | |
Aran View | Weir writes that this house was built by the Macnamaras. Francis Macnamara lived at Arran View in 1837. Occupied by Robert Johnston at the time of Griffith's Valuation, the Johnstons continued to live there until at least the late 1870s. The original building appears to have been demolished and modern housing constructed at the site. | |
Mount Elva | Built in 1848, Pierce Creagh came to live here from Rathbaun. It was held in fee by him at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the buildings were valued at £12 10s. The house is now a ruin. | |
Ballyallaban | Occupied by Michael O'Brien in 1814, J. O'Brien in 1837 and by Michael O'Brien at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house and over 700 acres was held from Colonel Henry White. | |
Gregans Castle/Cregans Castle | Gregans Castle/Cregans Castle The home of the Martyn family from at least 1837, now run as a hotel. Valued at £10.5 shillings at the time of Griffith's Valuation. |
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Rathbaun | Home of Simon P. Creagh in 1814 and of his son Pierce Creagh in 1837. Occupied by John Hickey at the time of Griffith's Valuation who held the house from Pierce Creagh. The house is no longer extant. | |
Ballybaun | Valued at £12.10 shillings at the time of Griffith's Valuation and occupied by Patrick Cahir senior, who held it from Francis Fitzgerald. It is labelled Ballybaun House on all of the Ordnance Survey maps. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Kilcarragh | The home of the Fitzgerald family in the 18th century. Occupied by Austin Kerin in 1814, the Kerins and Fitzgeralds intermarried in the 18th century. The house was valued at £5.10 shillings at the time of Griffith's Valuation and was occupied by Richard Davis who leased it from Francis Fitzgerald. Demolished in the mid 20th century. | |
Ballyshanny | A house on the McMahon estate occupied by Patrick Killeen at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £11. Located close to the ruins of Ballyshanny Castle it is labelled Ballyshanny House on the 1st and subsequent editions Ordnance Survey maps. Ballyshanny is still extant. |
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Doolin | Doolin came into the possession of the Macnamara family in the mid 18th century through the marriage of William Macnamara and Catherine Sarsfield. In 1894 Slater refers to it as the residence of Henry Valentine Macnamara. It remained a Macnamara home until the 20th century when it was burnt down in the early 1920s and no trace remains now. | |
St Catherines | Marked on the first Ordnance Survey map as Gortaclob House and on the later 25-inch edition as St. Catherines, this house was occupied by Francis McNamara Calcutt in the mid 19th century, valued at over £20 and held by him in fee. It is no longer extant. | |
Ballykeel | The home of the Lysaght family in the late 18th century. Weir writes that the house was built by George Lysaght who was resident in 1814. Lewis refers to Ballykeale as the seat of the Lysaght family 'now occupied' by Mrs Fitzgerald. The Irish Tourist Association file records that the house became the property of Henry Comerford in 1839. It was unoccupied at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held by Henry Comerford. It passed from him to the Blake Fosters. Francis O'D. Blake Foster was the owner in 1906. Mrs Blake Forster was resident in the 1940s and the Irish Tourist Association file lists the paintings in the house. |
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Glashamore House | Marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map, 'Glashy' was occupied by N. Davoren in 1814 and by John Magann at the time of Griffith's Valuation, who held the house from Edward A. Gore. Buildings are still extant at the site. | |
Ballynalackan | Lewis writes in the late 1830s that Ballynalacken Castle was about to be repaired by the proprietor J. O'Brien. Weir writes that John O'Brien built a house near the old castle in 1840 and the O'Brien family lived there in the second half of the 19th century, however there is no house in the townland of Ballylacken valued at more than £2 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and no indication that the O'Briens were resident. The house was bought by the O'Callaghan family in 1939 and is run by them as a small hotel. see http://www.ballinalackencastle.com/index.html |
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Holywell/Hollywell House | A Comyn residence, George Comyn married Margaret Lysaght of nearby Ballykeale in the early 19th century. In 1814 occupied by George Comyn and in 1837 by T. F. Comyn. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was unoccupied and valued at £5, James Gibson was the immediate lessor. The house is still extant and occupied. |
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Smithstown | Both Taylor and Skinner and Lewis refer to Smithstown as a seat of Viscount Powerscourt in 1778 and 1837. John O'Brien held the house and 117 acres from Edward Wingfield Stratford at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Weir writes that the house was demolished by the Land Commission in the 1940s.. | |
Lismoher | Weir writes that this is an 18th century house. It was the home of the Armstrong family. Occupied by Michael Hynes in the 1850s and valued at £4. Hynes held the property from Edmond J. Armstrong. The house is still extant. |
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