Glenbeigh Towers
Houses within 15km of this house
Displaying 21 houses.
Houses within 15km of Glenbeigh Towers
Displaying 21 houses.
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Killorglin Glebe | Rev. Robert Denny was leasing Killorglin Glebe to Rev. William de Moelyns at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £16. The site now appears to be occupied by agricultural buildings. | |
Bunnanier | Francis Bland held a house valued at almost £4 together with 500 acres at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. Bary states that it was built in the late 1830s, probably as a shooting lodge. The Ordnance Survey Name Books describe it as "a handsome cottage". The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage consider it as a Glebe House. It is still extant. | |
Ballintermon House | At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, Timothy Moriarty was leasing a property valued at almost £6 from the Earl of Cork’s estate. The Ordnance Survey Name Books of the 1830s mention that the house was built by Timothy Moriarty in 1820. Bary states that this is an ancient house, associated with the Moriarty family for many years. It is still extant. In the same townland Timothy Griffin was leasing Manor Court House [Q602022] from the Moriartys. It is described as "in ruins" on the 1st edition OS map and was valued at £1 15s in 1852. | |
Redcliff Lodge / Foildarrig | At the time of Griffith’s Valuation James Hickson held a property, valued at over £21, at Brackloon.On the 1st edition OS map it is labelled Foildarrig. By 1895 it had become known as Red Cliff. Bary states that Hickson built it as a summer residence when he worked as the agent for Lord Landsdowne. It was later owned by the Catholic church and more recently operated as a guesthouse. In 2003 it was offered for sale. | |
Brackloon House | At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, James Hickson was leasing this house, valued at £10, to James Moriarty. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map this property is labelled "hotel". In 1786 Wilson refers to "Bracklow-Inn" on this road. |
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Gortmaloon | James Breen was leasing a house valued at £8 15s along with 500 acres from the Landsdowne estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. The building is no longer extant. | |
Glencar Hotel | John Breen was leasing a house valued at £7 5s along with almost 200 acres from the Landsdowne estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s, the building in this townland is labelled Glencar Hotel, which is still the name it is known by today. The hotel history indicates the property may initially been used as a hunting lodge for the Landsdowne estate. See www.glencarhouse.com. |
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Annadale | Lewis refers to Anadale as the seat of C. Colter in 1837. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, Henry Blennerhassett was leasing a house at Annadale, parish of Killorglin, valued at £11 10s from a Mr. Thompson. Bary states that this is likely to be Peter Thompson whose wife was a Blennerhassett. The house is still extant though possibly not inhabited. | |
Mount Rivers (Killorglin) | This property at Annagarry is mentioned by Lewis in 1837 and Leet in 1814 as a residence of R. Blennerhassett, though the latter refers to the house as Mount Rivers. It is named on the 1st edition OS Map as Mount Rivers. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation it was being leased by Robert Blennerhassett but was in the Court of Chancery. It was then valued at £17 15s. Bary states that there is no trace of it now. | |
Ballynakilly | Lady Anne Headley was leasing this property, valued at £6 5s,to Andrew Talbot at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Farm buildings still exist at the site. | |
Curra Mill | Lady Anne Headley was leasing a property valued at £16, including a mill, to Francis Turies, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Though it appears on the 1st edition Ordnance survey map the mill is not shown on the 25-inch editon Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s and the West Kerry branch line of the Great Southern & Western Railway is very close to the site. | |
Inchareagh Lodge | Andrew Talbot was leasing this property, valued at £16 5s, from Lady Anne Headley, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Bary states that the Eager family had resided here until the early nineteenth century. Later it became the residence of one of Lady Headley's employees. It now forms a complex of buildings, some of which are modern and some much older. | |
Lickeen | James O'Connell was leasing Lickeen House, valued at £11 15s, to Francis Newton at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Bary states that the second of two houses at this site was built by Francis Newton in the mid-nineteenth century but that the original Lickeen House is much older. Later the Eager family lived here. Lickeen House is still extant and occupied. | |
Kells House or Hollymount Cottage | Roland Blennerhassett was leasing this property to Richard Blennerhassett at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £5 15s. Bary states that he built the original house here in the 1830s which he called Hollymount Cottage. It later became known as Kells House and continued in the Blennerhassett family until the twentieth century. In 1906 it was the property of Rowland Blennerhassett and valued at £5 15s. It has had a number of owners since and is now a successful plant nursery with gardens open to the public. see www.kellsgardens.ie. | |
Caragh Lodge | Edward Denny was leasing this property to Oliver Stokes at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £7 15s. Bary states that the Stokes family were resident here for several generations. The original house was demolished in the early twentieth century and a new house built by Lady Gordon, a descendent of the Stokes, which was called Ard-na-Sidhe. It is now a hotel. See www.ardnasidhe.com. A Landed Estates Court sale notice dated 1873 indicates that Robert G. Ramsden had leased 70 acres from the Denny estate and built a property called Castle Carragh, originally run as a hotel, in this townland. |
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Buncar House | The representatives of Rev. Denis Mahony were leasing this property to John O'Dowd at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £9 15s. Bary states that the Mahonys may orginally have built the house as a hunting lodge, perhaps at the beginning of the nineteenth century. It was enlarged several times afterwards and had several different owners. It is still extant though in need of renovation. | |
Callanafersy House A | Robert Leeson was leasing Callanafersy House to Ephraim Williams at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12 5s. Bary indicates that this house was leased by the Williams family and probably had been built by them earlier in the nineteenth century. It is still extant and occupied. | |
Callanafersy House | Richard J. Leeson-Marshall built Callanafersy House around 1861 and the family continued to own the house until well into the twentieth century. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Altavilla | Robert Rae was the owner of this property at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £5 5s. It is named as Altavilla on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. In 1837 Lewis refers to Ardmoniel Cottage, the seat of R. Rae, but also to Altavilla, residence of J. Morrogh. Bary mentions that Altavilla was associated with the Morrogh family. It was later the residence of the Dodd family and is still extant. | |
Reeks View | Rev. William de Moleyns was leasing this property from Lord Ventry's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £4 15s, on a holding of 140 acres. It appears on the 1893 edition of the Ordnance Survey map as Reeks View. It is still extant. | |
Kilmurry (Corkaguiny) | In 1906 Lord Ventry's estate owned this property valued at £6 5s.At the time of Griffith's Valuation, much of the property in this townland was held by Thompson, Lord Ventry's agent. A house valued at £1 4s was being leased from them by Richard Searl and another, together with 48 acres, by Laurence Sullivan. The coastguard station was also located there. . |