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University of Galway

Ballyvackey House

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 14 houses.

Houses within 5km of Ballyvackey House

Displaying 14 houses.

House name Description
Youghals House A Miss Walsh was leasing this property from the Earl of Shannon's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £14. This house is still extant. Photo of Youghals House
The Retreat (Island) Richard Beamish was leasing this property from Winspur Toye at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £20. A house is still extant at the site.
Kilgarriff House Henry Bence-Jones, a distinguished physican and scientist, was leasing this property from Rev. Henry Stewart, at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £24 10s. In 1837, Lewis refers to it as the seat of Capt. Davis. A house still exists at the site.
Bushmount Not visible on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but named as Bushmount on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. Johanna Deasy was leasing this property from the Earl of Shannon's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £22 10s. The Deasy family were brewers in the town of Clonakilty. [Now the site of St. Paul's Nursing Home.]
Fern Hill AT the time of Griffith's Valuation, this property was being leased from the Earl of Shannon's estate by Anna Atkins. It was then valued at £28. In 1837, Lewis refers to it as the seat of W.F. Atlkin. Now part of the Fernhill House hotel complex. Photo of Fern Hill
Lower Tawnies Cottage Rev. Henry Stewart was leasing this property from the Earl of Shannon's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £13 15s. Lewis notes it as the seat of the Rev. Dr. Stewart in 1837. It is still extant but unoccupied. Photo of Lower Tawnies Cottage
Millville Thomas and James Allen were leasing this property from the Earl of Shannon's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £15 and the adjacent mills at £37. The house is still extant. Modern housing now occupies the site of the mill.
Scartagh Cottage Tradition locally suggests Scartagh Cottage was originally the property of the Townsend family. By the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was being leased by Henry Galway to Matthew O'Hea. Various members of the Galway family held small amounts of land in the area while Matthew O'Hea, of the War Office, London, is recorded as the owner of 70 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. Scartagh Cottage has been replaced by a convent on the 25-inch Ordnance Map towards the end of the nineteenth century and that building is still extant.
Ballyduvane House Ballyduvane House was held in fee by Mrs. Eliza Beecher at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £25 10s. Lewis refers to it as the seat of M. Becher in 1837. There is still an extant house at the site.
Ballyduvane Edward Herrick was leasing this property from Mrs. Eliza Beecher at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12 5s. Lewis refers to it as the seat of E, Herrick in 1837. In 1814 Leet noted it as the residence of Thomas Herrick. Referred to by Slater as the seat of M.A.R. Beecher in 1894. There is still a house at the site.
Springmount or Carhoo House At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Beamish was leasing this property from the Earl of Bandon's estate, when it was valued at £11 10s. On the 25-inch map, published in the 1890s, it is labelled Carhoo House. A house and farm buildings are still extant at the site.
Sunmount George Beamish was leasing Sunmount to Rev. W. John Day at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £20 5s. Lewis refers to Ballyvackey as the seat of G. Beamish in 1837. In 1906 it was owned by William Hungerford and valued at £23. It is no longer extant.
Bennetts Grove Leased by Francis Bennett to William Beazley at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £13 10s. Lewis refers to it as the seat of Herbert Gillman in 1837. In 1814 it was the seat of Francis Bennett. The original house seems to have been replaced by farm buildings.
Caherconway House Leased by Nicholas Cummins to Daniel Bechinor [or Buchinor] at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £8.