Kilruane House

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 24 houses.

Houses within 5km of Kilruane House

Displaying 24 houses.

House name	Description
Hermitage	This house was occupied by J.A. [John Andrew] Jackson at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from his father Major Jackson. The house was valued at £20.16 shillings and was located close to the River Ollatrim. This house was renovated in the early 21st century.
Mount Pleasant	The main home of the Jackson family in the 19th century, occupied by John Short in 1814, by Captain Jackson in the 1830s and by Major Jackson in the early 1850s. The house with 448 acres was held from John Willington. The buildings were valued at £29+. Francis Freeman was the tenant in 1870. This house no longer exists.
Castle Willington	Castle Willington was the seat of a junior branch of the Willington family of Killoskehane Castle. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Willington. The Ordnance Survey Name Books note it as the seat of James Willington. Valued at £38+ it was held by James Willington in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Alice C. Langford occupied this house valued at £20 in 1906. She was a daughter of John Willington and had married in 1877 Charles C. Coplen Langford. This house of 3 storys with tower house attached is still a residence.
Rapla	Rapla was a Freeman home in the 18th century and was inhabited for a time by the Otways, Phoebe Otway having married Daniel Freeman of Rapla. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to Rapla as the seat of Mr. Willington. Jonathan Willington, younger brother of John of Killoskehane, was residing at Rapla in 1814 and William Cooper Crawford in 1837. William Cooper Crawford married Sophia Morgan [nee Willington] as her second husband. By the early 1850s John Tuthill was resident holding the house valued at £42+ from William Cooper Crawford. The sale rental of 1850 describes Rapla as a first class house held on a lease for 7 years from the Court of Chancery to John Tuthill. This house no longer exists.
Richmond	Bence Jones writes that this was a fortified house onto which a three storey house was built in 1733. The house was later altered and expanded. Richmond was the seat of the Gason family in the 18th and 19th centuries, originally known as Killashalloe. Occupied by Richard Gason in 1814 and in 1837 and held by him in fee in the early 1850s when it was valued at £46. This house remained in Gason possession until 1956 when the roof was removed and the farm was sold in 1962. Part of the facade of the Ulster Bank headquarters at George's Quay, Dublin, was constructed from blocks of stone from Richmond House (''The Irish Independent'', 16 March 1999) .
Southhill	In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to South Hill House as "a good dwelling house, the residence of Mr. J. Manders" though Patrick Clark is mentioned as the proprietor. It was valued at £23+ in the mid 19th century, occupied by John Vincent and held from the Honourable O.F.G.Toler. At the time of the 1855 sale the house was untenanted. This house no longer exists.
Islandbawn	Malachi Ryan held a house, offices, flour mill and 76 acres at Islandbawn from the Honourable O.F.G. Toler at Islandbawn in the mid 19th century. The buildings were valued at £85.
Clermont House	Clermont or Claremount House, Nenagh, was occupied by William Short in 1814 and by Frederick Evans in 1837. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as "a good dwelling house, the residence of Mr. J. Evans". It was also occupied by Evans at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house was then valued at £24 and held from the Marquess of Ormond. This house still functions as a residence.
Rathurles	Rathurles was the home of the Brereton family in the 19th century. Occupied by John Brereton in 1814 and T. Brereton in 1837. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as "a modern building". Thomas Brereton was still resident at the time of Griffith's Valuation holding the property valued at £27.15 shillings from Patrick Kernan. Home of Hugh Finch in the 1870s. This house is still extant and occupied.
Ashleypark	Ashleypark was occupied by the Heads from at least the 1770s. It was the home of John Head in 1814. It became the seat of a branch of the Atkinson family when purchased by George Guy Atkinson in 1824. G. Atkinson was the proprietor in 1837. George Atkinson held the property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £23.10 shillings. Thomas Biggs of the Bellevue family married Alice Margery Atkinson in 1903. The house was valued at £35 and occupied by Thomas B. Biggs Atkinson in 1906. His niece Zelie Biggs eventually inherited Ashleypark. The house was sold to Sean and Nora Mounsey in 1983. It now functions as a guest house.
Beechwood Park	Beechwood, near Nenagh, was occupied by Richard C. Langford in 1814 and Lewis writes that Beechwood was the property of Colonel Toler Osborne but was occupied by D. Falkiner and had once been the residence of the Earl of Norbury. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to "Beech Wood, the fine seat of Daniel Toler". In the mid 19th century William Osborne was resident, holding the property in fee. The buildings were valued at £33. Occupied by Lady Osborne in 1906 when the buildings were valued at £40+. The home of Philip Blake, genealogist, in the mid 20th century. This mid 18th century house still functions as a country house.
Ballinwear	In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe Ballinwear as "a good dwelling house...surrounded with plantation and ornamental ground". James Otway is recorded as the occupier of Ballinwear at the time of Griffith's Valuation. At this time the house was valued at £14 and held from the Earl of Norbury. Toler Kingsley Wolfe was the house occupant in 1867. The Ballinwear property had been leased to Caesar George Otway by the Honourable Otway Fortescue Toler in 1859. The house was later altered and a building is still in existence at the site.
Ballyanny	Lewis records J. Maher as resident at Ballyhenny in 1837. James Meagher occupied the house valued at £16 in the mid 19th century and held the property from Thomas Carroll. James Meagher of Ballyanny, Nenagh, owned 370 acres in the 1870s.
Wellington	In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Wellington as "the commodious dwelling house of Edwin Sadlier". By the time of Griffith's Valuation, the house was occupied by Daniel Falkiner, valued at £20 and held from the representatives of Colonel Brereton. This house is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. It was replaced by another house also known as Wellington, closer to the mill, in the early 1870s, and this latter house is still extant.
Rockford	The original house was marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map but it was enlarged and altered sometime after the first Ordnance Survey. Another house also known as Rockford House was built to the south east of the original house in 1881 for Theobald Richard Wolfe, Grid Ref R855 821. It remained in the possession of the Wolfe family until 1943. Rockfort (sic) was the residence of Jeoffrey Kingsley in 1814 and of J. Wolfe in 1837. In 1823 John Wolfe married Frances Elizabeth Kingsley, an only child. John Wolfe held the house valued at £18 and 232 acres from the representatives of General Chowe in the early 1850s. The Wolfes were still resident in the 1870s.
Moyroe	Moyroe was the home of Samuel Laurence in 1814 and of Malachy Ryan in the mid 19th century. Malachy Ryan held the townland of 51 acres in fee and the buildings were valued at £10.10 shillings. A building still exists at this site.
Tyone	In the 1770s Donagh O'Brien of Tyone had bolting mills near Nenagh and an estate worth £8,000 in England and Ireland (Kilboy Papers). Donough O'Brien was resident at Tyone, Nenagh, in 1814. Malachy Ryan held a house, flour mill and land from Stafford O'Brien at Tyone in the mid 19th century. The buildings were valued at £75. Thomas John Ryan son of Malachy was living at Tyone in the 1870s. This house is still a residence.
Brook Watson	Feltham Watson occupied Brook Watson in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £26 and held from the representatives of Peter Holmes. By 1870 in the hands of the Brereton family.
Riverston	Leets records Riverstown, Nenagh, as the home of Wills Crofts. In 1806 John Bennett of Cork city married the only daughter of Wills Crofts of Riverston, county Tipperary (''Freeman's Journal'' 12 June 1806). In 1837 John Bennett was the proprietor of Riverston. At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Bennett held the property from the representatives of Peter Holmes and the house was valued at £55 and the nearby mill at £54. The home of a member of the Poe family in the 1870s.
Summerville	In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe Summerville as "a commodious dwelling house, the residence of O'Brien Dillon" but Major Laurence is noted as the proprietor. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the house was occupied by the representatives of Wills Bennett and held from John Bennett. The buildings were valued at £24. This house no longer exists.
Elm Hill House	The Ordnance Survey Name Books record William Middleton as the occupier of Elm Hill House in 1839 and mention the surroundings as "a very pretty demesne situated in a beautiful locality". At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Middleton was leasing this property from the Poe estate when the house was valued at almost £8. The original house is no longer extant and a modern house has been constructed at the site.
Knigh Cottage	In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books mention Right Hon. Thomas Lefroy as the proprietor of this house, "a neat cottage, the residence of William Kingsley". He was still the occupier at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the house was valued at £5. Family history sources suggest that the Kingsley family continued to reside at Knigh Cottage into the early twentieth century when it was acquired by the Harty family. It is still extant.
Millview	In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe Mill view as "a good dwelling house, the residence of Mr. Short" though noting S. Pepper as the proprietor. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was leased by Richard Brandley from Mary O'Leary when it was valued at £11. A house is still extant at the site.
Smithville [Yewstown House]	In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Smithville "a commodious dwelling house", the residence of Mr. Boucher, though Peter Homes is mentioned as the proprietor. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Aquilla Smith, MD, was leasing a property from the Holmes estate valued at £38. In addition Smith was leasing another property, valued at £15, to the Nenagh Poor Law Guardians, for use as an auxiliary workhouse. By the publication of the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s, a more substantial house at the site has become known as Yewston House. The building at the site now is known as The Manor and is in use as a nursing home.