Landed Estates
University of Galway

Abbeylands

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 8 houses.

Houses within 5km of Abbeylands

Displaying 8 houses.

House name Description
Ballyroe Lodge Sir Edward Denny was leasing this property to Pierce Chute at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £17 15s. Bary writes that it was built by Pierce Chute, possibly in 1836, according to O'Donovan. The Chutes continued in residence until the late nineteenth century after which it had a succession of owners. It now forms part of the Ballyroe Heights Hotel complex. Photo of Ballyroe Lodge
Listrim House Sir Edward Denny was leasing Listrim House to Robert Fortune at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12 10s. In the 1830s the Ordnance Survey Name Books record that it was the residence of Henry Oliver by whom it was supposedly erected in 1836. It is now a ruin.
Lisadale Lodge John Busteed was leasing Lisadale Lodge from William Howard at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £6 10s. The Ordnance Survey Name Books record it as the residence of William Howard, by whom it was supposedly built, in 1836. Bary writes that the house may have been a hunting lodge. It is now ruinous.
Ardfert Abbey William T. Crosbie was in possession of Ardfert Abbey at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £62. Lewis, writing in 1837 and Leet, in 1814, note the house as the residence of the Earl of Glandore.It was the home of Lt-Col. John Darnley Talbot Crosbie in 1894. In 1906 it was the property of L.T Crosbie and valued at £66. Bary writes that the original house built here by the Crosbies was destroyed in the 1641 rebellion and another erected in the early 18th century. The Ordnance Survey Name Books quote the inscription relating to the original house from 1635. It remained the residence of the family until the late nineteenth century when it passed to John Talbot, whose son, William Talbot-Crosbie, then inherited. The house was burnt during the Civil War in 1922 and only the elaborate entrance gate remains.. Photo of Ardfert Abbey
Sackville House William T. Crosbie was leasing this property to Sarah Heck at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £22 10s. Lewis records it as the property of the Crosbie family but resided in by Rev. R. Maunsell in 1837. Leet, in 1814, noted Sackville as the residence of John Saunders. In 1786, Wilson mentions Sackville " a very neat house, newly erected" as the seat of Rev. Thomas Graves, Dean of Ardfert. In 1906 it was the property of L.T. Crosbie and valued at £25. Bary states that Sackville was built by Thomas Graves, dean of Ardfert, in 1788, as there was no Glebe house there. It was named for Diana Sackville, wife of John Crosbie, second Earl of Glandore. It was leased by the Crosbies or lived in by one of the family for much of the nineteenth century. It was sold in the twentieth century and demolished in the 1950s.
Tubrid House George Gunn was leasing this property to Henry Hilliard at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £22 10s. Lewis recorded Tubrid as the seat of J. O'Connell.The Ordnance Survey Name Books indicate that this townland was owned by John O'Connell of Grenagh, Killarney and that John Sullivan of Tubrid was his agent in the 1830s. The house was occupied by Capt. Henry Hilliard at that time. In 1814, Leet noted the house as the seat of Townsend Gunn. Bary states that Tubrid House was built by the Crosbie family in the mid-eighteenth century and resided in by several generations of that family. The late eighteenth century owner, John G. Crosbie, was involved in a duel in which Sir Barry Denny was killed. A year later Crosbie himself died in mysterious circumstances. The house afterwards was owned by the Gunn and Hewson families. It is no longer extant.
Banna House Robert E. Stokes was leasing this property from the Earl of Listowel's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £11. Bary writes that it was built by Oliver Stokes in 1815. It was demolished many years ago.
Fortwilliam Thomas B. Hurley was leasing this property from the Talbot-Crosbie estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £18 10s Lewis records the house in Killahan parish when he notes that it as belonging to the representatives of the late W. Collis in 1837. Leet states that William Fitzgerald was resident at Fortwilliam in 1814. . Bary writes that, according to O'Donovan, this house was built by William Collis in 1798. It is no longer extant.