Aran View

Houses within 15km of this house

Displaying 32 houses.

Houses within 15km of Aran View

Displaying 32 houses.

House name	Description
Sandfield Lodge	Knocknaraha was originally O'Brien property. The house Sandfield Lodge was occupied by James Lysaght in 1814 and by the Right Honourable Baron Richards at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Baron Richards was leasing from Captain Francis Macnamara. The house is still extant and now the home of the Lucas family.
Ballyconnoe House	A summer home of the Creagh family, also known as Prospect Lodge. It was valued at £8 at the time of Griffith's Valuation when Cornelius Creagh held the house and townland in fee. Weir writes that an earlier house was in ruins in 1842, see M169 007, townland of Ballyconnoe North. It is no longer extant and a modern house has been built nearby.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Moher Lodge	A Macnamara property, occupied by Patrick E. O'Reilly at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Some ruined buildings remain at the site.
Moher House	A Macnamara property, occupied by James Gorman in 1814 and by Peter Scales at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £7. J. Macnamara was residing at Moher in 1837 but it is not clear whether this was Moher House or Lodge. John Macnamara of Moher, younger brother of William N. Macnamara of Doolin, is well documented in the Stacpoole Kenny Papers. A house is still extant at this site.
Ennistimon House	In 1786 Wilson refers to this house at "Innistymond" as the seat of Edward O'Brien. Lewis writes in 1837 that Ennistymon Castle was originally a seat of the O'Brien family, descendants of the Earls of Thomond, but was then the residence of Andrew Finucane. By the time of Griffith's Valuation it had passed into Macnamara possession. The O'Brien, Finucane and Macnamara families had all intermarried. The house was valued at £28 in the mid 19th century and held by Captain Francis Macnamara in fee. It remained in Macnamara ownership until the mid 20th century and has been a hotel for many years. The hotel was the property of Mr Brendan O'Regan in the 1940s.
Moymore	This house was occupied by a member of the Stackpoole family in 1837. The townland was held by James R. Dunne in the mid 19th century and the house occupied by John B. McNamara. By the mid 1870s Mrs Mary Louisa Ryding was resident at Moymore. Her daughter Louisa married Thomas Kenny and in 1906 Moymore belonged to Thomas H. Kenny. A house is still extant at the site.
Aughavoher House	Summer residence of the Gores of Derrymore, held by Edward A. Gore in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is no longer extant.
Ballyvorda	A house on the Stackpoole estate, occupied by John Lysaght at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £9. John Comber records that Mary, sister of Cornelius O'Brien of Birchfield, married John Lysaght of Ballyvorda. see http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/people/cornelius_obrien/genealogy.htm. A house is still located at the site.
Birchfield	Birchfield was the residence of Cornelius O'Brien in 1814 and in 1837. Lewis also refers to the erecting of an ornamental building in castellated style for the accommodation of visitors on the top of the cliffs [of Moher] by Cornelius O'Brien. The house was valued at £50 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. By the mid 1870s Birchfield belonged to Cornelius Alexander Keogh. It is now a ruin.
Seamount	A house situated on the O'Brien estate, it was occupied by Charles O'Callaghan in 1814 and by the Right Reverend Dr Fallon, Bishop of Kilfenora, at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £18. Later it became the home of the Higgins family. The house was accidentally burnt in the early 20th century.
Castlepark House	A house on the Fitzgerald estate, occupied by Charles O'Connell at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house is labelled Castlepark House on the 1st and subsequent edition Ordnance Survey Maps. Extensive buidling of modern dwellings has taken place in the area in this century.
Moy Lodge	Also known as Carrowgar House, this early 19th century house was built by Sir Augustine Fitzgerald. Possibly the house named 'Moy' occupied by John Finucane in 1814. Lewis describes Moy as the occasional residence of Sir W. Fitzgerald. Weir writes that it was purchased by George Studdert, sixth son of Charles Fitzgerald Studdert of Newmarket House in the mid 19th century. It was still in the possession of Sir Edward Fitzgerald at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1894 Slater refers to it as the seat of Major George Studdert but Lady C.E. Fitzgerald was resident in 1906 when the mansion house was valued at £25. Now functions as a guesthouse, a member of 'The Blue Book'.
Lehinch House	A house on the Stacpoole estate, possibly the house known as Lahinchy occupied by George Stacpoole in 1814 and by A. Stackpoole in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was valued at £10.10 shillings and was occupied by Thomas Moran who held it from Andrew Stacpoole. Weir writes that it was later a home of the Woulfe family. The house no longer exists, a modern bungalow occupies the site. Old walls and outhouses remain.
Woodmount	A home of a branch of the Lysaght family in the late eighteenth and into the nineteenth century. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Lysaght. Christopher Lysaght occupied the house in 1814 and G. F. Lysaght in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation a Christopher Lysaght was residing there and he held the property valued at £6 from George Lysaght.
Kilcornan	Originally a Comyn home, by the end of the 18th century Kilcornan was in the possession of the Lysaght family. James Davoren is recorded as resident in 1814. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was valued at £1.5 shillings. It is labelled as Kilcornan House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but is not shown on the later 25-inch edition of the 1890s.
Summer Ville	Griffith's Valuation records that the house valued at £3 was leased to James Foley by James R. Dunne. It is labelled Summer Ville on both the 1st and 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey maps. A new house appears to have been constructed at the site in the last decade.
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.
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
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.
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..
Rivoli	Weir describes Rivoli as a late 19th century house to which James Shannon's family moved from nearby Derry House in the second half of the 19th century. It was a home of the Hunt family in the early 20th century.
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.