Doolough

Houses within 10km of this house

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Houses within 10km of Doolough

Displaying 7 houses.

House name	Description
Delphi Lodge	The house was built circa 1820 by the 2nd Marquess of Sligo, who had visited Delphi in Greece. It was leased to Thomas Spencer Lindsey of Hollymount House, county Mayo in the 1820s, to Stepney St George of Headford Castle, county Galway in the 1830s and to the Honourable Reverend William Conynham Plunket (later Archbishop of Dublin 1884-1887) in the 1850s. He was succeeded as tenant by Captain and Mrs Houstoun and other members of the Houstoun family. When the 6th Marquess of Sligo sold his estate to the Land Commission, he bought back this property and the 20th century history of Delphi Lodge is well documented in the Westport Estate Papers. The house was bought by Peter Mantle in the 1980s and is now run as a guest house specializing in fishing holidays.
Aasleagh Lodge	Documents in the Westport Estate Papers record the leasing of the fishing at Aasleagh 'Assdia' by the Viscounts Bourke of Mayo to the ffrench family of Galway in the 17th century. The 19th century lodge was let to the Honourable David Plunket in the 1850s. It was burnt down in 1923 but renovated and leased as a fishing lodge to various persons. It was let to Lord and Lady Brabourne, relatives of the Brownes of Westport, in the 1970s before its sale to the Fisheries Board.
Letterbrickaun	Peter King had a house and buildings of more than £12 valuation in this townland at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The village of Letterbrickaun is no longer marked on the map and there is no access road.
Killary Lodge	Killary Lodge is marked on the south shore of Killary Harbour on the first Ordnance Survey map. A herd's house, valued at £1 and leased by John King from the Kilkelly estate is located here at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Salrock	Built by Colonel Thomson in the early 1830s and occupied by his descendants ever since. In September 1836 Robert Graham refers to Colonel Thomson's "very pretty residence" although he did not actually visit Salrock. A major renovation is currently taking place.
Dernasliggaun	A house on the shore of Killary Harbour, named after a small lough in the townland of Tullyconnor, built by Alexander C. Lambert on a farm of 250 acres leased from Colonel Alexander Thomson in 1854.
Leenaun	Tim Robinson writes that Big Ned and his son Big Jack Joyce held large tracts of land and that their home eventually became the Leenaun Inn. Now known as the Leenaun Hotel situated on the south shore of Killary Harbour. The name is sometimes spelt 'Leenane'.