Landed Estates
University of Galway

Lough Eske

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 5 houses.

Houses within 5km of Lough Eske

Displaying 5 houses.

House name Description
Drumlonagher At the time of Griffith’s Valuation,in the 1850s. this property was leased from the Arran estate by Anthony McLoone, when it was valued at £46. The ruins of the mill are still visible at the site.
Farmhill (Donegal) Jacob Spence was leasing this property from the Arran estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s, when the complex was valued at £23, including a flax mill and a corn mill.
The Moor This house is labelled "The Moor" on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of the 1830s. Reverend William Ewing was leasing this property from the Arran estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s, when it was valued at £20. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map the house at this site is labelled “Vicarage”. A house is still extant at the site.
Ardnamona This house was built after the publication of the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. By the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s, the house here was valued at £13 and was being leased by Richard Thompson from George "Rea". Local sources suggest, however, that Thomas Brooke was the owner of the land but that the house was built by George Wray. In 1837, Lewis refers to Ardnamona as "the romantic and picturesque place", property of G.C. Wray. By 1906 Ardnamona had been purchased by A.R. Wallace and the house was valued at over £29. The Wallace family extended and enhanced the gardens at the property. Ardnamona is still extant and occupied. Photo of Ardnamona
Milltown House (Killymard) William Graham was leasing this property from the Murray Stewart estate at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s when it was valued at £30. The house was built after the publication of the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map when the site was occupied by a spade foundry. Buildings are still extant at the site.