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Ballyhorgan South

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 11 houses.

Houses within 5km of Ballyhorgan South

Displaying 11 houses.

House name Description
Ballyhorgan West Sophia Herrane was leasing this property to Stephen Sandes at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10 15s. It is labelled Ballyhorgan West on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Buildings are still extant at the site.
Ballynagare House John Morrogh Bernard was leasing this property to George Gilbert (Senior) at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £6. In 1837, Lewis described it as the seat of the representatives of the late John Barnard. Leet had noted it as the seat of the latter in 1814. Bary indicates that the original house at this site has been demolished.
Finuge House Rev. Maurice Hewson was leasing this property to William M. Hewson as the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £13 5s. In 1837, Lewis notes it as the seat of W. Hartnett. Bary states that it was burnt in the early twentieth century and nothing now remains.
Banemore House Robert John Palmer was in possession of this house at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £17 15s. In 1837 Lewis notes it as the seat of R.J. Palmer. Leet records it as the seat of Thomas O'Halloran in 1814. Bary notes that it was in the possession of the Palmer family from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century and was the site of a soup kitchen during the Famine. It is now a ruin. In some sources it is known as Baunmore House. Robert John Palmer of Listowel was the son of John Grove Palmer, attorney and advocate on the island of Bermuda and grandson of John Palmer of Lincoln's Inn and Limerick city (''The Gentleman's Magazine'' Vol 102, Part I, 569).
Crotta House Samuel Julian was in possession of this property at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £27. Lewis records it as the seat of T. Ponsonby in 1837 while Leet notes it as the residence of James O'Donnel in 1814. In 1786 Wilson writes that "Crotto" was the seat of James Carrigue Ponsonby and "very pleasantly situated with good plantations". Bary writes that Crotta had been built by the Ponsonby family and was later held on lease from the Court of Chancery by the Julian estate. At the sale of the latter estate in 1857, Crotta was described as being in the hands of the proprietor Samuel Julian. Later in the nineteenth century it was leased to the Kitchener family. Herbert Kitchener, later Earl of Khartoum, lived there as a boy. The estate was the property of the Browne family in the later nineteenth century but was offered for sale by Thomas Beale Browne in 1877. In 1894 Slater records it as the seat of Richard Savage. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey describes it as " a ruined shell" where there was once "an imposing mansion". The remains of the house were demolished in the later twentieth century. Photo of Crotta House
Billeragh House Robert Hilliard was leasing this property from Thomas Dennis at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £9 10s. Leet notes it as the residence of Mr. Hilliard in 1814. Photo of Billeragh House
Ennismore House George Hewson was leasing this property from the Earl of Listowel's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £22. In 1814 Leet refers to it as the residence of F. Hewson while Lewis, in 1837 notes that Ennismore, the seat of J.F. Hewson, gave its name to a title held by the Hare family, Earls of Listowel and Barons Ennismore. In 1906 it was part of the Listowel estate and valued at £26 10. Bary writes that this property was originally in the possession of the Knight of Kerry but was bought by the Hare family, Earls of Listowel in the 1790s. The Hewson family lived here up until the 1920s but the house is now demolished.
Killacrim House At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Timothy Horgan was leasing this property from the Earl of Listowel's estate when it was valued at £5. In 1837 Lewis mentions it as the seat of Captain O'Halloran. In 1814, Leet refers to it as the residence of John Raymond. Bary writes that, in the eighteenth century, it was in lived in by members of the Fitzgerald family, the Knights of Kerry. The original house was destroyed by fire in the early 1970s and a new one constructed at the site.
Mountcoal In 1906 Robert G. Gentleman owned a house at Mountcoal, barony of Clanmaurice, valued at £5 15s as well as 100 acres. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, there was no house with this valuation at Mountcoal.[Grid Reference approximate].
Ballyhennessy At the time of Griffith's Valuation, George Sandes was leasing this property from Mrs. S.C. Herrane, when it was valued at £5 and included an orchard. By the 1890s the 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey map indicates that the orchard was all but gone and the buildings were also altered. A substantial farm exists at the site now.
Old Court [Lixnaw House] The Irish Tourist Association Survey refers to the "once magnificent mansion" of the Fitzmaurices, Earls of Kerry. By the 1940s only a few walls remained "supporting a henhouse and some turnip and potato pits". The survey also noted the survival of a summer house, a high circular mausoleum and a "hermitage". Bary notes that the property was home to the family for up to 500 years but fell into ruin in the later eighteenth century. It is labelled "Lixnaw House (in ruins)" on the 1st edtion Ordnance Survey map but as "Old Court" on the later 25-inch edition of the 1890s. Some ivy-covered ruins remain at the site. Photo of Old Court [Lixnaw House]