Landed Estates
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Birchfield

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 7 houses.

Houses within 5km of Birchfield

Displaying 7 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. Photo of Sandfield Lodge
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.
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.
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.
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.