Landed Estates
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Benada

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 6 houses.

Houses within 5km of Benada

Displaying 6 houses.

House name Description
Cloonbarry At the time of Griffith's Valuation Cloonbarry was occupied by George Knox and was valued at £27.It was offered for sale in July 1866 by Roger Dodwell Robinson, when it was described as "an excellent dwelling house, erected by the owner's father at an expense of £2000". In 1906 Henry McCarrick was the owner of buildings at Cloonbarry, barony of Leyny, valued at £22. McTernan states that it had fallen into disrepair by the 1950s and was subsequently demolished.
Carns Lodge In 1906 Lord Harlech's estate was the owner of buildings valued at £18 at Carns, parish of Kilmacteige. . McTernan notes the house as Carns Lodge, which he says was built in the late 1850s as a gamekeeper's house. It is still extant and occupied.
Ballyara or Ballyhara The original Ballyara Castle was formerly associated with the O'Hara family. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Patrick Mullarkey was leasing a building valued at £3 at Ballyara, barony of Leyny, from the Ffolliott estate.
Drummartin At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Drummartin House was being leased by Joseph McCarthy, MD, from Caleb Digby. It was valued at £12. In the 1870s it is recorded as the address of Mrs. Mullarkey. The sale notice of June 1885 indicates that it was a modern house erected at a cost of over £2000 and the main tenant was William Evans.
Carns (Kilmacteige) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Henry McCarrick was leasing a property valued at £14 in the village of Aclare (Carns townland), from the estate of William Evans. A shooting lodge is marked in this townland on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s.
Rathmagurry House The 1st edition OS map indicates Rathmagurry House at Rathmagurry in Achonry Parish. At the time of Griffith's Valuation William Gawley was leasing a herd's house valued at £2 from the Knox estate at this location. The house is no longer extant.