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University of Galway

Ardsallagh

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 15 houses.

Houses within 5km of Ardsallagh

Displaying 15 houses.

House name Description
Silverfort Silverfort was the home of a branch of the Scully family throughout the 19th century. Jeremiah Scully was resident in 1814, in 1837 and in the early 1850s when he held the house valued at £18.10 shillings from George Carlton. Jerome J. Scully was tenant in November 1857 and still resident in the mid 1870s. This house is still in use as a country home. Photo of Silverfort
Coleraine The seat of the Price family occupied by William Price in the mid 19th century and held by him in fee. The buildings were valued at £31.15 shillings. Thomas Price was resident in 1906. This house is still extant and occupied.
Lowesgreen Lowesgreen was the home of Richard Butler Hamilton Lowe in the 1780s. By 1814 Benjamin Bradshaw was resident here and Mrs Hannah Carey was occupying the house in the mid 19th century when it was valued at £16+ and held from Robert [Richard] B. Lowe. The Newenham sale rental of 1865 records Solomon Watson as tenant and representative of Hamilton Lowe who had been granted a lease for lives renewable for ever from John Newenham in 1753. A house is still extant at this site.
Mobarnan Mobarnan was the seat of the Jacob family in the 18th and 19th centuries. Occupied by Samuel Jacob in 1814, M. Jacob in 1837 and by Samuel Jacob at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held the property in fee and the buildings were valued at £37+. Later the home of the Tennant family. This house was enlarged in the early 19th century and is still in use as a residence. In the 1970s it was owned by Major Marcus William Keane, formerly of Beech Park, and his wife, Anne R. Armitage of Noan, Co Tipperary. Photo of Mobarnan
Beechmount John Godfrey was the occupant of Beechmount, Fethard, in 1814 but by 1837 T. G. [Thomas Godfrey] Phillips was resident. He held the property from the Massys and in the early 1850s the buildings were valued at £18.12 shillings. The representatives of Samuel Phillips were still resident here in the 1870s. The house is still a residence. Photo of Beechmount
Garraun In the early 1850 John O'Meagher occupied a steward's house at Garraun which he held from - Stratford. The buildings were valued at £12+. A farming enterprise is still located at this site.
Annesgift This house was the home of the Glenstanes. In 1814 Anne Glenstanes daughter of John Jacob Glenstanes married Wray Palliser and the house passed into Palliser ownership. Annesgift was occupied by George Ponsonby in 1814, by Major Gough in 1837 and by Colonel W. Palliser and George Ponsonby at the time of Griffith's Valuation. They held the property in fee and the buildings were valued at £32+. This house was occupied by the Hughes family in the first half of the 20th century and is now converted into apartments. Photo of Annesgift
Coolmore The seat of the Sankey family in the 18th and 19th centuries, Coolmore was recorded by Wilson as the seat of Mr. Sankey in 1786. It was occupied by John Butler in 1814, by Matthew Villiers Sankey in 1837 and by Jacob Sankey in 1850. He held the property in fee and the buildings were valued at £37.15 shillings. In the second half of the 20th century Coolmore became a world famous stud for the breeding of race horses. The stud was set up in the late 1960s by Tim Vigors and continued by Vincent O'Brien, Robert Sangster and John Magnier. Photo of Coolmore
Derryluskan The Pallisers were resident at Derryluskan from at least the mid 18th century. John Palliser was the proprietor in 1814 and Mrs Palliser in 1837. Their son Colonel Wray Palliser was the occupant at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held the property from Colonel Gore and the buildings were valued at £45.17 shillings and held with a demesne of 682 acres. The Pallisers were still residing at Derryluskan in the 1870s. The house has been greatly reduced in size but still functions as a residence. Photo of Derryluskan
Rathcool Blake Esq was resident at Racool in the 1770s. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe Rathcool as "a castle apparently inhabited. There is another dwelling house attached with a garden". In the mid 19th century Rathcool Castle was occupied by Charles Blackmore and held from the representatives of L. Clutterbuck. The buildings were valued at £16.13 shillings. Charles Blackmore was still residing at Rathcool in the 1870s when he is recorded as the owner of one acre in county Tipperary. Rathcool is still in use as a house. Photo of Rathcool
Rocklow Taylor and Skinner records Rocklowe as the residence of Lowe Esq in the 1770s. Rocklow was the home of Benjamin Frend and his wife, Eliza Gough, in the first half of the 19th century. Benjamin was resident there from at least 1814 to the 1850s. Griffith's Valuation records that it was held from Hugh Barton and was valued at £37+ in the early 1850s. This house later belonged to the Massys and is still in use as a residence. In 2022 it was offered for sale. Photo of Rocklow
Tullamain Castle Tullamaine Castle was the home of John Power, father of the 1st Sir John Power, Baronet. Leet records J.D. Scully as resident at Tullaghmain-castle, Fethard, in 1814. This was James Scully (1779-1853), fourth son of Jeremiah Scully of Silverfort. By 1837 Lewis records John Maher as resident though the Ordnance Survey Name Books in 1840 refer to the proprietor as a Mr. Walsh. By the time of Griffith's Valuation Maher is recorded as holding the property in fee. The buildings were valued at £44.16s. By the mid 1870s Tullamaine Castle belonged to Henry Maynard Harding who advertised it for sale in July 1880. Slater still refers to it as his property in 1894. Dr M.J. Barry was resident at Tullamain in 1906. The castle was burnt in the early 1920s but rebuilt and is still a country residence. In the early 1940s C. A. Vigours was resident. Photo of Tullamain Castle
Clonbrogan An early 18th century house built by Solomon Watson, the residence of M. Watson in 1814. By the time of Griffith's Valuation John Murphy was the occupier holding the house from Jeremiah Scully. It was valued at £5.14 shillings. This house is still a residence. Photo of Clonbrogan
Redcity In the mid 19th century William Harney held a house valued at £11+ from Sir John Power in the townland of Redcity. Buildings are still located at this site.
Woodhouse (Middlethird) In 1841 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Woodhouse, a gentleman's house, the proprietor being Basil Bryan. By the time of Griffith's Valuation, a property at Woodhouse was occupied by Timothy Connolly, who was leasing it from Richard Price. It was valued at £10+. Woodhouse is labelled "in ruins" on the 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey Map of the 1890s.