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Drumellihy

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 9 houses.

Houses within 10km of Drumellihy

Displaying 9 houses.

House name Description
Cloonmore At the time of Griffith's Valuation occupied by William McMahon, held from Timothy McMahon and valued at £10. This was a one storey thatched house, a modern house is now located near the site. Photo of Cloonmore
Tromra A house situated just south of the village of Quilty held from the Mahons. At the time of Griffith's Valuation this house was occupied by Admiral Sir Burton Macnamara baronet, the sixth son of Francis Macnamara of Doolin. It was valued at £18. A house of £9 valuation across the road from his residence was known as Tromra Lodge and was occupied by Lieutenant J. Morris of the Royal Navy at this time, grid reference R019 742. Neither house exists any longer.
Creegh House A house on the Stewart estate, Weir writes that it was built for James Kelly on his marriage to Margaret Kenny of Freagh Castle and five generations of their descendants have lived there.
Dangananella House Situated just outside the village of Cooraclare this house was the home of Thomas Brew in the late 18th century. In the 19th century it was a Studdert home and Thomas Studdert was resident at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held the property from Hugh P. Hickman and it was valued at over £12. This house was for sale in 2008. Photo of Dangananella House
Gower Hall A house on the Burton estate held by Francis Keane from Henry S. Burton at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £12. It had previously being occupied by James Lillis in 1814 and also by Richard Pilkington who married Maria Blood of Applevale in 1805. Previously, in 1786, Wilson refers to Gower as the seat of Mr. Ames, "situated on a hill". The house was reconstructed in the late 19th century and is still a family home, the centre of a dairying enterprise. Photo of Gower Hall
Ballykett Home of a branch of the Hickman family in the 18th century. Weir writes that the Tymons lived here at the end of the 18th century. Occupied by Thomas Pilkington in 1814 and later by the O'Donnell family and then the Brews. No house is named on the first Ordnance Survey map of 1842. George Brew held a house valued at 2 shillings at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The original house was demolished and replaced by a late 19th century house. Also known as Elmgreen, Taylor and Skinner's map 1778 shows two houses beside each other named Elmgreen occupied by Hickman and Ballykett by Monsell.
Broomhill House Situated just north of Kilrush. Weir writes that this was an old house built before the town of Kilrush. It was occupied by Robert Parkinson in 1814 and by John Kelly at the time of Griffith's Valuation who held it from Colonel Crofton M. Vandeleur. A house is still extant at the site.
Doolough Lodge At the time of Griffith's Valuation Matthew Kelly [of Kilrush] held a herd's house valued at £3 and 201 acres from Edward O'Brien at Treanmanagh. The house dates from about the mid 19th century and was the Irish home of Matthew's son General Sir Thomas Kelly Kenny. Weir writes that the General had King George V to stay in the house following the King's coronation in 1910.
Seafield Lodge The home of the Casey family in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Occupied by William Casey in 1814. Leased by Captain Francis Casey to William Brew in the mid 19th century and it remained a Brew home until it was burned down in 1922.