Headfort

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 16 houses.

Houses within 10km of Headfort

Displaying 16 houses.

House name	Description
Killaha Castle or Killaha House	The original property at Killaha was Killaha Castle, the hereditary seat of the O’Donoghue of the Glens. The family had moved to Killarney by the 19th century. Lewis records that Killaha House was then the seat of J. McCarthy. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, John McCarthy was leasing the house to Frederick Millbourne, MD, when it was valued at £16 10s. Bary indicates that it was subsequently rented by the Orpen family and later, possibly in the 1890s, given to the Catholic church by R.M. Leeson Marshall who was descended from the O’Donoghues of Killaha. It afterwards served as the presbytery for the local parish.
Muckross Hotel	William Roche was leasing a property valued at £30 from the Herbert estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. The building marked as hotel on the 1st edition 6” map is recorded on the 1894 map as Muckross Hotel. Roche was leasing an adjoining building, valued at £13, from Daniel Clifford in the same vicinity. Horgan states that the Tourist’s Illustrated Handbook for Ireland, 1853, refers to Mr. Roche as manager of the Muckross Hotel. The property is still a hotel, now known as the Muckross Park Hotel. Daniel O’Sullivan was leasing a property in the same area from the Herbert estate, valued at £12 12s. In 1906 Lord Ardilaun owned the property at Dromyrourk valued at £20.
Ardagh	Martin Lawlor was in possession of a property valued at £11 5s at Ardagh, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. There is no house marked on the 1st edition OS map, the Lakeview Hotel appears to have occupied the site in 1895.
Torc View (Torc View Hotel)	Jeremiah Hurley was leasing a hotel valued at £40 from the Gallway estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. This was the Torc View Hotel. Horgan states that the building was later purchased by the Loretto Sisters and opened as a boarding school. It is labelled Loretto Convent on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. The site is now occupied by town houses.
Ballycasheen House	Henry Curtayne was leasing a property in the townland of Ballycasheen from Lord Kenmare’s estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £18. Nearby in the same townland he also held Courteene Hall, which was vacant at the time and was valued at £10 10s. Leet records him as resident at Ballycasheen in 1814. Lewis referred to the residence of the Curtayne family as Courtayne Castle in 1837. The site of Ballycasheen House is now occupied by commercial buildings while The Heights hotel occupies the site of Courteene Hall.
Coom Wood Cottage	Timothy O’Sullivan was leasing Coom from Lord Kenmare’s estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation when it was valued at £5 15s. Bary states that the origina property is no longer extant though a house is present at the site.
Fortwilliam House	Named as Lissyviggeen on the 1st edition OS map but as Fort William House on the map of 1896. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, John Dumas was leasing this property from the Kenmare estate, when it was valued at £11. Bary states that the O’Keeffe family purchased the property in the 1880s. It was still extant and occupied in 1994.
Freemount Lodge	Daniel Moynihan was leasing Freemount from the Earl of Kenmare’s estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £5. Bary states that the house had been in the Moynihan family since the 18th century and that it later passed to the Mahony family. It has since been demolished and a modern house built there.
Sheheree Cottage	Captain Denis Curtayne was leasing a property from Lord Kenmare’s estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £17 5s. In 1885 Walford mentions Edward Morrogh Bernard "of Sheheree". Bary also states that the property was later associated with the Morrogh Bernard family. In 1994 it was still extant and occupied.
Woodford House	At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, Mary Curtayne was leasing this property at Lissyviggeen from Lord Kenmare’s estate, when it was valued at £13 5s. Bary states that it was occupied by the Misses Curtayne in the 19th century and is still extant and occupied.
Coolclogher or South Hill	Rev. Richard Herbert was leasing a property valued at £21 to John Leahy at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. He was also leasing a mill, valued at £90 to Richard and John Leahy in the same townland. Lewis records South Hill as the seat of J. Leahy in 1837. Bary states that the house was probably built in the earlier 18th century though it may have been renovated in 1810, probably by the Leahys, in whose family it remained until the end of the 19th century. The Irish Tourist Association survey in the early 1940s reported that it was the private residence of Mr.R. Hilliard. It is now a luxury guest house. See www.coolclogherhouse.com.
Brewsterfield House	Daniel Reardon was leasing Brewsterfield House from the representatives of Rev. B. Herbert at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £13 10s. Lewis notes it as the seat of Rev. B. Herbert in 1837. Bary suggests that it was built by Sir Francis Brewster in the early 18th century but may have been added to later by the Herberts. It later passed to the Orpen family through marriage and may have been resided in by their agent. The original house was demolished in 1985. There are modern buildings on the site including holiday cottages.
Flesk (Glenflesk) Castle	Daniel C. Coltsmann was in possession of Flesk Castle at the time of Griffith’s Valuation when it was valued at £50. Lewis records it as the seat of J. Coltsmann in 1837. Bary states that the house was also known locally as Glenflesk Castle or Coltsmann’s Castle. It was built in the early decades of the 19th century and continued in the Coltsmann family and their descendents until the early 20th century when it was sold to Major John McGillycuddy. In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association survey noted that "its tall fantastic turrets dominate the countryside". It was then in the possession of Anthony McGillycuddy. It had become ruinous by the end of the 20th century although there were some indications that it might be restored.
Park	Daniel Cronin was occupying the Park property at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £44. Lewis mentions it as a handsome residence of D. Cronin in 1837. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to it as the seat of Mr. Cronen. Bary states that it seems to have been originally built in the 18th century but later re-modelled. The Cronins to whom it belonged eventually became Cronin-Coltsmanns on inheriting the Flesk Castle property. It has been extensively altered and run as the Heights Hotel since the mid 20th century.
Rath More House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. Edward Walsh was leasing this property from Daniel Coltsman [Cronin], when it was valued at £17. In 1837 Lewis notes that Rathmore House was the property of D. Cronin but "now occupied by a society of monks". These were Cistercian monks, afterwards located at Mount Mellerey in county Waterford. The Cronins had lived at Rathmore until the early years of the nineteenth century before leasing it to the Order. After the monks departed it was used as the local presbytery and part of it is still extant. Denis Glissane was leasing a house in the same location from the Cronin estate, valued at £8.
Danesfort	Captain James Colthurst was leasing this property to Reverend Samuel Butcher at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £11 10. Lewis refers to it as the seat of Captain Colthurst in 1837 "commanding interesting views of the Middle and Lower Lakes". In 1874 the Danesfort estate of Samuel Butcher was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. The house is described as "beautifully situated, overlooking the Bay of Castlelough". Bary notes that it was occupied up until the 1920s but is now a ruin.