Modreeny
Houses within 5km of this house
Displaying 23 houses.
Houses within 5km of Modreeny
Displaying 23 houses.
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Knockanacree Wood House | A house valued at £17+, occupied by Hawtrey Andrews and held from the Reverend Frederick F. Trench in the mid 19th century. Walford states that Hawtrey Andrews was the second son of Maunsell Andrews of Rathanny. This house is now demolished. | |
Bantis | In 1814 Mr Kennedy is recorded as the proprietor of Bantis and Lewis mentions the extensive brewery of Edward Kennedy at Bantis in 1837. The Ordnance Survey Name Books record Bantis as "a neat dwelling house", the residence of Edward Kennedy. Buildings valued at £31+ and 526 acres at Bantis were held from the Honourable O.F.G. Toler by Edward, James, Denis, John and Patrick Kennedy and Henry Fitzgerald at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Sopwell Hall | Apparently named after an English property, Sopwell in Hertfordshire, which was inherited by the Sadleir family. In 1655 a Cromwellian soldier, Colonel Thomas Sadleir, was granted Kinelagh Castle, county Tipperary, which he renamed Sopwell Hall. This property remained in Sadleir possession until it was inherited by Mary Sadleir who, in 1754, had married Frederick Trench of Woodlawn, county Galway, the parents of the 1st Lord Ashtown. The present house was built by Mary's father, Francis Sadleir, in the mid 18th century. Wilson refers to it as the residence of Mr. Sadlier in 1786. Sopwell Hall was left to Francis Trench, brother of 1st Lord Ashtown, who was living at Sopwell Hall in 1814. In 1837 Lewis records the Trenches in possession and writes that "on the demesne are the ruins of the ancient castle formerly occupied by the Sadleir family". The Ordnance Survey Name Books, in 1840, refer to Sopwell as "a spacious building, the residence of Stewart Trench". At the time of Griffith's Valuation the 2nd Lord Ashtown, son of Francis, was occupying the house, valued at £40 and held by him in fee. By 1906 Sopwell was valued at £80 and occupied by the Honourable Cosby G. Trench. The Trench family were still resident at Sopwell Hall in the 1970s. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books noted that Sopwell was one of the largest demesnes in the country. |
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Ballyrickard House | Ballyrickard may possibly be the house known as Lettyville on the Taylor and Skinner map from the 1770s. Leet records Daniel Falkener as resident at Ballyrickard in 1814 and Lewis records N. Falkiner as the proprietor. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Ballyrickard as "a commodious house", the residence of Nathaniel Falkiner. In the early 1850s Addison Hone was the occupier holding the property from Richard H. Falkiner. The buildings were valued at £15. This 18th century house is still extant and occupied. |
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Congor | Occupied by F. Falkiner in 1837 and described by the Ordnance Survey Name Books as "the commodious residence of Nicholas Biddulph" in 1840. It was still occupied by him at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £20. Nicholas Biddulph was still resident in the mid 1870s when he is recorded as owning 74 acres in county Tipperary. A building is still located at this site. | |
Mount Falcon | Bence Jones writes that this house was built in 1720 by Richard Falkiner. It was the seat of the Falkiner family in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as the seat of Richard Fitzpatrick Falkiner (a minor) in 1840 and that it was occupied by Obediah Holan. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was valued at £15. It is still extant. |
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Behamore | The Reverend Thomas Hawkshaw was resident here in 1814 and Benjamin Hawkshaw in 1837. The Ordnance Survey Name Books also note it as his residence, describing Behamore as "a commodious house". James Fleetwood was the occupier in the early 1850s holding the property from Lord Dunalley, it was valued at £13+. A building is still located at this site. | |
Ballynavin | According to the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage the origins of this building date back to the mid 17th century. Ballynavin was a Robinson home in the 19th century, occupied by Mrs Robinson in 1837 and by Reverend Robert Robinson in the early 1850s. He held the property in fee and the buildings were valued at £18. Robert Robinson lived at Ballynavin in the 1870s. The house is still in use as a residence. |
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Northland | Northland was the residence of Sir A. Dancer in 1814 and of William Smith in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation William Henry Head occupied this house valued at £10. He held the property from Lord Dunalley. The house was demolished by the early 20th century. | |
Willow Lodge | James Fleetwood was resident at Willow Lodge in 1814 and in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the house appears to be only valued at £1 and occupied by David Tierney. Willow Lodge is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. It is named Alma on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. There is still an extant house at the site. | |
Riversdale | This house was built after the first Ordnance Survey. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas S. D. Robinson is recorded as the occupier of a house valued at £15 in the townland of Ballynavin. He held the property in fee. Thomas S.D. Robinson was still living at Riversdale in the 1870s. This house continues to be used as a residence. |
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Deer Park | Lewis records Park House as the property of William Trench but the residence of De La Pere A. J. Robinson. The Reverend Frederick F. Trench was the occupier in the mid 19th century, holding the house valued at £23 from Lord Dunalley. This house still functions as a residence. |
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Cloghkeating | The home of Augustus Robinson from the 1830s. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Cloghkeating as "a large new house" in 1841. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Augustus Robinson held the property in fee and the buildings were valued at £19. Augustus Robinson of Cloghkeating owned 231 acres in the 1870s. This house is still in use as a residence. |
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Cloghjordan House | This house was the home of the Reverend Edwin Palmer in 1814. By the time of Griffith's Valuation John Hodgins occupied the house and ran the nearby nursery gardens. The buildings were valued at £13+ and held from Lord Dunalley. This building which includes the remains of the old castle still functions as a country residence. |
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Tenessee | This house is labelled Tenessee House on both the First and 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey map. In 1841 the Ordnance Survey Name Books suggest that it was the property of Lord Dunally. In the mid 19th century it was occupied by Thomas R. Barnes and held from Joseph Falkiner. The buildings were valued at £14. 15 shillings. The house is still in use as a residence. |
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Coolnamunna | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Edward Kennedy held buildings valued at £34+ from Ellen Lloyd [widow of Henry Jesse Lloyd of Castle Iney?] in the townland of Coolnamunna. He had a distillery in Mullenkeagh valued at £47. Edward Kennedy of Coolnamoner Park owned 432 acres in county Tipperary in the 1870s. |
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Fort William | A Parker residence in the early part of the 19th century. In 1841 the Ordnance Survey Name Books referred to it as "a splendid demesne and fine mansion house, the residence of Mr. Parker". By the time of Griffith's Valuation Fort William was occupied by Miss Crawford who held the property from Messrs Egan. The buildings were valued at £18.15 shillings. The Egan sale rental of 1854 gives details of the original lease which was from Charles Egan to John Greene in 1769 for three lives renewable for ever. The last renewal was dated 1803 from John Egan to William Crawford. This house is still in use. |
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Modreeny House | In 1786 Wilson refers to "Moderenny" as the seat of Sir Amyrald Dancer. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to the house as Eminisky House in 1841 but it is marked on the first edition map as Modreeny House and was the home of the Dancer family. It was replaced by a new house circa 1920s. The outbuildings, gates and gatelodge of the original house still remain. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Sir Thomas B. Dancer held this property in fee. The buildings were valued at £21. Hussey gives Modreeny House as the address of Sir Thomas Dancer in 1878. |
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Hilton | Hilton, located just to the south of Modreeny House, was the home of Thomas Dancer, later 6th Baronet, in 1837 and of the 6th Baronet's son, Thomas J. Dancer, in the mid 19th century. Thomas J. Dancer held the house valued at £15 from his father Sir Thomas B. Dancer, 6th Baronet. In 1841 the Ordnance Survey Name Books had noted the house as the residence of Thomas Stoney. A house is still located at this site. | |
Elysium | This house is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map and was inhabited by Thomas Ely in 1837. Thomas Ely held the property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £23. The Elys were still resident in the 1870s. George Evans was occupying this house in 1906. There is still a house located at this site. | |
Mertonhall | Merton, Cloghjordan, was the home of T.G. Fitzgibbon in 1814. It was purchased by Robert Hall in 1828 and he was the proprietor in 1837. The Ordnance Survey Name Books noted in 1841 that it was formerly known as "Litty Ville House". The house was valued at £55 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held by Robert Hall in fee. The Hall family continued to use Merton as a residence in the 1870s. By 1906 the representatives of De Courcy P. Ireland were occupying Mertonhall. He was married to Ada Hall. This house is now demolished. | |
Fort Nisbitt | Robert Nesbett was resident at Fort Nesbett in 1814. The Ordnance Survey Name Books also mention him in 1839 though they refer to Thomas Towers as the proprietor of the townland. In the early 1850s, Thomas O'Brien was the occupier, holding the property from the Reverend James Nesbitt. The buildings were valued at £12.15 shillings. A building is still located at this site. | |
Lisheen (Lower Ormond) | In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Lisheen House in the parish of Aglishcloghane as held by John Crawford but an addendum to the entry on the parish of Uskane note that Lisheen was the residence of Geo.Fosbery, Jnr. By the time of Griffith's Valuation it was held in fee by George Fosberry and valued at almost £8. A house is still extant at the site. |