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Shanbally

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 16 houses.

Houses within 10km of Shanbally

Displaying 16 houses.

House name Description
Loughananna At the time of Griffith's Valuation a house at Loughananna was occupied by James McGrath, valued at £10+ and situated on the Kingston estate. By 1906 the mansion house at Loughananna was valued at £50+ and Abel Buckley is recorded as the occupier.
Tubbrid Laurence Walsh occupied a house valued at £11.10 shillings and held from Lord Waterpark in the mid 19th century. This house still functions as a farm house. Photo of Tubbrid
Castlegrace This property has been the home of the Grubb family since the mid 19th century. Griffith's Valuation indicates that it was then held from the Earl of Glengall and the house, offices and flour mill were valued at £122. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates the present house circa 1860 although a lithograph of a very similar building is included in the Glengall sale rental of November 1853 for Castlegrace. Lewis records in 1837 that an extensive flour mill had recently been built by Samuel Grubb of Clogheen. The buildings at Castlegrace were valued at £115 in 1906. This house is still a Grubb family home. http://www.vee.ie/page2.html Photo of Castlegrace
Shanbally Castle Bence Jones writes that this was the largest of John Nash's Irish castles, built circa 1812 for Cornelius O'Callaghan 1st Viscount Lismore. It was valued at £151 in the mid 19th century. Inherited by two daughters of the Marquess of Ormonde Lady Beatrice Pole Carew and Lady Constance Butler following the death of their cousin the 2nd and last Viscount Lismore in 1898. The Irish Tourist Association Survey in the early 1940s records that the building was taken over by the military authorities "for the duration of the present emergency". Sold by Major Patrick Pole Carew in 1954 and demolished in 1957. Photo of Shanbally Castle
Ballyboy The residence of John Travers in 1814, of R. Croker in 1837 and vacant in the early 1850s when it was held by James Fennessy from Viscount Lismore. A house and farm are still extant at the site.
Rehill Rehill was occupied by William Fennell in 1814 and 1837 but by the time of Griffith's Valuation James Mulcahy was resident, holding the property from the Earl of Glengall. The buildings which included a house, offices and corn mill were valued at £62. Sold in 1853 to Robert Murdock and leased by him to Edward Mulcahy. A building is still located as this site.
Garryroan House Robert Fennell occupied this house in 1814 and Joseph R. Fennell at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the buildings were valued at £14 and held from Lord Waterpark. This was still a Fennell home in the 1870s and continues to be a family residence. In 2012 it was offered for sale. Photo of Garryroan House
Ballywilliam Joshua Sutton lived at Ballywilliam in 1814. In 1851 the estate of William Parry Sutton, a minor, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. It included interest in the lands of Shanrahan. The purchasers included Messers. Carroll, Greaves and Mooney, in trust. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, James King was resident, when the buildings were valued at £9.10 shillings and held from the Irish Land Company. Photo of Ballywilliam
Galtee Castle Built in the late 18th century as a hunting lodge, it was described in the Kingston sale rental of July 1851 as a "handsome cut stone building, erected in a tasteful style of architecture, with suitable offices .... beautifully situated in the curve of a well planted glen..". Located close to the eastern bank of the Attychraan River at the base of the southern slope of the Galty Mountains, this house was occupied by James Law in the mid 19th century, valued at £29+ and held by him in fee. Noted by Slater in 1894 as the home of Nathaniel Buckley and of Abel Buckley in 1906 when the buildings were valued at £130. The house is no longer extant. Also known as Mountain Lodge.
Scart The residence of Robert Croker in 1814 and of Henry Rice in 1837. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as his residence in 1840, "pleasantly situated on rising ground and in good repair". In the early 1850s Rice held the property from John Bagwell and the buildings were valued at £12+. Henry Rice may have been a son-in-law of Robert Croker. see http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/croker_research/The_Irish_CROKER.pdf A building is still located at this site.
Millgrove House Thomas Jackson occupied this house in 1814 and William Walpole in the 1850s. Walpole held the property from Lord Waterpark and the house, office and corn mill were valued at £38. This house has recently been renovated. Photo of Millgrove House
Tincurry House Abraham Jackson was residing at Tincurry in 1814. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Tincurry as the residence of Stephen Moore in 1840. The building appears to have been in use as a workhouse at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1906 Wiliam Jackson Pigott was resident at Tincurry in a house valued at £23+. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage states that the present house was built in 1932 on the same site as the original house which was blown up by British Forces in 1921. Photo of Tincurry House
Clashleigh Lewis records Claishleigh as the residence of S. Grubb and in Griffith's Valuation Samuel Grubb held a house, office and flour mill valued at £170 in Clogheen Market from Viscount Lismore. His son Henry Samuel Grubb lived at Claishleigh in the 1870s. This house was in use as a rectory in the 20th century. Photo of Clashleigh
Coolville An early 19th century house, occupied by Richard Grubb in the first half of that century. It was held from Viscount Lismore and with offices and flour mills was valued at £169 in the early 1850s. Home of Edward Sackville West 5th Lord Sackville in the mid 20th century, who added a Gothic conservatory to the building. Photo of Coolville
Kilcoran Lodge A house built in the second half of the 19th century, valued at £46.10 shillings in 1906, the property of Robert Murdock.
Mountain Lodge In the mid 19th century Viscount Lismore owned a house/hunting lodge valued at £7 in the townland of Cullenagh (2,740 acres) which he also owned. This building has since been extended and is still in use as a youth hostel. Photo of Mountain Lodge