Ballyquirk
Houses within 5km of this house
Displaying 13 houses.
Houses within 5km of Ballyquirk
Displaying 13 houses.
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Fortmoy House Lower | In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name books refer to "Fordmoy" as "a good dwellinghouse, lately built, the residence of Mr. Prendergast".This house was vacant at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Thomas G. Prendergast was the immediate lessor and the house was valued at £11. Buildings valued at £27.5 shillings were held by the representatives of David Clarke at Fortmoy in 1906. Fortmoy House Lower is still extant. |
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Spring Park | In the mid 19th century Benjamin Armitage occupied a house valued at £10 in Gortnagrann which he held with 243 acres from William Woods. The Ordnance Survey Name Books note it as being occupied by Mr. Armitage in 1841. The site is now occupied by farm buildings. | |
Milford | Lewis records Milford as the occasional residence of Ralph Smith. By the early 1850s it was occupied by Thomas Bunbury and held from William Woods. Bence Jones writes that it was the home of Edmond Murphy who died in 1882. In 1840, he Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to the house as the residence of John Monsell and describe the demesne as "principally composed of plantation and ornamental grounds". |
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Abbeville | Home of the Hemsworth family in the 18th and 19th centuries, occupied by Thomas Hemsworth in 1814. Thomas G. Hemsworth was resident in 1837 and in the early 1850s. Thomas George Hemsworth of Abbeville owned 387 acres in the 1870s. |
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Firmount | The seat of the Firman family in the late 18th century, occupied by Thomas P. Terman in 1814. The house is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as "the mansion house of Firmount now falling into ruins, It appears to be a ruin by the time of Griffith's Valuation. The only buildings over £10 valuation were the Santa Cruise flour mill and house of Samuel Palmer. The Irish Tourist Association surveyor records "an extremely charming house converted from stabling" at Firmount and occupied by Major H.H. Deasy in the early 1940s. The surveyor states that the original house was destroyed by fire. | |
Kilcarren | A house occupied by Ralph Smith in 1814 and by A. Carew in 1837. The Ordnance Survey Name Books describe it as "a good dwelling house" in 1841. Alexander Carew, a descendant of Lynn Carew, held the property from Ralph Smith in the mid 19th century when the buildings were valued at £17+. The house is still extant and occupied. |
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Lackeen | Lackeen House is an early 18th structure attached to part of a 17th century house. John Baily was the proprietor of Lackeen Castle, Parsonstown [Birr], in 1814 and in the mid 19th century the house valued at £12.10 shillings was occupied by Hamilton English and held from Lord Cremore. This house is now unoccupied. |
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Harvest Lodge | The Stoneys were resident at Harvest Lodge from at least 1837. Thomas Johnston Stoney, born 1780, fourth son of Thomas Stoney of Arran Hill held the property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the house was valued at £30. Harvest Lodge was the home of J.M. Wilson in the 1870s. This house no longer exists. | |
Curraghglass | J.W. Walsh is noted as the proprietor of Curraghglass in the Ordnance Survey Name Books of 1841. In the mid 19th century Thomas Meara occupied a house valued at £11 and held from the representatives of Jonathan Walsh. There is still a building located at this site. | |
Firville | In 1841 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to "Ferville" as the residence of R.F. Drought. William S. Smith occupied the house in the mid 19th century which he held from Ralph Smith. It was valued at £15+. This building is still part of a farm complex. | |
Belle Isle | A house overlooking the River Shannon, originally the home of a junior branch of the family it became the property of the 3rd Lord Avonmore through his second marriage to Cecilia O'Keeffe. The seat of 3rd Lord Avonmore in the mid 19th century held by him in fee and valued at £48. Belle Isle was occupied by Thomas Maunsell in 1814 and by Lord Avonmore in 1837. This house is no longer occupied. |
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Slevoir | Lewis records R. Monsell as resident at Slevoir in 1837. The Reverend Francis Synge was the occupier at the time of Griffith's Valuation, holding the property from the representatives of Mr Steele. The buildings were valued at £34. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage states that the present house was built in the Italianate style in the 1870s for Lieutenant Colonel J.F. Hickey by John McCurdy. In the early 1940s General Carlos J. Hickie was the owner and the house contained very beautiful furnishings and valuable family pictures according to the Irish Tourist Association surveyor. This house sold for over £3 million in 2000 and was offered for sale again in 2011. |
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Derrinvohil | This house was not built at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. It bears the name of a townland but was originally located in the townland just to the west of Derrinvohil. The townland boundary has now altered and the house is in the townland of Derrinvohil. It was built by James Jocelyn Poe in 1845. Valued at £17 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from the Messrs Saurin. The house continues to function as a residence. |
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