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Ballynort

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 9 houses.

Houses within 5km of Ballynort

Displaying 9 houses.

House name Description
Castletown The main residence of the Waller family in the 18th and 19th centuries, now demolished. The house was valued at £80 in the early 1850s when it was the residence of the Reverend William Waller. By 1906 its value was reduced to £72.5 shillings and it was occupied by the Reverend John Thomas Waller who was also resident in 1894. The surveyor for the Irish Tourist Association Survey in 1944 refers to the house being recently levelled to the ground.
Bushyisland This house was the residence of Peter Lowe in 1814 and in 1837. John Peppard MD was the occupier at the time of the first Ordnance Survey and of Griffith's Valuation. He held the property from Bolton Waller and had converted the house into an asylum.
Ballysteen Home of the Westropp family in the 18th and 19th centuries and occupied by Colonel John Westropp in 1814. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Books circa 1840 state that John Westropp built the house in 1809 on the site of the former house. By 1837 it had passed to his nephew Edmond Odell who had assumed the name Westropp. Ballysteen valued at £40 was held by Edmund Westropp in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation and in 1906 by Richard Westropp when its value had increased to almost £45. Photo of Ballysteen
Glenagaureen The Ordnance Survey Field Name Books circa 1840 record an unoccupied house named Glenagordon in Ballysteen, built 1826 by Edmund Odell Westropp. A vacant house valued at £16 and held by Edmund Westropp was recorded in Griffith's Valuation for Ballysteen.
Milltown The Reverend Champagne was resident at Milltown from at least 1837. He is recorded as the occupier of this house in the early 1850s when he held the house valued at £28 from the Reverend Tyrell Evans.
Holly Park In 1786 Wilson describes Holly Park as "the seat of Richard Taylor, it is very commodious and well-situated, having convenient offices and extensive demesnes". Lewis writes that Holly Park was the ancient residence of the Taylor family "now the property of Sir Aubrey de Vere". However Griffith's Valuation records Richard Taylor holding Holly Park in the early 1850s in fee. It was valued at £36. In 1894, Slater referred to it as the seat of George Taylor and in 1906 George Taylor held 277 acres of untenanted land and a mansion house valued at £34 at Currahchase North. Sold by the Taylors in 1939. Feheney writes that the son of Tom Clarke, one of the leaders executed in 1916, bought Holly Park from the Land Commission in the 1940s. The home of John Philip Cohane in the 1970s who had restored the house after a fire. It is still extant.
Ballynacourty A house occupied by Thomas Davenport from at least 1837. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Books circa 1840 state that the house was built by John Evans "about 90 years" previously. It was two storeys high. The house was valued at £15 in the early 1850s and was held from Daniel D. Power. The house is still extant and now owned by John Feheney. For more information see www.iverusresearchfoundation.com (See ‘Research Notes’, Ballinacourty House). Photo of Ballynacourty
Castle Hewson The seat of the Hewson family of county Limerick. William Hewson was in residence at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £23. Castle Hewson is no longer occupied but William Hewson, a descendant of George Hewson, resides in a building closeby and is restoring the property. A tower house stands beside the house. Photo of Castle Hewson
Inchirourke More The residence of Hunt Esq in the 1770s and in 1786. Occupied by Edward Hunt in 1814. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Robert Hunt held the house, valued at £6.5 shillings, and over 500 acres in the townland of Askeaton from Sir Matthew Blakiston. It is still extant. Photo of Inchirourke More