Timoney Park
Houses within 5km of this house
Displaying 4 houses.
Houses within 5km of Timoney Park
Displaying 4 houses.
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| Monaincha | Lewis describes Monaincha in 1837 as "an elegant villa in the Italianate style" the residence of G. Birch. Mrs G. Birch was living at Monaincha in the early 1850s whens the buildings were valued at £22.10 shillings. Occuppied by Harriet F. Miller in 1906. The house is still a fine residence close to Roscrea. |
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| Rockforest | Originally a Hutchinson property, incorporating the old castle of Knockballymaher, which passed to Edward Corker Minchin following his marriage in 1848 to Sarah Anne, only child by his first marriage of William Henry Hutchinson. Stephen Minchin was the occupier at the time of Griffitih's Valuation holding the property from Edward Minchin. The buildings were valued at £16. ''Burke's Irish Family Records'' states that Rockforest was sold in the Encumbered Estates' Court in 1852 and the Minchins emigrated to New Zealand. It appears to have been bought by William Gibson, father of Captain William Gibson who was residing at Rockforest, Roscrea in the 1870s. This house is now demolished but the outbuildings and stables still remain intact. |
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| Sheehills House | Occupied by William H. Minchin at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held with 874 acres from the Earl of Portarlington. The buildings were valued at £15.10 shillings. The Reverend John George Birch occupied buildings valued at £19+ and 880 acres of untenanted land at Thesheehys in 1906. A building is still located at this site. | |
| Ballykelly House | In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe Ballykelly House as "a gentleman's seat, so called". At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house and demesne were leased by James Kennedy from Edward Minchin when the buildings were value at £10. There is still an extant house at Ballykelly. |