Landed Estates
University of Galway

Elm Hill

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 10 houses.

Houses within 5km of Elm Hill

Displaying 10 houses.

House name Description
Cahermoyle/Cahirmoyle The present house was built in the early 1870s by Edward O'Brien, son of William Smith O'Brien replacing an earlier house which was the home of his grandmother the Dowager Lady O'Brien in the early 1850s. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book states that Cahermoyle was held from Lord Southwell. The house was valued at £81+ in 1906 and sold by the O'Briens in 1919. In 1988 Cahermoyle and 200 acres were offered for sale by the Oblate Fathers who had had a Novitate there since the early 20th century. The house is now a nursing home. Photo of Cahermoyle/Cahirmoyle
Glenville The Massys lived at Glenville from the 1760s. The present house was built by William Massy in 1808. William Massey was resident in 1814, J. Massey in 1837 and William Massy in the early 1850s. William Massy held the house valued at almost £14 from Stephen Creagh. The house came into the possession of the Langford family, relations of the Massys in the early 20th century and they were still resident there in the 1970s. Photo of Glenville
Cloghanarold This house was the residence of J. Fitzgerald Massey in 1837 and of Hugh H. Massy in the mid 19th century. The house was valued at £18 and held from John Pigott. Photo of Cloghanarold
Riddlestown Park The seat of a branch of the Blennerhassett family, built circa 1730, it passed by inheritance to the Knight of Glin. In 1786 Wilson wrote that it was was the seat of Mr. Blennerhasset. Described by Lewis in 1837 as ''the ancient mansion of Gerald Blennerhassett'' on the banks of the Deel. It was held in fee by Gerald Blennerhasset at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £22. Passed to the Knight of Glin in the early 20th century and then sold. It is still extant. Photo of Riddlestown Park
Castle Matrix In 1837 Lewis writes that the flour mill at Castle Matrix ''has been fitted up by the proprietor J. Southwell Brown esq in the most complete manner'' and that the Elizabethan square castle was being repaired. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book records Castlematrix as a large 2 storey house ''with a new castle 6 stories high adjoining''. John S. Brown held Castle Matrix from Lord Southwell. In the mid 19th century the buildings including the flour mills were valued at £90. In the 1853 sale rental which includes a lithograph, the castle is described as having been repaired and added to "regardless of expense. There are 9 bedrooms in the Castle, besides dressing closets, bathrooms, water closets, a large dining room, drawing room and library with extensive suites of servants' apartments, and the entire fitted up in elegant and substanial style". Castle Matrix was the headquarters of the International Institute of Military History and of the Heraldy Society of Ireland until 1991. Photo of Castle Matrix
Court Lodge Described as a small lodge, the residence of Tobias Delmege at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. Occupied by Pierce Brown and held from Lord Southwell at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £10. This house is now the home of a dairy farmer. Photo of Court Lodge
Kilscannell Occupied by Richard Condon in the 1830s. Located on the estate of Lady O'Brien circa 1840 this was a large house of two stories with offices but in a state of bad repair and unoccupied. It was still vacant at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held by Pierce Brown.
Chesterfield Occupied by Maurice P. O. [P]helan in 1814 and by Major Sullivan in 1837. Held from the Major's representatives in the early 1850s and occupied by Francis Brown. The buildings were valued at £18. There is a modern house at the site but the stableyard and farm buildings still survive. Photo of Chesterfield
Moyveedy A house on the Devon estate valued at £10 and occupied by Thomas Fitzgerald in the early 1850s. The house is still extant and part of a large farm. Photo of Moyveedy
Knockaderry Knockaderry was the seat of a branch of the Evans family in the 19th century. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. D'Arcy. It was occupied by Thomas D'Arcy Evans in 1814. Lewis refers to it as the "ancient seat of the D’Arcy family", the present residence of T.D’Arcy Evans. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it appears to have been in use as an auxillary work house, valued at £35. Knockaderry was held from the Jephson family and a lithograph of the house is included in the Jephson sale rental of 1851. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association surveyor writes that the house was not well kept and was "rapidly falling to pieces". He also records the house as the birthplace of Mary Lady Heath, an early female pilot. Photo of Knockaderry