Rahans

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Rahans

Displaying 8 houses.

House name	Description
Cormoy House	There was a building located here and marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836). Griffith’s Valuation records the house as located on the estate of the Marquess of Bath, valued at £28 and occupied by Peter McCaul. In 1901 it was the only house in the townland and Kate McCaul, a widow, was the head of the household. A building is still located at this site.
Longfield House	Longfield House on the Marquess of Bath’s estate is marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836). It was occupied at the time by the Johnston family. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book describes the residence of W. Johnston as in the west of the townland. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation circa 1860 Thomas Johnston was resident and the buildings were valued at £30. Sidney Jackson and family were living in Longfield House at the beginning of the 20th century. This house no longer exists.
Kiltybegs	Large complex of buildings marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836). This was part of the estate of Major John Leslie who held it in fee. The buildings which included a house were valued at £15. Later the home of Charles J. Leslie (see building return 1901 census) and of the land steward, George McGregor, in 1911. This house is no longer extant.
Rocksavage	This house was the home of the Plunkett family from about the mid-18th century. By the mid-19th century, valued at £25, it had become the home of Charles Plunkett Kenny or Kenney, whose mother Charlotte had inherited the property. Charles still lived there in 1901 and his daughters in 1911. The house is now a ruin.
Donaghmoyne	Donaghmoyne House is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836) and the grounds include a walled garden and plantations. A mill and quarry were located nearby. Lewis records Donaghmoyne as the residence of J. Bashford. John Dixie, who had oil and flax mills near the house, was the occupier in the mid-19th century. He held the property, described as a steward’s house, from the Reverend Robin L. Tottenham, whose estate was at that time in the Court of Chancery. The buildings which included a gate lodge were valued at £17. Donaghmoyne was purchased by Richard Bolton from the Reverend Tottenham in the early 1860s. John Marshall Bolton and his wife were resident in the early 20th century. This house is still a residence.
Capragh	A house located close to Capragh Lough was in existence at the time of the first Ordnance Survey in the 1830s. By the mid-19th century it was occupied by Hubert Kiernan who held the townland in fee. The buildings were valued at £15. Occupied by the Mitchell sisters in 1901 and by Mary Mitchell in 1911. Part of the yard buildings still remain at this site.
Moyles Mill House	A house built in front of the corn mill after the first Ordnance Survey took place in the early 1830s as it is not marked on the first 6 inch map. It was occupied circa 1860 by Thomas Lennan, who held the property valued at £20, from Joseph Plunkett. In 1901 occupied by Thomas McKenna, a miller and farmer, and in 1911 by the Murphy family. The house is no longer extant.
Lisanisk	Lisanisk is situated on the outskirts of Carrickmacross and close to Lisanisk Lake. In the 1780s it was inhabited by Walter Dawson whose daughter Sarah married Archibald Hamilton Rowan. The Post Chaise Companion in the early 19th century records a Mr Gibson at Lisanisk while Lewis in the 1830s names Adam Gibson. Edward Gibson was the occupant at the time of Griffith’s Valuation when the buildings were valued at £25 and held from the Marquess of Bath. The Patrician Brothers were occupying Lisanisk by 1911. This house was offering accommodation on a B&B basis in the 2010s.