Landed Estates
University of Galway

Holywell/Hollywell House

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 22 houses.

Houses within 10km of Holywell/Hollywell House

Displaying 22 houses.

House name Description
Ballyconnoe House A summer home of the Creagh family, also known as Prospect Lodge. It was valued at £8 at the time of Griffith's Valuation when Cornelius Creagh held the house and townland in fee. Weir writes that an earlier house was in ruins in 1842, see M169 007, townland of Ballyconnoe North. It is no longer extant and a modern house has been built nearby.
Gregans Castle/Cregans Castle Gregans Castle/Cregans Castle The home of the Martyn family from at least 1837, now run as a hotel. Valued at £10.5 shillings at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Photo of Gregans Castle/Cregans Castle
Rathbaun Home of Simon P. Creagh in 1814 and of his son Pierce Creagh in 1837. Occupied by John Hickey at the time of Griffith's Valuation who held the house from Pierce Creagh. The house is no longer extant.
Ballybaun Valued at £12.10 shillings at the time of Griffith's Valuation and occupied by Patrick Cahir senior, who held it from Francis Fitzgerald. It is labelled Ballybaun House on all of the Ordnance Survey maps. A house is still extant at the site.
Kilcarragh The home of the Fitzgerald family in the 18th century. Occupied by Austin Kerin in 1814, the Kerins and Fitzgeralds intermarried in the 18th century. The house was valued at £5.10 shillings at the time of Griffith's Valuation and was occupied by Richard Davis who leased it from Francis Fitzgerald. Demolished in the mid 20th century.
Ballyshanny A house on the McMahon estate occupied by Patrick Killeen at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £11. Located close to the ruins of Ballyshanny Castle it is labelled Ballyshanny House on the 1st and subsequent editions Ordnance Survey maps. Ballyshanny is still extant. Photo of Ballyshanny
Ennistimon House In 1786 Wilson refers to this house at "Innistymond" as the seat of Edward O'Brien. Lewis writes in 1837 that Ennistymon Castle was originally a seat of the O'Brien family, descendants of the Earls of Thomond, but was then the residence of Andrew Finucane. By the time of Griffith's Valuation it had passed into Macnamara possession. The O'Brien, Finucane and Macnamara families had all intermarried. The house was valued at £28 in the mid 19th century and held by Captain Francis Macnamara in fee. It remained in Macnamara ownership until the mid 20th century and has been a hotel for many years. The hotel was the property of Mr Brendan O'Regan in the 1940s. Photo of Ennistimon House
Moymore This house was occupied by a member of the Stackpoole family in 1837. The townland was held by James R. Dunne in the mid 19th century and the house occupied by John B. McNamara. By the mid 1870s Mrs Mary Louisa Ryding was resident at Moymore. Her daughter Louisa married Thomas Kenny and in 1906 Moymore belonged to Thomas H. Kenny. A house is still extant at the site.
Woodmount A home of a branch of the Lysaght family in the late eighteenth and into the nineteenth century. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Lysaght. Christopher Lysaght occupied the house in 1814 and G. F. Lysaght in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation a Christopher Lysaght was residing there and he held the property valued at £6 from George Lysaght.
Kilcornan Originally a Comyn home, by the end of the 18th century Kilcornan was in the possession of the Lysaght family. James Davoren is recorded as resident in 1814. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was valued at £1.5 shillings. It is labelled as Kilcornan House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but is not shown on the later 25-inch edition of the 1890s.
Ballykeel The home of the Lysaght family in the late 18th century. Weir writes that the house was built by George Lysaght who was resident in 1814. Lewis refers to Ballykeale as the seat of the Lysaght family 'now occupied' by Mrs Fitzgerald. The Irish Tourist Association file records that the house became the property of Henry Comerford in 1839. It was unoccupied at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held by Henry Comerford. It passed from him to the Blake Fosters. Francis O'D. Blake Foster was the owner in 1906. Mrs Blake Forster was resident in the 1940s and the Irish Tourist Association file lists the paintings in the house. Photo of Ballykeel
Elmvale Originally an O'Hogan home which passed to the O'Briens through the marriage of Eleanor O'Hogan and Turlough O'Brien. Their son married Margaret Long. She married secondly Cornelius O'Brien of Birchfield. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house valued at £15 was occupied by John O'Brien who held it from Sir Lucius O'Brien. Weir writes that the house was demolished circa 1965. In 1778 and 1786 this house, known as Cross, was occupied by a Lysaght.
Inchiquin Cottage A house on the Marquess of Thomond's estate, valued at £3 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and occupied by the Owens family in the first half of the 19th century.
Clifden This house was the home of the Burton family on the shore of Inchiquin Lough in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Wilson refers to it as the seat of Edward W. Burton in 1786. It was the residence of Lieutenant Colonel Marcus Patterson in the 1870s and in 1906. The house is still extant. Photo of Clifden
Adelphi A house on the Burton estate occupied by the Fitzgerald family and their descendants. The residence of Francis John Fitzgerald in 1814 and of F. and W. Fitzgerald in 1837. Valued at £30 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and occupied by Francis J. Fitzgerald, it passed by marriage to the Wilson-Fitzgerald family. This house was the home of Brian Blood in the mid 20th century. It is still extant. Photo of Adelphi
Riverston Weir writes that John Tymons was resident here in 1799. James Lysaght occupied the house in 1814 and Jonas Studdert in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Riverston was the home of Mrs Anne Bolton who held the house from James Timmins, a minor.
Applevale Neptune Blood of Applevale was the third son of William Blood of Roxton and Ann Chadwick and they lived at Applevale in the late 18th century. Their son William was murdered at Applevale in 1831 by the Terry Alts. Chartres Brew lived in the house in 1814 and George Davis in 1837 and in the 1850s. William Blood's mother was a Davis of Newcastle, county Galway.The house was leased to Michael Houlihan in 1870. This house is now a ruin.
Roxton One of the main homes of the Blood family from the mid 18th century. Wilson refers to it as the seat of W. Blood in 1786. The residence of the Reverend Frederick Blood in 1814, of Thomas Blood in 1837 and held in fee by his son, Frederick William Blood, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. By the 1870s Roxton was the home of William Darling Wilson. In ruins at the end of the 20th century.
Willbrook This house was originally an Adams home, the Adams and Brews intermarried. In 1837 W.A. Brew lived here. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the buildings were valued at £5 and the house was occupied by Austin Moran and held from Lord George Quin. In the early 20th century it was the home of the Corbett family. Weir writes that the house was burnt down during the "Troubles". The present residence which was bought in the mid 20th century by Louis de Brocquy was constructed out of the stables.
Smithstown Both Taylor and Skinner and Lewis refer to Smithstown as a seat of Viscount Powerscourt in 1778 and 1837. John O'Brien held the house and 117 acres from Edward Wingfield Stratford at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Weir writes that the house was demolished by the Land Commission in the 1940s..
Rivoli Weir describes Rivoli as a late 19th century house to which James Shannon's family moved from nearby Derry House in the second half of the 19th century. It was a home of the Hunt family in the early 20th century.
Lismoher Weir writes that this is an 18th century house. It was the home of the Armstrong family. Occupied by Michael Hynes in the 1850s and valued at £4. Hynes held the property from Edmond J. Armstrong. The house is still extant. Photo of Lismoher