Landed Estates
University of Galway

Coolmountain House

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 13 houses.

Houses within 10km of Coolmountain House

Displaying 13 houses.

House name Description
Carrignacurra Castle Masters esq was the occupier of Carronacurragh or Carrignacurra in the 1770s and 1780s. Jasper Pyne is recorded as the occupier of the castle at the time of Griffith's Valuation and it was held by him in fee. The buildings were valued at £17.
Ballyhalwick House Leased by William Norwood from the Townsend estate in 1851 when it was valued at £13. Noted by Slater as the residence of William Norwood in 1894. The original house is not extant. Photo of Ballyhalwick House
River View (Dunmanway) Rev.John Meade was leasing this property from William Norwood in 1851 when it was valued at almost £10. Adam N. Meade of Riverview, Dunmanway, owned 529 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. In 1894 Slater records Riverview as the seat of Rev. George Deacon. A house still exists at this site.
Bridgemount House (Dunmanway) Leased by Daniel Connor Jun. from Daniel O'Sullivan at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £10 10s. A house still occupies the site.
Brookpark House (Dunmanway) A property in the town of Dunmanway leased by Martha and Catherine Cox to John Hamilton in 1851 when it was valued at £16. It is still extant and well-maintained. Photo of Brookpark House (Dunmanway)
Woodbrook House & Darkwood Mill Herbert Gillman was leasing a property at Cloontiquirk from the Cox estate in 1851 when it was valued at £25 10s and included a mill (W224535). The house is labelled Woodbrook on both the 1st-edition and 25-inch Ordnance Survey maps and is still extant and occupied. In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association Survey stated that it was the residence of Robert Atkins and had formerly been used as a convent by the Sisters of Charity. Photo of Woodbrook House & Darkwood Mill
The Manor House (Dunmanway) Noted by Lewis in 1837 as " a handsome building, erected by the late H. Cox and now the residence of his family" In 1851 occupied by Martha and Catherine Cox and valued at £18. It replaced an earlier house built by Sir Richard Cox, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, at the end of the seventeenth century. Wilson describes this earlier property in 1786 as "adorned with handsome avenues and good plantations". Later the property of the Lucas family, In 1944 the Irish Tourist Authority Survey reported that it was the residence of Mr. T. O'Sullivan. Photo of The Manor House (Dunmanway)
Coolkellure House (Hill Farm) Held in fee by Major General Shuldham in 1851 when it was valued at almost £17. It is labelled Hill Farm on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Coolkellure House on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. It is still extant and part of a large farm.The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes it as a late Victorian House designed by Henry Hill. In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that the original house had burned down in 1920 and that this house replaced it. Photo of Coolkellure House (Hill Farm)
Milane House Leased from Rev. John D. Beecher by Thomas Gilman at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £11 15s. A house still exists at this site.
Prospect Hill (Dunmanway) Elizabeth Bryan was leasing this property from the Cox estate in 1851 when it was valued at £22. There is still an occupied house at the site.
Underhill Cottage Held from Benjamin H. Holmes by William Hayle in 1851 when it was valued at £13. Now demolished.
Woodlands (Dunmanway) A house built after the publication of the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map in 1840. Leased by William Wright from the Cox estate in 1851 when it was valued at £8+. It is labelled Woodlands on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. A house still exists at the site.
Carbery House (Dunmanway) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Francis Fitzmaurice was leasing two substantial houses at Sackville Street, Dunmanway, from Martha and Catherine Cox. One of these, valued at over £18, was leased to Rev Robert Molesworth, while Fitzmaurice was occupying the second, valued at over £15. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey referred to Carbery House "formerly occupied by Lord Carbery and now the residence of Mr. Smith". It is still extant. Photo of Carbery House (Dunmanway)