Dromdaleague House

Houses within 10km of this house

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Houses within 10km of Dromdaleague House

Displaying 12 houses.

House name	Description
Curraghalicky	Edward Powell was leasing this property to Edward Ellis at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £7 10s. The site is now occupied by substantial modern farm buildings.
Baurnahulla House/The Cottage	George Robinson was leasing this property from the representatives of Thomas Deasy at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12 15s. The adjacent mills were valued at £14. A house labelled The Cottage is shown adjacent to the site of Baurnahulla House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. A house still exists at this site. Local sources suggest this was a house lived in by a Fr. Ryan in the 1830s.
Bunalunn or Mount Music	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. Richard Webb was leasing this property from Col. Clarke's estate, when it was valued at £10. Lewis had noted it as the seat of R.F. Webb. Leet refers to it as the seat of Alex O'Driscoll in 1814. In 1906 Capt. Anthony Morgan was the owner of this property, then valued at £26 5s. The house is named Mount Music on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Bunalunn on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. AS Mount Music it gave its name to a novel by the celebrated Anglo-Irish writers, Somerville and Ross. The house is still extant and was offered for sale in recent years.
Dromore Cottage	Daniel Welply held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £5. It is labelled Dromore Cottage on the 25-inch Ordnance map of the 1890s. It is still extant and occupied.
Gortnascreeny House	Lewis notes Gortnascree House, parish of Caheragh, as the residence of A. O'Driscoll in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the property was being leased by Thomas Goggin from the Becher estate and had a value of £4 10s, In 1906, a property valued at £10 and owned by Sir John Becher was reported at "Gortnadrohid" but there is no townland with this name in Caheragh parish. There is still an extant house at this site.
Cloonties House	Mary Gillman was leasing this property from Jacob Biggs in 1851 when it was valued at £10 15s. There is still an extant house at the site.
The Manor House (Dunmanway)	Noted by Lewis in 1837 as " a handsome building, erected by the late H. Cox and now the residence of his family" In 1851 occupied by Martha and Catherine Cox and valued at £18. It replaced an earlier house built by Sir Richard Cox, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, at the end of the seventeenth century. Wilson describes this earlier property in 1786 as "adorned with handsome avenues and good plantations". Later the property of the Lucas family, In 1944 the Irish Tourist Authority Survey reported that it was the residence of Mr. T. O'Sullivan.
Coolkellure House (Hill Farm)	Held in fee by Major General Shuldham in 1851 when it was valued at almost £17. It is labelled Hill Farm on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Coolkellure House on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. It is still extant and part of a large farm.The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes it as a late Victorian House designed by Henry Hill. In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that the original house had burned down in 1920 and that this house replaced it.
Milane House	Leased from Rev. John D. Beecher by Thomas Gilman at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £11 15s. A house still exists at this site.
Brook Ville (Kilmacabea)	Leased by John Morris to John Hungerford at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £8, Marriage records for the area record it was later the residence of the Wolfe family. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map the building at the site is labelled Corran House. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes the property as a miller's house.
Derreeny House	This property was built sometime after the 1st edition Ordnance map was published. In the 1850s Samuel Townsend held a property in fee at Derreeny, valued at £6 10s. Labelled Derreeny House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map, it is still extant and occupied.
Butler's Gift	Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to Butler's-Gift as the seat of Mr. O'Callaghan. Local sources suggest that the name came from the bequest of the lands of Baurnahulla to Richard Tonson from Major Anthony Butler in the early 18th century.