Aghangran House
Houses within 5km of this house
Displaying 7 houses.
Houses within 5km of Aghangran House
Displaying 7 houses.
| House name | Description | |
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| Ballyline | St. John Blacker was leasing this property to Nicholas King at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £3 10s, on a holding of over 250 acres. Modern farm buildings exist at the site now. [Grid Reference is approximate]. | |
| Carrigafoyle Castle | Charles L. Sandes was leasing this property to Stephen Sandes at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £19 10s. It is described on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map as Carrigafoyle Castle but on the later 25" edition as Carrigafoyle House. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as "the ancient mansion of O'Connor Kerry, formerly a place of great strength and important.. but now serving as a store to transport goods from the adjacent places to Limerick". |
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| Killelton House | Charles L. Sandes was leasing this property to William Hickie at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £33. Bary writes that this Hickie family were originally from Tulla, county Clare, but moved here after the Cromwellian confisciation of the 1650s. They remained in possession of the property until the 1920s. The Irish Tourist Association survey mentions that it was formerly the home of the Higgins-O'Connor family but by the 1940s was in poor repair. The original house is now a ruin. | |
| Rushy Park or Rusheen Park | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. Samuel Leonard was leasing this property to Thomas O'Connor, when it was valued at £9 15s. Bary writes that this house was in the Leonard family in the early nineteenth century. It was demolished in the early twentieth century and a new house constructed at the site. | |
| Tullamore House | Sir John Benn-Walsh was leasing this property to Laurence Buckley at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12 10s. In 1814 Leet refers to it as the residence of Mrs. Julian. Wilson writing in 1786, mentions Tullamore as the seat of Rev. Mr. Julian. In 1837 Lewis noted it as the seat of C. Julian. Bary writes that it was a house mostly associated with the Julian family. It was derelict at the end of the twentieth century. | |
| Sallowglen | William Sandes was leasing this property to Thomas Sandes at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £24. Lewis notes it as the seat of T.W. Sandes in 1837 as does Leet in 1814. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to "Sallow Glin, the new and handsome house of William Sandes". In 1906 it was the property of Thomas W. Sandes and valued at £50. Bary writes that it was resided in by the Sandes family and their descendents until the 1920s when the estate was sold. It has since been demolished. | |
| Rusheen House | In 1786 Wilson refers to Rusheen as the seat of Mr. Crosbie. The 1st edition Ordnance map of the townland shows both Rusheen House and the site of "Rusheen Old House". At the time of Griffith's Valuation Stephen Sandes was leasing this property from the Crosbie estate. It included a herd's house valued at £1 5s. Bary writes that there were several marriages between members of the Crosbie and Sandes families in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The house is no longer extant. |