Ballykeel
Houses within 5km of this house
Displaying 6 houses.
Houses within 5km of Ballykeel
Displaying 6 houses.
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| 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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| 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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