Finniterstown

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 13 houses.

Houses within 5km of Finniterstown

Displaying 13 houses.

House name	Description
Curraghbridge	Located on the Bury estate and home of a branch of the Fosbery family for much of the 18th and 19th centuries. Taylor and Skinner record the occupant as the Reverend Mr Westrop in the late 1770s. ''Burke's Irish Family Records'' records Thomas Westropp of Curraghbridge, father of the Reverend Thomas Westropp rector of Doonass. The residence of G. Fosbery in 1814 and in 1837. Described circa 1840 as in good repair and comprised of 4 storeys. Occupied by Samuel Dixon Power in the early 1850s who held the house and 197 acres from George Fosbery. It was later occupied by S.D. Power's son-in-law, Edmond Langley Hunt. A house is still extant at this site.
Currah Chase	This was an 18th century house with early 19th additions, home of the Hunt/De Vere/ Vere O'Brien family. In 1906 it was valued at £57 and was occupied by Henrietta L. De Vere. Bought by the Forestry Department in the 1940s the house was destroyed by fire in 1949.
Hollywood	Occupied by James Raymond in 1814 this house became the residence of a junior branch of the Castle Hewson family. The home of James Hewson at the time of Griffith's Valuation who held the property valued at £17+ from Henry Fitzgerald.
Clonshire	Occupied by George Fosberry in 1814 and by J. Dickson in 1837. This one storey house was described as a ''comfortable slated cottage built in 1812 by the present occupier Col. John Dickson'' [brother of the Reverend Richard]. This house, valued at £22 at the time of Griffith's Valuation, was occupied by Samuel D. Power who held it from John Pigott. Clonshire is now the location of a large equestrian centre. Owned by the Greenall family, Lord Daresbury, in the 20th century. [The Greenalls also bought Mount Coote].
Ballinvira	Ballinvira was occupied by Thomas Fitzgerald in 1814 and by Gerald Browne Fitzgerald in 1837. The residence of William Power in the mid 19th century, held from Henry Fitzgerald and valued at £12.
Ballyknockane	The home of the Scanlan family from at least 1814 when Michael Scanlan was resident. Occupied by William Scanlan at the time of Griffith's Valuation, held by him in fee and valued at £25+. In 1906 William Scanlan held 145 acres of untenanted land and a mansion valued at £22 at Ballyknockane. Residence of Miss Reynolds in 1944.
Ballynakill	A house on the Pigott estate, burnt by the insurgents on 24 February 1822 according to Fitzgerald as it had been converted into a soldiers' barrack. It was occupied by Richard Pierce Power in the early 1850s and valued at £14.
Adare Manor	Early 18th century house replaced by a Tudor-Revivalist style building in the mid 19th century, the home of the Quin family and Earls of Dunraven. In 1786 Wilson describes the original house as "a very noble structure with fine and extensive demesnes". At the time of Griffith's Valuation valued at £130 and in 1906 the buildings at Adare Manor were valued at £182. Now functions as a hotel.
Kilbeg Lodge	The seat of John Scanlan circa 1840 and of Sarah Scanlan in the early 1850s, held from William Scanlan and valued at £14. In 1906 occupied by William Scanlan and valued at £10.
Castleroberts	Occupied by Michael Cantlow [Cantillon] in 1814 and by John Heffernan Cantillon at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from Edward B. Hartopp. The buildings were valued at £13+. A farmyard is visible at the site now.
Dunnaman	Matthew O'Flaherty held buildings valued at £13+ and 219 acres from James D. Lyons at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Grid Reference is approximate.
Ballylin	Michael Smith was living at Ballylin, Rathkeale, in 1814 and R. Smith in 1837.
Smithfield	Originally a Aylmer residence, later leased by the Smith family. The house was occupied by Richard Smith in 1814 and by R. Smith in 1837, later in the possession of the Fergusons. A 3 storey hand drawn house is depicted on the sale rental map of the Aylmer estate. Smithfield House is now the centre of a working farm run by the Lowe family and offers Bed and Breakfast accommodation.