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Towerhill

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 10 houses.

Houses within 5km of Towerhill

Displaying 10 houses.

House name Description
Linfield This house was the residence of Darby O'Grady in 1837 and the early 1850s. He held it from the Lloyd Apjohn family who subsequently lived in it. Sold by the Lloyd Apjohns following the death of Michael Marshall Lloyd Apjohn in 1895. This house was a ruin until recently renovated and is now inhabited. Photo of Linfield
Portnard Located on the Stafford O'Brien estate and occupied by the Reverend Rickard Lloyd in the mid 19th century, when the buildings were valued at £27. Miss Catherine Lloyd was the last Lloyd occupant. The property was sold 1910-1913. Photo of Portnard
Eyon The Ordnance Survey Name Book records this house as costing £500 to build in 1838 when it became the seat of Mr Richard Laffan. The house valued at £12+ at the time of Griffith's Valuation, was occupied by Richard Laffan, a dairy farmer. Laffan held the property from Edward B. Hartopp. ''Burke's Irish Family Records'' records Edward Lloyd of Eyon in the mid 18th century.
Dromkeen In the early 1850s John Hussey de Burgh lived in this house, situated near the old home of the Burgh family, also named Dromkeen. He held the property in fee. The buildings were valued at £19+. By 1906 Dromkeen was valued at £10.
Dromkeen House Fitzgerald refers to the old mansion of the Burghs as standing opposite the old walls of a church. Lewis refers to Dromkeen as "formerly the residence of the Burgh family" then occupied by the Reverend M. Lloyd, and that "the remains of the ancient mansion show it to have been an extensive and important establishment". A house at this site was occupied by Henry Croker at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £34. It was held from Robert Smithwick. The Ordnance Survey Name Book refers to this house as William's Fort and states that it first belonged to the Burgh family and was rebuilt in 1820. Valued at £17 in 1906 and occupied by Digby H. De Burgh. Photo of Dromkeen House
Mountsion Occupied by Robert Bradshaw in 1814 and by Helenus White in the early 1850s. The buildings were valued at almost £9 and were held in fee.
Mount Catherine A house on the Lloyd Apjohn estate, the home of the Smithwick family from about the mid 18th century and occupied by Michael Smithwick in the early 1850s, when the house was valued at £24. The Smithwicks of Mount Catherine and the Lloyd Apjohns were related through at least one marriage. Photo of Mount Catherine
Sunville Sun-Ville, Pallas-Green was the residence of Thomas Apjohn at the end of the 18th century and of John Ryan esquire in 1814. In the early 1850s it was occupied by Thomas Kearney and held from Michael Apjohn. The buildings were valued at £33. Thomas Kearney was County Surveyor for the East Riding of county Limerick, 1837-1862 and for Limerick city 1852-1853. His daughter Olivia married in 1854 Michael Marshall Lloyd Apjohn of Linfield. see http://www.dia.ie/architects/view/2903. It is still extant. Photo of Sunville
Landscape The Reverend M. Lloyd Apjohn was the occupier of this house at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held it in fee and it was valued at £21. The original house is not extant and a modern building has been constructed at the site in this century.
Castle Garde The seat of Hugh M. O'Grady at the time of Griffith's Valuation, held by him in fee. Powell writes in his list of Jurors that it was built by Hugh's father the Honourable Waller O'Grady circa 1830. Valued at £38 in 1906. It is still extant. Photo of Castle Garde