Ashgrove

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Ashgrove

Displaying 11 houses.

House name	Description
Glenastar Cottage	Occupied by William Osward circa 1840 and described as a large house of 2 storeys. Held by William R. Yeilding in fee at the beginning of the 1850s and valued at £7.5 shillings. The residence of Richard M. Yielding in 1814.
Glenville	The Massys lived at Glenville from the 1760s. The present house was built by William Massy in 1808. William Massey was resident in 1814, J. Massey in 1837 and William Massy in the early 1850s. William Massy held the house valued at almost £14 from Stephen Creagh. The house came into the possession of the Langford family, relations of the Massys in the early 20th century and they were still resident there in the 1970s.
Dromin	This house was the home of Nicholas Meade in 1837 and of his representatives in the early 1850s. It was located on the Devon estate and was valued at £13. It is still extant and occupied.
Cloonyscrehane	This house, located on the Devon estate, was valued at £12 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and was the residence of Patrick Candon. A house and farm are still extant at the site.
Cullenagh	This house, situated on the outskirts of Newcastle West, was the home of Patrick Griffin in 1814 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Valued at £27 it was held from the trustees of the Earl of Devon. The house remained until the mid 20th century but is no longer extant and a large industrial complex exists to the rear of the site.
Woodlawn	A house on the Devon estate occupied by George Bolster, medical doctor, at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £11+. Woodlawn was the residence of R. Cart in 1837. It is still extant.
Newcastle	The original Fitzgerald castle was granted to the Courtenay family in 1591. The Castle was occupied by David Mahony and his son, Pierce Mahony, in the mid 18th century. Bence Jones writes that the residence of the Earls of Devon in county Limerick was a house of nine bays in the castle precincts. It was held by them in fee and valued at £55 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This house was occupied by the agent to the Devon estate. Slater describes it as Courtenay Castle in 1894 when it was occupied by Charles Curling. In 1910 it was bought by the Curling family who had been agents and was burnt in 1922. The Castle remained in the possession of the Curlings until the 1940s.
Garryduff	This house was the residence of David Hayes in 1814. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by the representatives of William Leake [a Limerick solicitor], who held the property from Robert Maunsell. The buildings were valued at £10+. Recorded as untenanted at the time of the sale in 1853, a lithograph of the house is included in the sale rental.
Castleview	Occupied by Brian Sheehy in 1814 and by Thomas Locke in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Castleview was the residence of the Rev Robert M. Rodwell, the buildings were valued at £30. Birthplace of William John Locke Travers in 1819, a New Zealand lawyer, politican and naturalist, see http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/T/TraversWilliamThomasLocke/TraversWilliamThomasLocke/en
Glenastar	Glenster was occupied by Samuel Upton in 1814 and by J.U. Upton in 1837. Described at the time of the first Ordnance Survey as a small thatched house of one storey, the residence of John Upton. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the townland of Glenastar was held by the representatives of John Upton. The highest value on any house in the townland was £1.15 shillings and it was held by them in fee. A house is still extant at Glenastar.
Ballynabearna	Occupied by William J. Upton in 1814 and by W. Upton in 1837. This house was valued at £2 in the early 1850s and held by John Upton from Sir Robert Bateson. the building labelled Ballynabearna House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map is not the same as the house on the later 25-inch map of the 1890s. Buildings are still extant at the site.