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Ballyteige

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 10 houses.

Houses within 5km of Ballyteige

Displaying 10 houses.

House name Description
Garrane A house located on the Wyse Minors estate in the mid 19th century, occupied by Margaret Hartigan and valued at £11+. This house is barely marked on the first Ordnance Survey map.
Fort House The residence of David Hartigan in the early 1850s, held from William and Charles Wyse (minors) and valued at £13.
Bruree Lodge Bruree was the home of the Langton family in the 18th century. The house was occupied by Michael Ryan at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from Michael Shaughnessy, it was valued at £13+. Photo of Bruree Lodge
Lisduane The seat of Walter Mason, situated on the estate of General Dixon [Dickson], circa 1840. Occupied by John [Leland] Mason at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held by him from the Court of Chancery. The buildings were valued at £12. William Harte Mason of Cooleen, Bruree owned 190 acres in the 1870s. A house and farm are still extant at the site.
Coolrus House The residence of Richard Harte circa 1840 and of James Lynch in the early 1850s who held the property and 186 acres from the Court of Chancery. The house has diminished in size by the publication of the 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey map in the 1890s and it is no longer extant.
Bruree House Bruree House was also located on the Langton estate although at the time of the first Ordnance Survey the property was in the hands of Robert Fetherston who held a number of townlands in the parish, possibly from the Langtons. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was in use as an auxiliary workhouse. In 1853 Bruree House was sold to a member of the Shelton family and in 1868 it was sold to John Gubbins of the Kilfrush family. He was a successful racehorse owner and in 1884 built the present Bruree House. When he died in 1906 the property passed to his nephew John Norris Browning. The house was valued at £92 at this time. Owned by the Sheehans and Vernons in the 20th century. Now function as as a rehabilitation centre, known as Cuan Mhuire. A print entitled "The Lawn Meet" by Patrick Hennessy depicts this house. See www.museum.limerick.ie Photo of Bruree House
Cooleen At the time of Griffith's Valuation William Hart Mason held the townland of Cooleen amounting to 88 acres in fee. The buildings were valued at £12. Photo of Cooleen
Creggane Castle A property associated with the Hutchins family, occupied by John Quaid at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from Samuel Hutchins. The buildings were valued at £17. The sale rental 1857 records that the original lease dated 1802 was from Edmund Earl of Cork and Orrery to Emanuel Hutchins. Farm buildings occupy the site.
Harding Grove Occupied by G. Harding in 1814 and H. Harding in 1837. The seat of Mr Harding at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. By the time of Griffith's Valuation a Neill McDonald was in possession of Harding Grove. Neil Macdonald of Steyle Park, Bruree owned 354 acres in county Limerick in the 1870s. Francis H. Wyse is recorded as the occupant of Harding Grove in 1906. Photo of Harding Grove
Cappanihane This house was occupied by John Mason in 1814, by R. Mason in 1837 and in use as an auxiliary workhouse at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the buildings were valued at £15. This house was the home of John Parker Graham in the 1860s and 1870s. Another house in this townland, Glenbrook Lodge, was occupied in the early 1850s by Myles Mason and valued at £9+, grid reference R492 318. Mary Hamilton held a mansion house valued at £20 and 41 acres of untenanted land at Cappanihane in 1906.