Dollas Upper

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 13 houses.

Houses within 5km of Dollas Upper

Displaying 13 houses.

House name	Description
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.
Liskennet	Nicholas Monckton of Liskennet made his will in 1721. Patrick Heffernan lived at Liskennet in 1814 and Roger Sheehy circa 1840. In the 1850s the house was ccupied by Francis S. Walker, valued at £15+ and held from John Anster, Trinity College Dublin and Ellen Heffernan. The sale rental of the Walker/Anster estate in 1873 refers to Lots 1 and 2 as formerly part of the estate of Michael Heffernan of Camas. By the 1870s Liskennet was in the possession of the Conyers family. The old stable block is still extant but the house is a modern structure.
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.
Kilmore	Brian de Breffny writes that the back section of Kilmore House is part of the 17th century house built by the Moncktons. The front part was built by the Tuthills in the mid 18th century. George Tuthill purchased the house from Edward Monckton in 1737. The Tuthills had previously held it on lease. Occupied by Thomas Lynch in 1814 and by Colonel William Jones in the early 1850s, when the property was held from Elizabeth Tuthill and valued at £15. In 1906 Kilmore was the residence of Anne Isabel O'Grady. This house is still extant and occupied.
Cherrygrove	Cherrygrove was the home of Edward Cripps in 1814 and of J. Barry in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Edward John Sheehy who held the property from Robert Harding. The buildings were valued at £21+. The Misses Sheedy were still in residence in the 1940s. A building is still extant at the site.
Belview/Bellevue	A home of the Yielding family, occupied by Richard M. Yielding in 1814 and 1837 and by Timothy Hartigan who held the property from James Barry at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The buildings were valued at £13 at that time. Bought by the Delmeges in the early 1850s. The original house is not extant.
Carass Court	''Burke's Irish Family Records'' states that Jeffrey Browning purchased Carass Court, from Lord Carbery. Leet records Jeffrey Browning as the proprietor of Carass Park in 1814. Jeffrey/Geoffrey Browning was married to Frances, sister of Sir David Roche, 1st Baronet. By the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas Wise Browning was the occupier and he held the property, valued at £50, from Sir David Roche. The Brownings were still resident at Carass Court in the 1940s but the house was later demolished.
Croom House	Croom House was the home of the Lyons family in the 18th and 19th centuries. The house of James D. Lyons was valued at £48 in the early 1850s and he had a flour mill valued at £75 closeby. He held the property from John Croker. Described in 1943 by the Irish Tourist Association surveyor as a beautiful mansion on the left bank of the Maigue river, it was then in use as a military post. The house is still extant and occupied.
Islandmore	Tooreen, located just south of the town of Croom, was the residence of James D. Lyons in 1814 and 1837. By the early 1850s this house, then known as Islandmore, was occupied by Robert Maxwell, valued at £60 and held from Miss Catherine Giles. It later became the home of the Kelly family and Slater refers to it as the seat of John Roche-Kelly in 1894. Colonel Basil Roche Kelly was resident at the time of the Irish Tourist Association survey of 1943. The surveyor wrote that the house was originally Georgian but had suffered many alterations.
Croom Castle	Originally a Fitzgerald Castle, subsequently granted to the Duke of Richmond who sold it to John Croker in 1721. Reverend Fitzgerald writes that Croker was agent to the Duke. A residence was built with some of the stone from the old castle. Situated on the outskirts of the town of Croom this house was occupied by Samuel A. Dickson in the mid 19th century who held it from the Crokers. The buildings were valued at £30. Sold in the late 1880s to the Lyons family and bought by Michael Corry in 1936. Now functions as self catering accommodation. see http://www.croomcastle.com/history.html
Glenbevan	Lewis records J. Bevan as the proprietor of Glen-Bevan in 1837 and Joseph Bevan occupied the house and 173 acres at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The property was located on the Evans estate. The residence of Mr John Hedderman in 1943, this house is still extant and occupied.
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.
Carrigeen	John Christy held a house valued at £21 and 513 acres at Carrigeen from the Earl of Dunraven at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A modern farm is extant at the site now.