Woodfield House (Donanaghta)

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Woodfield House (Donanaghta)

Displaying 17 houses.

House name	Description
Grange	The Earl of Huntington's estate in Galway included a house valued at £7 at Grange, parish of Killeenadeema, leased to Patrick Murphy. A house labelled Grange House appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. On the 25-inch edition of the1890s the original house is not shown and Grange House is located at M878146. This house is now a ruin.
Tully	Joseph Cowan leased lands and a house valued at £7 at Tully to Matthew Madden in 1856. In 1906 Tully was the property of Stephen Cowan and still valued at £7. It is still extant and occupied.
Cappaluane Glebe	Rev. Richard Eyre was leasing the Glebe house at Cappaluane, barony of Longford, from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £18. He was also leasing land from John Eyre. Cappaluane Glebe is still extant and occupied. In 2006 it was offered for sale.
Eyrecourt Castle	Eyrecourt Castle was originally built in the 1660s. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as "the fine seat of Lord Eyre, with ample demesnes". It is mentioned as a gentleman's seat in the Ordnance Survey Name Books in the 1830s. It was held in fee by John Eyre at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £48. A fine lithograph of the Castle appears in the Encumbered Estates schedule when the estate was offered for sale in June 1854. The castle itself is now in ruins. The fine oak staircase is now in the Detroit Institute of Arts. Substantial evidence of the demesne still remains.
Fearmore House	In 1856 Edward Horsman was leasing a house in the townland of Fearmore from the Clanricarde estate. It was valued at almost £9 at the time. It is still extant and occupied.
Redmounthill Farm	At the time of Griffith's Valuation the property at Ballynamudagh, a steward's house and out buildings valued at £14, were part of the Pollok estate. In 1906 this property was valued at £41. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s the buildings are labelled Redmounthill Farm. The house and some portions of the farm buildings remain at the site.
Woodview	In the 1830s a "gentleman's residence" named Woodview already existed here. Slater notes it as the seat of Richard G. Daly in 1846. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Richard Eyre was leasing this property from Richard G. Daly. By 1906 this house had become part of the Pollok estate and was valued at £10. The house is still extant and occupied.
Woburn	A "gentleman's seat" called Waburn is recorded here in the Ordnance Survey Name Books of the 1830s. Slater refers to Woburn as the seat of Henry Flanagan in 1846. Buildings in this townland valued at £15 were leased by Henry Flanagan from the Clanricarde estate in 1856. Woburn is still extant though disused.
Moorfield House	In 1778and 1786, this house was the residence of the Blake family. Moorfield was a steward's house on the Eyre estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In April 1869 the Eyre's Moorfield estate, including the house, was offered for sale in the Landed Estates court. In 1906 it was owned by James Howard Jnr and was valued at £28. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests that the extant house at Moorfield is of late nineteenth century date.
Prospect (Meelick)	In 1856 Joseph Cowan was leasing a property at Prospect, in the parish of Meelick, barony of Longford, from Francis Usher. In 1837 Lewis recorded Prospect as the seat of C.A. O'Malley. Slater refers to it as the seat of John Smith in 1846. In 1906 Prospect was the property of Ernest Kenny and valued at £12. In 1778 and 1786, this property was the residence of the French family. Prospect House is still extant and occupied.
Greenfield/ Fahy	In 1777 a house at Fahy is recorded by Taylor and Skinner as a Hamilton residence. In 1786 Wilson mentions Faghy as the seat of Mr. Hamilton. Lewis records Fahy as the seat of T. Burke in 1837. The OS Name Books state that the gentleman's residence in the townland of Fahy was called Greenfield. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Pierce Joyce held over 400 acres of this townland together with buildings valued at over £6. The house is labelled Greenfield on both the 1st and 25-inch Ordnance Survey maps. Some ruins survive at the site.
Lismore Castle	In 1778 Lismore Castle was the residence of the Daly family. Wilson refers it as the seat of Anthony Daly in 1786. It is described as "in ruins" on 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Some elements of the demesne are still visible.
Ballymore Castle	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Ballymore Castle was occupied by Thomas Seymour. This house continued to be the seat of the Seymour family until at least 1906 and was noted by Slater as the seat of Walter G. Seymour in 1894. It is still extant and occupied.
Abbeyland Cottage	A herd's house in the townland of Abbeyland Great, parish of Clonfert, barony of Longford, was part of Archdeacon Butson's estate. It was valued at £1 10 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and leased to John Kenny. This house is no longer extant.
Abbeyland House	Archdeacon Butson was leasing a steward's house, valued at £8, in the townland of Abbeyland Great, parish of Clonfert, barony of Longford, to Allan Pollok, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Buildings still exist at the site.
Lismore	Henry Kenny was leasing a property valued at £8 from Lord Dunsandle in 1855. It was located at Lismore Demesne, parish of Clonfert. Lismore Castle is shown there on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. By the 1890s this building is in ruins but Lismore Farm (M943160) is located nearby. Ruins of both buildings are still visible at the site. MacLysaght, in his 1944 report on the Dunsandle papers, notes the existence of deeds relating to Fergus Madden of Lismore.
Lissanacody	The Pollok estate held a steward and caretakers' houses at Lissanacody, barony of Longford at the time of Griffith's Valuation, valued at £6 between them. In 1906 the property was part of the estate of the John Pollok's representatives and was valued at £7.Molloy writes that these buildings, which were unoccupied at the time, were damaged by fire in 1854. Some farm buildings remain at the site.