Loughgur Castle
Houses within 5km of this house
Displaying 12 houses.
Houses within 5km of Loughgur Castle
Displaying 12 houses.
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Cahercorney | Not named on the the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, this house was the residence of Henry Croker at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was valued at £10+ and was held from John Croker. Earlier, in 1786, Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. White. A farm is extant at this site now. | |
Grange Hill | Leet records Grange-Hill as the residence of Edward Croker in 1814. Edward John Croker was resident at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. It was a residence of the Count De Salis at the time Griffith's Valuation. The Count held it in fee and the buildings were valued at £27. The Count was still the occupier of Grange in 1906. Owned by Colonel and Mrs Galloway in 1942. The house is now known as Loughgur. |
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The Grange | The home of the Grady/O'Grady family in the 18th and 19th century. In 1786 Wilson describes it as "the beautiful and well-improved seat of Standish O'Grady". It was inherited by the Crokers in 1861. Occupied by Standish [O'] Grady in 1814 and Henry O'Grady in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The buildings were valued at £77 and the property was held in fee. In 1894 it was noted by Slater as the seat of Captain Edward Croker. This house was described as in very good repair even though it had not been occupied for a number of years preceding the Irish Tourist Association survey of 1942. The house is now a ruin. |
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Rawleystown Court | Lewis writes that "in the parish of Cahercorney are the remains of Raleighstown, an ancient building erected by the uncle of Sir Walter and afterwards the property of the Croker family, who built a splendid house here, now in ruins". The Ordnance Survey Name Book states that the house was built about 75 years previously by the Crokers and that it was afterwards sold to one of the workmen employed in building it who immediately destroyed it. In 1786 Wilson refers to "Rawlen's-town/Rawleigh's-town" as a seat of the Croker family. The first Ordnance Survey map marks the house as a ruin. | |
Kilballyowen | In 1786 Wilson refers to Kilballyowen as the seat of Mr. O'Grady. This was the main seat of the O'Grady family, described by Lewis as a "handsome modern building" circa 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the buildings were valued at £41. By 1906 they were valued at £70 and the property was still in the possession of 'The O'Grady'. The Irish Tourist Association surveyor lists the types of artifacts, paintings etc to be found in this home of Madam O'Grady in 1942. The house was demolished post 1968. |
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Cahir Guillamore | The seat of the O'Grady family from the mid 18th century acquired through marriage with a member of the Hayes family. Held by the Viscount Guillamores in fee and valued at £50 in the early 1850s. Viscount Guillamore was recorded as the occupier in 1906 when the house was valued at £48. The Irish Tourist Association surveyor in 1942 refers to this house as been unused since 1922 when the estate was divided by the Land Commission. All the fittings has been removed and only the shell of the house remained. The house is now a ruin. |
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Caherelly Castle/Coole House | Lewis refers to Mrs Furnell’s residence as "a neat building in the cottage style" situated near Longford bridge. The substantial house marked at this location on the first Ordnance Survey map is named Caherelly Castle but on later maps is recorded as Coole House. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book call it Cahir Elly Castle or Coole House. It was valued at £30 and occupied by Michael Furnell who held it in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This house may have been known as Caherelly Grange in the last decades of the 19th century (see ''Burke's Irish Family Records''). The house is no longer extant but the outbuildings still remain. | |
Caherelly Cottage/Caherelly Castle | A plaque records the building of this house in 1800 by William Hannan. Lewis refers to the residence of Mr Hannan in well planted grounds. The Ordnance Field Name Book refers to Cahir Elly Cottage as the residence of William Hannan. Marked as Caherelly Cottage on the first Ordnance Survey map, this house was located close to the ruins of an old castle and is now known as Caherelly Castle. Valued at £12 in the early 1850s and occupied by Michael Furnell who held it in fee. It later became the home of Michael Furnell's brother Frederick, an army surgeon. David O'Shaughnessy's interest in this house was advertised for sale in October 1853. |
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Friarstown (Grange) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation this house was held from James Kelly by James H. Barry, the buildings were valued at £12. In 1906 Bazil R. Kelly held about 400 acres of untenanted land and buildings valued at £12 at Friarstown. This house is still extant. |
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Ballynamona | A small property known as Quarryfield Cottage occupied this site at the time of the First Ordnance Survey. The property here was the home of George Vandeleur in the 1870s. On the later 25-inch map of the 1890s a much larger property, labelled Ballynamona House, is shown. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Ballynanty | Ballynauty was the residence of Mrs Creed in 1837 and of Charles W. Smith in the early 1850s. He held the property from the Trustess of Charles Smith and the buildings were valued at £37 Still recorded by Slater as a Smith property in 1894. . The original house is not extant. | |
Rockbarton | Also known as Mount Prospect, Fitzgerald describes Mount Prospect as the "magnificent seat and demesne of the present Chief Baron". Lewis describes Rockbarton as the "elegant mansion of Lord Guillamore". It was occupied by John Low at the time of Griffith's Valuation who held it from the Viscount. It was valued at £75. By 1906 the value of the house was reduced to £60 and it was then occupied by Lord Fermoy. The Irish Tourist Association surveyor records the sale of this house to Mr Barry in 1922. It remained in his possession until it was demolished in 1941 and the fittings sold to a Limerick builder. He writes that it was one of the "showplaces of Ireland" with a grand staircase of marble and that it had been renovated at a cost of £70,000 circa 1912 by the Honourable Nigel Baring who was married to a daughter of Lord Fermoy.The house is now a ruin. |