Glendollagh House
Houses within 15km of this house
Displaying 7 houses.
Houses within 15km of Glendollagh House
Displaying 7 houses.
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| Kylemore Abbey | A very large residence built in the late 1860s for Mitchell Henry with extensive gardens, incorporating the former Kylemore Lodge. Later a home of the Duke and Duchess of Manchester. Now a school and tourist business run by a French order of Benedictine nuns. |
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| Ballynahinch Castle | Built in the 18th century for the Martin family, bought by the Law Life Assurance Society in 1852. It was in their possession at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £35. Ballynahinch was sold to the Berridge family in 1872. In 1926 it was bought from the Berridges by the Indian prince and cricketeer Ranjitsinhji and continued in his ownership until his death in 1933. The castle has been used as a hotel since 1946. http://www.ballynahinch-castle.com/ |
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| Cashel | Built by Thomas Hazell for his agent. Hazell was leasing land from the Law Life Assurance Society at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the house was valued at £6. Bought by James O'Mara (1873-1948) circa 1924, who was a Home Rule supporter and later a member of Sinn Fein. He represented South Kilkenny in the House of Commons and in the first Dáil Éireann. In 1952 the house became the home of Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs Browne Clayton. The house is now run as a hotel by the McEvilly family. |
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| Garroman Lodge | Built by Dean Mahon of Westport in 1833 [James Mahon of the Castlegar family, Dean of Dromore] and its situation is described by Robert Graham in his journal of September 1836. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was leased by Patrick Larkin from the Law Life Assurance Society and valued at £1. The Berridge family later used it as a shooting lodge. The house no longer exists. | |
| Kylemore House | Built by the Reverend Joseph Duncan on the shore of Kylemore Lake in the early 1850s and run as a hotel for sportsmen. Occupied by Talbot Clifton in the early 20th century and for a time by St John Gogarty after Renvyle House was burnt in the 1920s. Still run as a guest house by Nancy Naughton. |
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| Kylemore Lodge | Built circa 1900 possibly as a shooting lodge of the Guinness family, now run as a B & B. |
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| Inagh Lodge | A fishing lodge built in the 1880s by the Berridge family, now a hotel. See http://www.loughinaghlodgehotel.ie/en/history-hotel/ |
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