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Barranastook

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 17 houses.

Houses within 5km of Barranastook

Displaying 17 houses.

House name Description
Ballyduffbeg James Lynch was leasing this property from the Devonshire estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10.
Ballyduffmore Eleanor Walsh was leasing this property from the O'Dell estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Ballyduffmore is still extant and occupied. Photo of Ballyduffmore
Ballyguiry James Wall was leasing this property from Lord Decies estate in 1851 when it was valued at £11 10s. There are still extant buildings at the site.
Coolnagour House In 1851 the occupier, Arthur McGuire Giles, was leasing this property from Catherine Giles, when it was valued at £13 5s. Lewis refers to it as the seat of W. Giles in 1837. The house is still extant and occupied.
Woodstock House (County Waterford) John Hackett was leasing this property to Thomas Walsh in 1851 when it was valued at £21. It was included in the sale notice for the Walsh estate in May 1851 where it is noted that "a sum of over £2000 was expended in building the mansion". The house appears to have also been known as Whitechurch House. In 1894 Slater refers to it as the seat of Lt-Col. Charles Hely. The ruin of the original house was still visible until this century but a modern building occupies the site now.
Rockfield (Modelligo) Pierce Hely held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £33 10s. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to "Rockville" as the seat of Mr. Hely. The house is still extant and occupied. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage notes its association, not only with the Hely family, but also that of English and Grove-White. Photo of Rockfield (Modelligo)
Johnstown House (Decies) Mrs. Mary Barron was leasing this property from the Villiers-Stuart estate in 1851 when it was valued at £10 10s. There is still an extant property at the site.
Clonkerdin House Mrs Catherine Quinlan was leasing this property from Lord Stuart de Decies in 1851 when it was valued at £30. It is still extant and occupied. In 2014 it was offered for sale. Photo of Clonkerdin House
Ballintaylor In 1851 Thomas Egan (junior) was leasing this property from the Musgrave estate when it was valued at £11. It was still part of the Musgrave estate in 1906 when it was valued at £9 10s. Leet had noted it as the seat of Maurice Power in 1814. Smith states that it was the seat of the Usher family having formerly been in the possession of the Osborne estate, a house being built here by Sir Richard Osborne in 1619. The property is no longer extant.
Whitechurch In 1851 this property was held in fee by Florence McCarthy when it was valued at £32. Local sources suggest it was once part of the Earl of Huntingdon's estate. The ITA survey noted that it had previously been the property of Dr. Forsythe, and, from the 1920s onwards, owned by the McGrath family. It is still extant and used as self-catering accommodation. Photo of Whitechurch
Cappagh House (Old) Richard Ussher held this property in fee in 1851 when it was valued at £41. This is the original Cappagh House, built by the Ussher family in the late eighteenth century and referred to in 1774 by Smith as the seat of John Usher. It is still extant, though replaced, in the late nineteenth century, by the modern Cappagh House. Photo of Cappagh House (Old)
Cappagh House A house constructed in the later nineteenth century by Richard J. Ussher. In 1906 it was owned by him and valued at over £52. In 1942 the ITA survey notes it as the property of Percy Arnold Ussher. It is still extant and occupied. Photo of Cappagh House
Cappagh A John Morrissy was leasing this property from the Ussher estate in 1851 when it was valued at £13. An extensive farm property still exists at the site.
Carriglea House Built by John O'Dell in the early ninetenth century, in 1851 this property was held in fee by Edward O'Dell when it was valued at £59. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s it is labelled Carriglea Convent. It is still extant and a centre for care services. Photo of Carriglea House
Mountodell In 1851 this property was being leased by Rev. Edward Ellis from the Odell estate when it was valued at £9. In 1774 Charles Smith stated it was a seat of the Odell family as did Wilson in 1786. The property is still extant.
Lauragh Matthew Walsh was leasing this property from the Musgrave estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12.
Ballylemon Lodge In 1906 Kathleen M. Walsh was the owner of this property, then valued at over £13. It had been built in the later nineteenth century and is shown on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Local sources state that it was also the home of John O'Keeffe, MP for Dungarvan in the 1870s. An earlier property in the Ballylemon area was described by Smith in 1774 as "anciently the seat of Sir Richard Osborne".