Coolemore

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Coolemore

Displaying 11 houses.

House name	Description
Keale House	The seat of a branch of the Leader family in the 18th and 19th centuries, sold by them in the early 20th century. The buildings were valued at £22+ in the mid 19th century and the property was held by John Leader from Thomas G. French. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests the present house was built in 1834. It is still extant and well-maintained.
Duarrigle Castle	Originally a tower house of the O'Keeffe family, leased by Henry Wrixon to Thomas Holmes Justice who built a 'mock' castle in the early 19th century. Inherited by his son Thomas Holmes Justice medical doctor of Mallow. Sold in the Encumbered Estates' Court in 1851 and bought by Henry Chinnery Justice, who left it to his sister Mrs Wallis when he died in 1859. The castle is now a ruin but the gatelodge is occupied.
Garrane House	This house is not marked on the first Ordnance Survey map. By the time of Griffith's Valuation however Henry Justice occupied a house valued at £11.10 shillings at Garrane West. He held the property from John C. Wallace [Wallis]. The home of members of the Twomey and O'Keeffe families in the 20th century and still occupied.
Flintfield House	This house was a seat of the Chinnery family from the mid 18th to the mid 19th century. It was occupied by Barry Cotter in 1814 and by Denis O'Connell in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The buildings were valued at £18+ and the property was held from John Orpen. Home of the MacSweeneys in the 20th century.
Minehill	Home of a branch of the Wallis family in the early 19th century. Occupied by Denis McCarthy in 1814 and by John Cooke Wallis in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation it was the residence of Francis Burton. The house was still home to the Burton family in the early 21st century.
Rathroe	Hajba records a lease of Rathroe House from Sir Robert Deane to Denis McCarthy dated 1779. In 1837 another Denis McCarthy was occupying the house and he was also resident in the early 1850s when the house was held from the Reverend Nicholas Chinnery. The buildings were valued at £26.15 shillings. Hajba writes that the McCarthys continued to live in the house until it was sold in the 1930s to Con Meaney TD. The house is no longer extant.
Drishane Castle	Originally a MacCarthy castle, granted to the Hollow Sword Blade Company at the end of the 17th century, it was acquired by Henry Wallis from county Waterford in the early decades of the 18th century. William Wallis built the house near the castle soon afterwards and it remained in Wallis possession until the early 20th century. In 1894 Slater noted it as the seat of Aubrey J Wallace [Wallis]. The Sisters of the Infant Jesus, a French order of teaching nuns, occupied the house for most of the 20th century. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey outlined a history of the castle and the sale to the nuns. The castle is still extant.
Coomlogane	A late 18th century house was built near the original building. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. O'Leary. This house became the home of the McCarthy-O'Learys for all the 19th century. In the mid 19th century it was valued at £38. John McCarthy O'Leary occupied the house in 1906. It was looted during the War of Independence and is now demolished.
Mount Leader	Seat of the Leader family in the 18th and 19th centuries, Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Leader in 1786. It was occupied by Henry Leader in 1837 and in the early 1850s, held by him in fee and valued at £48. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that it was owned by Nicholas Pomeroy who had bought it from the Kellehers. This house is now a ruin.
Tullig	Henry Leader of Tullig died in 1834 and the Leader interest in this property came to an end. James Nash (died 1849) of Rockfield, Kanturk and of Tullig House, Millstreet is recorded in ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Tullig, valued £20 was occupied by the Reverend Charles Mangan and held from Jonas Morris.
Willow Brook	Occupied by Richard Orpin in the early 1850s and held from John Herbert Orpin, the buildings were valued at £10.10 shillings. This house is still extant and occupied.