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Rockforest

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 21 houses.

Houses within 10km of Rockforest

Displaying 21 houses.

House name Description
Ashfield House The house at Ashfield seems to have been known as Clooneene, particularly when it was the home of the Blake Forster family. In 1814 it was the home of Francis Blake Forster but by 1837 Lewis records it as in the ownership of D. McNevin. Earlier, in 1786, Wilson wrote that it was the seat of Mr. Forster. Ashfield House is demolished but substantial parts of the walled garden and the gate lodge are still extant. Photo of Ashfield House
Ballygeagin House In 1837 Lewis lists Ballygaggen as a residence of the Butler family. Timothy Killeen was renting the house in the townland of Ballygaagin, barony of Kiltartan, from Robert J. Lattey in 1855 when it was valued at £10. Though buildings still exist at the site the original house is not extant.
Cregg House The house at Cregg seems to have been built by Francis Butler in the 18th century. Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Butler in 1786. In 1814 it was the residence of Walter Butler and Lewis also records it as a Butler house. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Robert J. Lattey and was valued at £25. This also included the premises known as Cregg Cottage which was located in the demesne. In 1906 it was owned by Robert Thomas Lattey and was valued at £33. The original house is no longer extant. Photo of Cregg House
Rosepark House Tradition suggests that Francis Blake Forster let Clooneene (Ashfield) and built a house which he called Rosepark, after his wife, Rose Ffrench. Rosepark House is recorded by Lewis in 1837 as the seat of the Hugo family. It was leased by Michael Kane to George Crowe at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was then valued at £12. Apart from some estate walls there is no evidence of this property now.
Castle Lodge/Fiddane House At the time of Griffith's Valuation the property at Fiddaun was occupied by Edward Blacquiere and was valued at £10. Castle Lodge is recorded as the home of Charles Lopdell in 1814. In 1837 Lewis also recorded it as a seat of the Lopdell family. It is labelled Castle Lodge on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Fiddane House on the later 25-inch map of the 1890s. It is still extant and occupied. Photo of Castle Lodge/Fiddane House
Rosemeade/Lisheen At the time of Griffith's Valuation this property was leased by Matthew Rosengrave to Patrick Carrick and valued at £21. It was accompanied by over 200 acres. In 1814 Lisheen was the seat of Jer. Rosingrave. The house is labelled on both the first and 25-inch editions of the Ordnance Survey map as Rosemeade but today is known as Lisheen. It is still extant and occupied as a farm house. Photo of Rosemeade/Lisheen
Rosehill The house at Rosehill is included in the sale of the estate of Denis Boland of Gort, in the Land Judges' Court, in the 1880s. It appears on the 1st editon Ordnance Survey map but is not marked on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. An old entrance gateway survives. Photo of Rosehill
Derryowen A home of a branch of the Lopdell family in the 19th century held in fee and of their descendants the Blaquieres in the late 19th and 20th centuries. In July 1889 the notice announcing its proposed sale in the Land Judges' Court describes it as "a very good newly-built dwelling-house, with suitable out-offices". There is still an occupied house at the site.
Rathorp Lewis records Ratope as the residence of the late J. Foster. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was in the possession of Patrick Geoghegan who held the property from the Marquess of Thomond and 526 acres. The house was valued at £7.10 shillings. A house still exists at the site. Photo of Rathorp
Rockvale Originally a D'Arcy home, built in the 1780s. Rockvale was the home of J. D'Arcy in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was occupied by John Mullins and valued at £7. 10 shillings. Mullins was leasing from the Marquess of Thomond. It is labelled Rockvale House (Constabulary Barracks) on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s and is now a ruin. Photo of Rockvale
Inchiquin Cottage A house on the Marquess of Thomond's estate, valued at £3 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and occupied by the Owens family in the first half of the 19th century.
Cooga A house on the O'Callaghan estate, inhabited by the Lingard family from at least 1837. Sold by the Lingards to the Hogans in 1922.
Dromore Occupied by Jonas Studdert, third son of Richard Studdert of Clonderalaw, in 1814. In 1795 Jonas married Mary Crowe of Dromore. The home of R. Crowe in 1837. Originally a hunting lodge Dromore became the main residence of the Crowes in the 1830s. The house was sold in 1936 and is now demolished. Photo of Dromore
Port Home of the O'Loghlens in the latter part of the 18th century and first part of the 19th century. Hugh O'Loughlin was resident in 1814 and in 1837. The house was unoccupied at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Weir writes that the house and demesne were purchased by Jeremiah Kelly in the 1860s. Photo of Port
Teernea Hewitt Bridgeman, Member of Parliament for county Clare, lived here in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation Myles O'Brien was leasing the house from Henry Dwyer. It was then valued at £8.10 shillings.
Ballyline Weir writes that this house was also known as Millbrook. It was occupied by Henry Butler in 1814 but had reverted back to another branch of the family by 1837 when Austin Butler was the proprietor. Austin Butler held the house in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £15. The representatives of Theobald Butler held the house and 428 acres of untenanted land in 1906. The house was demolished by the Land Commission before the 1940s and the land divided.
Bunnahow The home of a branch of the Butler family in the 18th and 19th centuries, which Weir writes was rebuilt in 1808. Occupied by William Butler in 1814, 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £35. The property was conveyed to Robert T. Lattey in May 1896. The house no longer exists.
Doon This is the property also known as Doonemulvilhill where James Butler settled in 1684. The Butlers lived here during the 18th and early 19th centuries. By the 1850s however Edward Galway was living in the house and held the townland from George Wyndham. A modern house now occupies the site.
Cragmoher A house built in the mid 19th century by Major Charles Washington Studdert eldest son of Jonas Studdert. His son Jonas was born 1857. Burnt in the late 20th century. In 1906 buildings at Killeen were valued at over £17. Photo of Cragmoher
Glencolumbkille House This was an O'Brien home from at least the late 18th century. In 1837 Lewis described Columbkill Cottage as the "neat residence" of Terence O'Brien esq. Griffith's Valuation records Mary Anne O'Brien (the widow of Terence) as the occupier holding the property from John Kirwan. The buildings were valued at over £10. In the 1870s Morty O'Brien of Glencolumbkille owned 396 acres in county Clare. This is house is no longer extant.
Glenwilliam The residence of James Blake Butler in 1837. Occupied by John McNamara in the early 1850s and held from Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci when it was valued at almost £5. Still extant and occupied.