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Banemore House

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 24 houses.

Houses within 10km of Banemore House

Displaying 24 houses.

House name Description
Duagh Glebe Sir John Benn-Walsh's estate was leasing this property to Rev. Robert Hickson at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £17. Lewis records it as the seat of Rev.R. Hickson in 1837.
Triernearagh House Edmond Walsh was leasing this property from the estate of Lady Burghersh at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10 15s.
Ballyhorgan South At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Goodman Gentleman was leasing this property from Sophia Herranc, when it was valued at £7. Lewis mentions a house called Ballyhorgan under Finuge Civil Parish as the seat of W. Hilliard in 1837. Leet also notes it as the seat of William R. Hilliard in 1814. In 1906 it was owned by Robert G. Gentleman and valued at £8.
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.
Ballinruddery House Ballinruddery was owned by the Knight of Kerry at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £23 10s. This seems to be the house referred to by Wilson in 1786 as Woodford, "the seat of Robert Fitzgerald, with ample demesnes". Leet notes it as the residence of Hon. M. Fitzgerald in 1814. Lewis, in 1837, describes it as "the occasional residence of Maurice Fitzgerald, Knight of Kerry, beautifully situated in a wooded demesne". It is recorded by Slater as the seat of Sir Maurice Fitzgerald in 1894. Bary states that the house was believed to date from the sixteenth century but was destroyed by fire accidentally in the later nineteenth century.
Ballygrenane House At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Samuel Shelwell (or Sewell) was leasing this property from the Earl of Listowel's estate when it was valued at £7 15s.In 1814 Leet noted it as the residence of Mrs. Showel. Lewis mentions Ballygrinnan as the seat of S. Sewell in 1837. Bary states that it later passed to the Macauley family who owned it until the end of the twentieth century.
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.
Tanavalla or Garrantanvally House Alexander Elliott was leasing this property from William Monsell at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £22 10s. While it is labelled Garrantanavally House on the 1st editon Ordnance Survey map, it seems to have been generally known as Tanavalla House. Lewis states Tannavalla was the seat of A. Elliott in 1837. Bary states that the original house was destroyed by fire in the 1820s and rebuilt in Regency style. The Elliotts owned the property until at least the 1870s after which it was the occupied by the Cooke family. It was burned in 1920. Photo of Tanavalla or Garrantanvally House
Kilcreen Cottage At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Alexander Elliott was leasing this property to William Harnett, when it was valued at £12 15s. Bary states that this house probably dates to the eighteenth century.William Harnett may have acted as an agent for the Cooke family in the Listowel area. Kilcreen Cottage is still extant and occupied.
Roseland Cottage Rev. John Day was leasing this property to James Mitchell at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £9. Bary writes that nothing is remembered of the house now except its name.
Islandmacloughry Thomas O'Connell was leasing this property from the Earl of Listowel's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8. Buildings are still extant at the site.
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
Rea William Talbot Crosbie's estate owned this property at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £5 15s. The original house is not extant now.
Coolnaleen Cottage Lady Burghersh was leasing this property to Gerard O'Callaghan at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10.
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.
Greenville William G. Sandes was leasing this property from the Earl of Listowel's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £6 10s.In 1837 Lewis mentions it as the seat of W. G. Sandes. Leet, in 1814, refers to it as the residence of George Sandes. Bary notes that it was occupied by this branch of the Sandes family until the First World War. It was repaired and rebuilt in the 1920s and is still extant.
Gurtenard James M. Hone was leasing this property from the Earl of Listowel's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £30 10s. Lewis indicates that it was the seat of S.E. Collis in 1837. It was used infrequently by the Earl and Countess of Listowel as a summer residence but most often let out to other families. It is still extant and sometimes operates as a guesthouse. Photo of Gurtenard
Cahirdown In 1906 Denis Gun Browne owned a house valued at £20 at Dromin Upper, barony of Iraghticonnor. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, this had been been part of Rev. George Browne's estate, let to the Collins family, though the house was then valued at £1 10s. It is labelled Cahirdown on the 1895 map.
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]