Fortville

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 45 houses.

Houses within 10km of Fortville

Displaying 45 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.
Garracloon	Wilson refers to Garracloon as the seat of Mr. Blake in 1786. In 1814 the house was occupied by the Reverend Cecil Crampton, rector of the parish of Cong. At the time of the first Ordnance Survey in 1838 Garracloon house was recorded as a ruin. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was held in fee by Joseph Blake and valued at £8. The house was later rebuilt, Ruane refers to the ruined Victorian Garracloon House. Sir William Wilde refers to Colonel Veitch at Garracloon. No longer extant but yard buildings remain.
Dowagh	Another home of the Blakes of Garracloon. It was lived in by Mark Blake a younger brother of Manus Blake of Garracloon, until his death in 1817. At the time of the Ordnance Survey 1838 it was described as a 'beautiful little place' the residence of Mr Blake. Held by Isaac Mayne, from Henrietta Blake at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The building still retains its thatched roof and is occupied.
Robe Villa	A town house on the River Robe, home of the Kenny family for 200 years, sold by them in the early 1980s to the Ballinrobe Rugby Club.
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.
Ballinrobe Castle	A Bourke castle, restored by James Cuffe in 1752 and sold to the War Office in 1821 for use as a military barracks though a barracks existed there in the 18th century as Wilson refers to the town having a barracks with two companies of foot in 1786. The barracks were valued at £75 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It ceased to be a barracks in the 1920s but substantial ruins of the buildings remain.
Springvale	Springvale was noted by Lewis as the home of Henry Joseph Blake in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was leased by Henry Blake from Joseph H. Bath and was valued at £8. A substantial corn mill in the townland, valued at £25, was leased by Henry Blake to Patrick Tierney at the same time. The house was later the residence of the Mayne family. It is still extant and occupied. The mill building is also still visible.
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.
Cranmore	Built in 1838 by Alexander Clendining Lambert on land he held on lease from Colonel Charles Knox. It reverted to the Knoxes after the Famine and was used as a dower house by Colonel Charles Howe Cuff Knox for his mother, a daughter of the 2nd Marquess of Sligo. The house was bought by the Daly family in the 1920s and sold to the McCartans in the late 1940s. They took off the roof in the 1950s and the house is now a ruin.
Houndswood	In 1786 Wilson refers to Houndswood as the seat of John D'Arcy. It was held in fee by John S. Dawson at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £10+. A thatched house, it was accidentally burnt in the early 20th century.
Rathgranagher	A house on the Lindsey estate, lived in by Charles Cromie in the late 1830s. It was occupied by John Jackson at the time of Griffith's Valuation, leasing from Thomas Lindsey, when it was valued at £14. A house is still extant there.
Greaghans	At the time of Griffith's Valuation this property was held by Robert Bowen and occupied by Dominick Browne. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage notes that it was later occupied by Robert T. Crawford, agent to Lady de Clifford. It is still extant.
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.
Frenchgrove	A house marked as 'in ruins' on the 1915 edition of the 6 inch Ordnance Survey map. The Irish Tourist Association file describes Frenchgrove as the residence of the Blakes, later of the Frenches and finally of a man named Eager, a Dublin banker. No house of more than £3 valuation was recorded in Griffith's Valuation for the townland of Frenchgrove. A modern house now occupies the site with the remaining evidence of the old building.
Fountainhill	The home of a branch of the Jennings family for over a hundred years, now a ruin. The house was held in fee by Patrick Blake at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10.
Kilrush House	Built as an agricultural school in the 1830s, it was not a success and swiftly closed. The property was rented in the 1850s from the Lindseys by Francis Laurie, a farmer from Scotland. He died in 1865 and James Simpson took over the lease. Charles Bingham Jenings and his wife, formerly of Mount Jenings, lived at Kilrush for the first three years of the 20th century. The building is now a ruin.
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.
Liskilleen	Built by Courtney Kenny in 1862. He was also the owner of the townland at the time of Griffith's Valuation when a herd's house existed there. It is still extant and occupied.
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.
Ballyheeragh St Leger	This house was held in fee by Dominick Kearns at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10. Bought by the Tierney family in the early 20th century and still occupied by them.
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.
Cloghansmore	Occupied by Martin P. Costello at the time of Griffith's Valuation, valued at £12. Still extant and occupied.
Castlevilla	A Ruttledge family home in the 19th century, still extant and lived in. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was leased by James Rutledge from Lady de Clifford's estate and valued at £18.
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.
Cloghans House	Lane esq was residing at Cloghan Castle in the 1770s. In 1786, however, Wilson refers to Cloghan Castle as the residence of Mr. Lewin. Ruane describes the house as early 18th century with 19th century alterations. It was held in fee by Henry H. Lewin at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10. it was occupied by General Arthur Lewin in the early 20th century. He was an aviation enthuaist and went to live in Nairobi, Kenya, in the 1930s. Cloghans was sold to the McCartans in the 1940s and is now the home of the Kelly family.
Turin	Turin Castle has recently been renovated. The house no longer exists but some of the farm buildings are still visible. In the 1770s Kirwan esq occupied Turin Castle and in 1814 Arthur Browne was recorded as resident there. At the time of the first Ordnance Survey Samuel Lindsey Bucknall was living in Turin House and it was occupied by the Rutherfords in the 1850s.
Milford	Early 18th century house with some 20th century alterations.
The Neale	An early 18th century house, with a number of follies designed by Lord Charlemont. Wilson refers to it as "the superb and beautiful seat of Sir John Browne" in 1786. It was occupied by the Reverend James Cromie, brother-in-law of the 2nd Baron and his family, for most of the first half of the 19th century. The house was valued at £25 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was sold in the 1930s and most of the house is now demolished.
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.
Cornfield	Cornfield was the original Ruttledge home in the Hollymount area and continued to be lived in by family members until the 20th century, although it was replaced as the family's principal residence by Bloomfield. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Ruttledge. In the mid 19th century it was the home of Thomas Ruttledge who married Jane Fair. He was leasing from Robert Ruttledge and the buildings were valued at £20. The existing dwelling is part of the original house, as are the ruins beside it. Local sources suggest that portions of the original house were demolished when the property was acquired by the Land Commission and some of the stone used to build houses in Hollymount village
Glencorrib	Home of Robert Dillon Browne and later of the O' Higgins family, the house is now demolished. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was held in fee by George O'Higgins, MP, and valued at £12.
Dalgan	Built in 1801 as the new home of the Kirwan family formerly of Claremount, Claremorris. It was bought by the Duke of Bedford in 1853 for Lady de Clifford, the wife of his first cousin. In the 1860s Henry Edward Joly and Charles Joly are recorded at Dalgan Park (''Connaught Telegraph'' 27 March 1867). In 1894 Slater noted it as the seat of Allan J. Algie. The house became a seminary for the missionary Society of St Columban in 1918. The Irish Tourist Association file describes the fine mansion as in ruins. It contained about 50 rooms and had been stripped of its roof and fittings about a year previously, circa 1944. It is now demolished.
Lakefield	In 1786 Wilson refers to the seat of Nicholas Reddington, situated near the lake. He may be referring to this house whch he says was "daily improving in beauty and commands a very extensive prospect". Home of James Fox in the 1830s. Occupied by John Commins at the time of Griffith's Valuation, leasing from the de Clifford estate. The house was valued at £8 at that time. It 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.
Coolcon Castle	Originally a Burke castle and later a residence of the Blakes in county Mayo, very little of this castle now remains.
River View [Donaghpatrick]	This house was occupied by James Kearns in the 1850s, leasing from the Duke of Bedford's estate, when the house was valued at £8. It is still extant and occupied.
Shrulegrove	The ruin of the castle at Shrulegrove remains as a prominent feature in the village of Shrule. On the Ordnance Survey map of 1838 a substantial house and gardens are marked in the townland of Shrulegrove. All the townland, including a herd's house and offices valued at £1, were held by Richard Golding from the Duke of Bedford at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Blindwell	In 1786 Wilson refers to Blindwell as the seat of Mr. Kirwan. It was held in fee by Martin S. Kirwan at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £18. A fireplace still marks the site of the house which was demolished in the early 20th century. After 1900 this property was owned by the Websters, Nolans and now by the Fair family. Part of Blindwell also belonged to the Agricultural Institute.
Rockwell	The main residence of the Lynch family throughout the 19th century, valued at £13 in the mid 1850s.
Cloonteen	At the time of Griffith's Valuation occupied by George Jennings when the house was valued at £7. Some ruins remain at the site.
Ellistron Castle	A Browne castle, a house is marked close by as the residence of the Brownes in the 1770s. In 1786 Wilson refers to Ellistron as the seat of Mr. Browne. However there is no house at this location on the 1838 Ordnance Survey map but an avenue is shown there.
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.