Kilrush House

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 15 houses.

Houses within 5km of Kilrush House

Displaying 15 houses.

House name	Description
Levally	Home of the Fair family for a time in the 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was leased by James Simpson from the Earl of Lucan's estate and valued at £5. It is described as a "Herd's House". It was unoccupied in the early years of this century and for sale in 2007. Demolished in September 2007.
Purrauns	Home of a branch of the Bell family of county Mayo and occupied by the Lynches in the mid 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Patrick King leasing from James Lynch when the buildings were valued at £5. Buildings are still extant at the site.
Hollybrook	In 1786, Wilson refers to Boullybeg as the seat of Mr. Crean. This house was the home of the Creans and Crean Lynches. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was occupied by Ephraim and George Anderson, leasing from Patrick C. Lynch, when it was valued at £25. It is now a ruin.
Cloonnagashel	A house inhabited by the Gildea family from the mid 18th century and situated on the estate of the Earls of Lucan. Wilson refers to it as the seat of James Gildea in 1786. It was the home of James Simpson between 1855 and 1880 , valued at £25 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Later occupied by the Egan family. It now functions as the club house for Ballinrobe Golf Club.
Kilrush	A house in the village of Hollymount, leased by Christopher Bowen from Reverend Christopher Bowen's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £25. Only a few walls remain now.
Annefield	Built by Anthony Elwood in 1795, the property passed to the Blakes of Windfield, county Galway, in the mid 19th century. It was occupied by Charles Cromie in the 1830s and at the time of Griffith's Valuation by Emerson Dawson. It was sold to the Brannick family early in the 20th century and was bought by a Mr Fleishche in the 1980s, who restored the derelict house. The house was for sale in 2007.
Mount Jennings	Home of the Jenings family in the 18th and 19th centuries. Mount Jennings was held in fee by Benjamin Jenings at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £20. It was the childhood home of the ballad singer, Delia Murphy. Her parents still resided in the house in the 1940s. The roof was taken off the house in the 1970s and it is now demolished.
Hollymount	A very early 18th century house built by Archbishop John Vesey of Tuam, altered in the 19th century. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Lindsay. It was held in fee by Thomas S. Lindsay at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £61. The home of the Lindsey Fitzpatricks until 1922 and of Mr J Loftus in the 1940s, now a ruin.
Carravilla	There are actually two houses known as Carravilla and both are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1838. The house located at M265 637 is named Carravilla House and is situated in a small demesne. The other, smaller, house is located at M262 641. Carravilla was occupied by Robert Fair in the 1830s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation William Ruttledge occupied Carravilla which he held from David Watson Ruttledge. Both houses are still extant.
Bloomfield	Built circa 1776, it was the seat of the Ruttledge family. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was held in fee by Robert Ruttledge and valued at £50. It was also the seat of Robert Ruttledge in 1894. Sold to the Land Commission in 1924 and later abandoned following a fire.
Bushfield	The original house, now a ruin, was sometimes known as Creaghduff. Creaghduff was occupied by Burke esq in the 1770s. Thomas Ruttledge of Bloomfield made his will at Bushfield in 1797 and died there in 1805. Bushfield was the home of Arthur Knox and his wife Barbara, nee Lambert. Their daughter, Elizabeth, married Annesley Knox of Rappa Castle. Barbara married Charles White as her second husband and sublet the house to Robert Fair, son of Robert Fair of Fortville. It was valued at £15 the time of Griffith's Valuation. Robert Fair of Bushfield had an only daughter, Jane, who married Thomas Ruttledge of Bloomfield and their second son took the surname Ruttledge Fair. A new house was built in the 1920s and is the home of the Delaney family. Extensive remains of the original Bushfield farmyard survive at the site.
Gallow's Hill	Occupied by James Simpson at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £20 and leased from the Earl of Lucan's estate. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map the name "Gallowshill" is attached to linear set of structures set out in small plots. This has disappeared by the 25-inch edition map of the 1890s and the substantial structure leased by Simpson is located some distance away. The site of this is now almost completely overgrown.
Clooncormick	Home of the Gildea family in the 19th century and of the McCartan family in the late 20th century until it was destroyed by a fire. Francis Knox Gildea was leasing from James Knox Gildea at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the property was valued at £45. No trace of the house remains but much of the stable yard is still extant.
Lehinch	A house marked on the Taylor and Skinner's map but not on the first Ordnance Survey map. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Valentine Blake. The walls of the garden still remain and this was the venue for the Hollymount Show at one time.
Gardenfield House [Kilcommon]	Another Bowen home, occupied by William Bowen in 1814. The townland was in the possession of Henry Martin Blake at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is labelled Gardenfield House on the 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Still a family home, renovated in the early 21st century.