Landed Estates
University of Galway

Slievardagh

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 20 houses.

Houses within 10km of Slievardagh

Displaying 20 houses.

House name Description
Harley Park The Poe residence at this location in the 18th century was known as Rosenaharly as mentioned by Wilson in 1786. The seat of the Poe family, occupied by James Poe in 1814 and by J.P. Poe in 1837. James Purefoy Poe was still resident in the mid 19th century, holding the property in fee. The buildings were valued at £41.10 shillings. The Poes were still resident in the early 20th century and this house is still a residence. Photo of Harley Park
Ballyphilip The seat of the Going family in the 18th and 19th centuries, W. and A. Going were resident in 1814 and Ambrose Going held the property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The buildings were valued at £30.15 shillings. This house was held by the representatives of B.F. Going in 1906. Buildings are still extant at the site.
Ballinunty House William Going occupied this house and held it in fee in the mid 19th century when it was valued at £24.10 shillings. In 1894 Slater notes it as the seat of Miss A.J. Going. This house no longer exists.
Coalbrook A Langley home in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Ordnance Survey Name Books describe the demesne as "nearly one half wood and oranmental ground" in 1838. It was valued at £35.10 shillings in the mid 19th century when held by Henry Langley in fee. George Langley was the occupier in 1906 when the buildings were valued at £41+. This house is still extant and lived in. Photo of Coalbrook
Lisnamrock Castle The Langleys were resident here from the 18th century. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to Lisnarock as the seat of Mr Langley. Henry Langley was the occupier in the mid 19th century, holding the property in fee. The buildings were valued at £11.10 shillings. Held by George Langley in 1906. Buildings still exist at this location.
Lickfinn Fergus Langley occupied Lickfinn in 1814 and John Langley held the house valued at £12 and 273 acres in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This house was later known as Knockanure. In 1906 held by the representatives of John Langley.
Pastor Ville [Kockboy] In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Pastorville as a gentleman's seat and to Micheal Meeghan as the proprietor. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Timothy Meighan held a house at Knockboy valued at £10.15 shillings and 15 acres from Edmund Byrne. This appears to be the house Pastor Ville marked on the first Ordnance Survey map and on the later 25-inch map of the 1890s. Buildings are still located at this site.
Littlefield Littlefield, Killenaule, was the residence of Flor Carrol in 1814 and of E. Cooke "who occasionly resides here" in 1837. Earlier, in 1786, Wilson had referred to it as the seat of Mr. Cooke. Edward Cooke is recorded as the occupier at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held the property in fee and the buildings were valued at £12. This house is now a ruin. Photo of Littlefield
Poyntstown A home of a branch of the Cooke family in the 18th century. In 1786 Wilson refers to "Point's-town" as the seat of William Cooke. He was also the proprietor in 1814. In 1837 Lewis records Poyntstown as the property of Phanuel Cooke "in ruins". The house is marked as in ruins on the first Ordnance Survey map. Fennell Cooke held this townland at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Glenview Glenview was occupied by the Reverend Edmund Prendergast in the early 1850s. He held the house valued at £18.15 shillings from Matthew Prendergast. In the early 20th century the house was altered and extended by a religious order who set up a school. Photo of Glenview
Grangehill Robert Mason held a house and office valued at £15.10 shillings at Grangehill from William P. Barker in the mid 19th century. Mason was Barker's agent. He also held offices and 101 acres in the neighbouring townland of Knockatooreen.
Kilcooly Abbey In 1786 Wilson refers to Kilcooley as the residence of Sir William Barker. This was the seat of the Barker and later Ponsonby Barker family in the 18th and 19th centuries. It remained in the possession of the family now known as Ponsonby until the early 21st century. The present house dates from the late 18th century, the family having previously lived in the old abbey. The house was partially destroyed by a fire in 1839 and rebuilt. In the mid 19th century the house was valued at £67.10 shillings. Photo of Kilcooly Abbey
George's Park Located on the Barker estate this house may be named after George Ashby who lived in it in the mid 19th century. It has been extended since it appeared on the first Ordnance Survey map and was valued at £13.10 shillings at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is still extant and occupied. Photo of George's Park
Wilford Wilford was the residence Butler Esq in the 1770s and 1780s and of Mr Richard Blackmore in 1814. In the early 1850s it was occupied by John Blackmore, who held the property valued at £11+ from William P. Barker with 128 acres. The house is labelled Wilford House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Shangarry House on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. It is now a ruin.
Willmount Occupied in 1814 by Robert Lane and by Hampden Lane in the early 1850s, when the house was valued at £17 and held from William P. Barker. This house is still an occupied residence. Photo of Willmount
Lanespark The home of the Lane family from the 18th century,Wilson refers to it as the seat of Hamilton Lane in 1786. Held by John Lane in 1814 and by his representatives in the early 1850s, when the house was valued at £26. The sale rental of 1858 describes the farm offices as extensive and that a powerful steam engine had been erected. Lanespark House is still extant.
Mohober Mohober was occupied by Scott Esq in the 1770s and 1780s. It was the home of the Cormick family in the 19th century. Richard Cormick was resident in the early 1850s holding the property from the Earl of Clonmel. The buildings were valued at £14.15 shillings. In the 1870s Daniel Cormack of Mohober owned 189 acres in county Tipperary. The sale rental of the interest of James P. Welply in the house and demesne of Mohober dated July 1868 records that the property was conveyed to Daniel Welply by the Encumbered Estates Commissioners in May 1856. The original lease dated 1766 was from William Cane to Mark Scott. The Cormac interest in this property was advertised for sale in June 1876. Buildings are still extant at this site.
Kyle A house occupied by Matthew R. Millett at the time of Griffith's Valuation, valued at £10 and held from Colonel W. Palliser.
Coolquill Castle In 1786 Wilson refers to Coolquill as the seat of Mr. Gahan. The property is labelled "Coolquill Castle" on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map and indicates that it was built on to a tower house. Coolquill was held in fee by Colonel Palliser in the mid 19th century. He was married to Anne Glenstanes. The castle was valued at £5. The castle ruin and other buildings are still extant at the site.
Venter Fair The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to this house in the townland of Clashduff, parish of Ballingarry as "Venture Fair" and note the existence there of coal mines of the same name. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was leased by Mrs. Mary O'Sullivan from the Langley estate and valued at almost £10. A house is still extant at the site.