Kells House or Hollymount Cottage
| Estate(s) | |
|---|---|
| Townland | Cappamore |
| Civil Parish | Killinane |
| PLU | Cahersiveen |
| DED | Killinane 4 |
| County | Kerry |
| Barony | Iveragh |
| Description | Roland Blennerhassett was leasing this property to Richard Blennerhassett at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £5 15s. Bary states that he built the original house here in the 1830s which he called Hollymount Cottage. It later became known as Kells House and continued in the Blennerhassett family until the twentieth century. In 1906 it was the property of Rowland Blennerhassett and valued at £5 15s. It has had a number of owners since and is now a successful plant nursery with gardens open to the public. see www.kellsgardens.ie. |