Doolough

Houses within 15km of this house

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Houses within 15km of Doolough

Displaying 16 houses.

House name	Description
Oldhead House/Oldhead Lodge	Part of an estate bought by John Browne 3rd Earl of Altamont in 1794 this house, situated very close to the seashore, was let to various persons during the 19th century including Isidore Blake, Reverend Francis Ruttledge. At the tie of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Campbell Sawers and valued at £8. It is labelled Oldhead Lodge on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Oldhead House on the later 25-inch edition. In 1936 the house was sold to John Gardner of Lackafinna, Cong, county Mayo. It later became a hotel and is now the centre of a holiday village.
Boathaven Lodge	Like Oldhead House, a summer residence, owned by the Browne family, Marquesses of Sligo, and let to various persons. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was leased by Hugh Wilbraham and valued at £14. It is labelled Boathaven Lodge on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but does not appear on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. Modern building occupy the site now.
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.
Tully Lodge [Murrisk]	The original house was built in the early 19th century by the Garveys. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was held in fee by James Garvey and valued at £10. It was sold to the O'Dowds in the mid-1880s and to the Harman family in 1947. A house is still extant at the site.
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.
Kylemore Abbey	A very large residence built in the late 1860s for Mitchell Henry with extensive gardens, incorporating the former Kylemore Lodge. Later a home of the Duke and Duchess of Manchester. Now a school and tourist business run by a French order of Benedictine nuns.
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.
Addergoole	Built in the late 1840s or early 1850s by Thomas Eastwood and later the location of the Kylemore farm buildings.
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'.
Kylemore House	Built by the Reverend Joseph Duncan on the shore of Kylemore Lake in the early 1850s and run as a hotel for sportsmen. Occupied by Talbot Clifton in the early 20th century and for a time by St John Gogarty after Renvyle House was burnt in the 1920s. Still run as a guest house by Nancy Naughton.
Kylemore Lodge	Built circa 1900 possibly as a shooting lodge of the Guinness family, now run as a B & B.
Inagh Lodge	A fishing lodge built in the 1880s by the Berridge family, now a hotel. See http://www.loughinaghlodgehotel.ie/en/history-hotel/
Old Head Lodge/Falduff Lodge	A house built in Falduff townland after the 1st Ordnance Survey map and labelled Old Head Lodge on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. In 1894 Slater refers to Falduff Lodge as the seat of Patrick O'Dowd. It is still extant.