Derryvally

Houses within 15km of this house

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Houses within 15km of Derryvally

Displaying 98 houses.

House name	Description
Freame Mount	This house was built in 1772 (date stone confirms this) for Charles Mayne, land agent, on the Cremorne estate. According to a website dedicated to the history of the Mayne family, it was named after the second wife of Thomas Dawson, Hannah Freame, granddaughter of William Penn. The house was occupied by William Douglas in the mid-19th century and valued at £24. It was occupied by George John Levis, a bank official, and family in the early 20th century.
Brandrum	An early 18th century house located on the Cole of Florence Court estate. Early residents were Edward Mayne of the Mount Sedborough family and the Reverend Robert Montgomery, whose mother was a Cole. The house was close to another 18th century Montgomery home Ballyleck. It is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book states that ‘Brandrim is a delightful residence, there is an excellent house with good offices and gardens attached; the grounds well laid out and well planted’. Lewis records Owen Blayney Cole as the proprietor and he was leasing the property to Thomas Coote at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. The buildings were valued at £35. Brandrum was the home of Hugh Gill Patterson and family in the early 20th century. This house is now a ruin.
Bessmount Park	The original house ‘Bessmont’, sometimes spelt Bessmount, dates from the early 1800s and is marked and named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836) with a walled garden to the south. It was the home of a branch of the Montgomery family and was inherited through marriage by the Nixons. In the 1830s it was the residence of A. Nixon Montgomery. In 1840 it was acquired by John Hatchell, High Sheriff of Monaghan in 1843 and his daughter held the house in fee circa 1860. The buildings were valued at £46. The house was elaborately re-modelled in an ornate style possibly to the design of an unknown architect in the late 1860s for the owner William Henderson and became known as Bessmount Park. William Henderson was married to John Hatchell’s daughter Frances Maria Isabella. Mrs Henderson, described as a widow, was living in the house in 1901 and a retired doctor Edward Taylor in 1911. This house continues to be a fine residence.
Ballyleck	Alexander Montgomery, Member of Parliament for county Tyrone, had this house built in the mid-18th century. By the early 19th century Ballyleck had become part of the estate of the Westenra family, Barons Rossmore. The house is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). Lewis records the Honourable Richard Westenra as resident. He died in 1838. Circa 1860 William M’Keane was the occupier holding the property from Henrietta Westenra. It was valued at £36. A few years later it had become the home of Jesse Lloyd , a brother of Lady Rossmore. This house with extensive outbuildings was the home of Lucius O’Brien and family in 1901 and of William Black and family in 1911. This house is still extant.
Poplar Vale	Home of the Richardson family in the 18th and 19th centuries, Lewis records Major E. Richardson as proprietor. The house is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836) surrounded by parkland and an extensive walled garden. The buildings were valued at £30 circa 1860 when John Richardson was the occupier holding the property from Robert Ellis. Edward John Richardson was resident in the early 20th century. In the 1940s St Patrick’s Agricultural College was established at Poplar Vale.
Newbliss	This house, now demolished, on the outskirts of the town of Newbliss was the home of the Ker family who held it in fee. Built in 1814, Andre A. M. Ker was the proprietor in the mid-19th century when the buildings were valued at £70. Mary Isabella Murray Ker was the occupant in the early 20th century with over 200 acres of untenanted land.
Mount Carmel	A house built in the early 19th century; the Tithe Applotment Book 1829 records the occupant as John Ker while the Ordnance Survey Field Name Book records Miss Kerr as resident. William Alexander Williams of Mount Carmel, a nephew of Colonel John Ker of Mountain Lodge, took the additional name of Ker in 1846. Mount Carmel was advertised for sale in 1854. It was unoccupied at the time. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation the buildings had a rateable valuation of £7 and the house was occupied by George Bennie and held from Samuel Moorhead. This house continues to be a well maintained residence.
Mountain Lodge/Farmoyle House	This house was originally known as Mountain Lodge but in more recent times the name Farmoyle House has been used. In the 1830s it was the residence of Colonel John Ker, who was succeeded by his nephew William Alexander Williams. In January 1851 the Mountain Lodge estate of W. A. Williams Ker was advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court, with an estate in county Meath. The mansion house was at the time occupied by Mrs Ann Ker, aged 83 years, widow of the Colonel. It was purchased by George Bennie, who held it in fee at the time of Griffith’s Valuation but was selling it in 1865. By the time the 25 inch Ordnance Survey map was compiled the building was reduced in size and has been further altered in more recent times. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records the building as unoccupied.
Beech Hill	Located on the outskirts of Monaghan town, Beech Hill is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). The buildings at Beech Hill were valued at £40 in the mid-19th century. William Murray was the occupant. He held the property from Lord Rossmore. Sarah Ker, eldest daughter of André Allen Ker, is described in Burke’s Landed Gentry of Ireland (1904) as resident here. In 1880 she married Fitzjohn Robert Irwin of Kilkeel, county Down. Beech Hill College, a secondary school, is now located on this site.
Cornecassa	This house was the home of the Hamilton family from the early 19th century built by Dacre Hamilton. Lewis records it as the home of Dacre Hamilton, son of Sir James, who was agent for the Rossmore, Castleshane and Templeton estates. Cornakessagh House is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836). At the time it had extensive laid out gardens and some plantations. James Hamilton was the occupant at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, circa 1860. He held the property from Lord Rossmore. It was valued at £120. The library was sold in 1922 following the death of Captain Hamilton. The main part of the house was demolished in 1934. The service wing survives as does the farmyard complex. See http://archiseek.com/2016/cornacassa-house-monaghan-co-monaghan/
Newgrove	This locality was in the possession of Blayney Owen described as ‘of Newgrove’ in the early 18th century. In the 1830s, Lewis records M. Hawkshaw as resident at Newgrove, located on the Lucas estate. By the early 1860s Thomas C. Sterne was the occupier when the buildings were valued at £8.10.0. Home of the Wilson family in the early 20th century.
Castleshane	Castleshane was the home of the Lucas family from the mid-17th century. The original house was described by Lewis as ‘an ancient mansion in a highly enriched and tastefully embellished demesne’. In 1836 it was replaced by a Elizabethan or Jacobean style house built for the Right Honourable Edward Lucas. It was valued at £160 in the mid-19th century and in 1906 when surrounded by 359 acres of untenanted land. Occupied by the Honourable Kathleen Vereker in 1901 and by servants in 1911, this house was burnt on 15 February 1920. Tarquin Blake has documented the remains in his second volume of Abandoned Houses.
Tonnagh House	Lewis records Captain C. Dawson as the proprietor of ‘Tanagh’ in the 1830s. Charles Boyle held the property in fee at the time of Griffith’s Valuation when the buildings were valued at £17.5.0. Home of a branch of the Lucas Clements family in 1901 and of Dr Arthur Robert Moore and family in 1911. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage states that this house has also been an army barracks and seminary (1948) and that it is now used as an outdoor education centre. http://www.tanaghoutdooreducation.com/
Bessbrook	The original house with a mill was located in the townland of Roosky. The present house in the neighbouring townland of Killygorman, is not marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836) but by about 1860 it was valued at £35, occupied by David Hamill and held from the Reverend Quinn and others. The Hamills were still resident in the early years of the 20th century. Family members were described as farmer and mill owner.
Milmore/Millmore	A home of the Breakey family in the early 19th century. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book refers to a gentleman’s seat in the north of the townland of Derry and the house is marked on the first edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map. Lewis refers to Milmore as the home of ‘the late T. Brunker’. It was occupied by John F. Johnston in the mid-19th century, valued at £22 and held from John Leslie. In 1876, John F. Johnston of Australia owned 143 acres in county Monaghan. Captain Francis Johnston of Milmore House, a veteran of the Peninsular War, died in 1862. A house is still extant at this site.
Blayney/Hope Castle	Originally known as Blayney Castle, this building was a late 18th century three storey five bay Georgian block in the town of Castleblayney. Lewis described it in the 1830s as ‘a handsome modern edifice, built near the site of the old castle’. It was the home of the Lords Blaney until sold in 1853 by the 12th and last Baron. Bought by Henry T. Hope and in his possession and that of his daughter’s descendants the Clintons until 1916 when it was sold. Since then the building has been a military barracks, a hospital in the 1930s and then a convent until the 1970s. In more recent times it was run as a hotel until badly damaged in an arson attack in 2010, since then it has been unoccupied. Owned by Monaghan County Council since the 1980s.
Drumcrew House	Drumcrew House located near a small lake of the same name and close to the town of Castleblayney. Valued at £10 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, occupied by Henry Hunter and held from Henry T. Hope. Buildings are still located at this site.
Castleblayney House	This house on the outskirts of Castleblayney, sometimes known as Connaberry House, is marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836). Located on the Hope estate it was occupied in the mid-19th century by Hugh Swanzy. The buildings were valued at £25. This house continues to be a residence.
Church Hill	This house with a view to Muckno Lake is marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). It had quite extensive gardens and a block of outbuildings. It was the home of the Harrison family from at least the early 19th century as George Harrison is recorded in the Tithe Applotment Book (1827). The buildings were valued in the mid-19th century at £7.5.0. George Harrison was the occupier holding the property from Henry T. Hope. Another member of the Harrison family, Francis, occupied a herd’s house close by. Members of the Harrison family still lived in this townland in the early 20th century.
Laurel Hill House	Another house on the outskirts of Castleblayney, occupied by Henderson Persse and held from Andrew M’Math circa 1860 when it was valued at £20. It was located on the Hope estate and is now part of the Convent of Mercy complex of buildings.
Liscarney House	The home of the Ross family for at least a century and a half. David Ross of Liscarney is mentioned in a deed of 1816. Major Ross is recorded in Liscarney in the Tithe Applotment Book and also by Lewis in the 1830s. In Griffith’s Valuation (circa 1860) James Ross (1819-1893) is mentioned as the occupier holding the property in fee. The buildings were valued at £32. Members of the Ross family continued to reside here well into the 20th century as The Irish Law Times and Solicitors Journal of 1955 records the death of Sharman Crawford Ross, solicitor and estate agent, of Liscarney.
Glynch/Glinch House	Glinch Lodge is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map (1836). Sources in the National Library record the will of J. Rogers of Glinch Lodge, 1827. Lewis records J. Thompson as the occupant in the late 1830s. A new house with portico entrance was built slightly to the south in the mid-19th century and valued at £50 in Griffith’s Valuation. It was occupied by Robert Lowry and held from Richard Mayne. At some time in the mid-19th century ‘Glynch’ House was the residence of Charles Stuart Adams who married Eliza McMahon of Rockfield, county Monaghan in 1850. Home of Felix Keirns and his family in 1911.
Lisnaveane House	Home of the Waddell family, it is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836) and possibly dates from the late 18th century. It was altered in the 19th century and the yard buildings were extensively extended. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation the buildings were valued at £16. William and Charles Waddell were recorded as the occupants holding the property in fee. Home of Alfred Waddell and family in the early 20th century.
Clover Hill	Another Waddell home, also named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836). It was occupied by William Waddell in the mid-19th century and held from Charles Waddell. The value of the buildings was £4.10.0. This house was the home of Alexander Waddell and family in the early 20th century.
Drummaconor	A building is marked at this site on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836) and named on the 25 inch map (surveyed in 1908). In the mid-19th century the house was occupied by John Fawcett who held the property in fee. The buildings were valued at £12. It was at a Halloween ball in this house in 1871 that the dresses of two daughters of Sir William Wilde caught fire causing their deaths a few days later. The ball was hosted by a local bank manager Mr Reid. James Treanor and his family were resident in the early 20th century. He was a farmer and local magistrate. This house is still extant and has functioned as a guest house. For photo circa 1905, see https://madaboutmonaghan.ie/kilmore-and-drumsnatt
Rockfield (Moysnaght)	A house on the Lucas estate, approached by a long avenue, it is marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836). The extended house is named on the 25 inch map (surveyed 1908). In the mid-19th century it was occupied by Joseph Gray and valued at £14. John Gray and his family were resident in 1901. Occupied by William Morrison and his wife in 1911. A building is still located at this site. McSkane writes that this house was built around 1850 for Mr John Niblock and the Niblocks lived here until 1900 when it was bought by John Gray an RIC officer (local informant). A Letitia Niblock was resident in this townland in the mid-19th century. Later the home of James Agnew.
Mill Mount House/Carrickaderry	The house in the village of Clontibret on this site is recorded on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836) as Mill Mount House. It was located on the Blayney (Hope) estate and was the home of the Swanzy family. Lewis refers to the ‘handsome residence’ of A. Swanzy while the Ordnance Survey Field Name Book describes it as a two storey slated house. There was a corn mill nearby. The house was extended and was valued at £24 in the mid-19th century when Humphry Jones, son-in-law of Andrew Swanzy, was the occupant. On the 25 inch map it is named Carrickaderry House. McSkane writes that Carrickaderry was built for the Coote family from Cootehill, Co Roscommon and inherited by a cousin Humphrey Jones. The old house was demolished and a new one built which passed to the McQuade/McQuaid family following the death of Humphrey and his wife. House demolished in the early 1970s.
Rockfield House (Avalreagh)	Rockfield House, a home of a branch of the Swanzy family, is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836). Lewis refers to it as the residence of H. Swanzy. Henry Swanzy died in 1843 and his daughter Anne is recorded as the occupant in the 1850s when the house was valued at £14. Miss Kate Green Swanzy was the head of the household living here in 1901 and 1911. There was a name change to Avalreagh House at the beginning of the 20th century. McSkane writes that the Swanzy family lived here from the early 1700s until 1919 when it was bought by Larry Ward.
Corfad	Built in 1828, according to the Ordnance Survey Field Name Book, this two storey house was the residence of ‘Mr McCullough an extensive farmer’. Griffith’s Valuation records James McCullagh as the occupier who held the property which included offices, corn and flax mills, in fee. The buildings were valued at £42. This house is now a ruin.
Shantonagh House	Lewis writes in the 1830s of Chantinee ‘in the demesne of which are some fine waterfalls’ the home of J. Tilly Forbes. In the early 19th century Chantinee or Chantony was visited by Maria Edgeworth on one of her tours when the house was occupied by James Corry. The first edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map shows a house in the townland of Shantonagh but there is a larger house in the townland of Tooa which on the 25 inch map is named Shantonagh House. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation this house was valued at £25 and held by Thomas Rothwell in fee. It was burnt in early July 1921.
Farm Hill	A house marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map with a corn mill nearby. This house looks reduced in size on later maps. In the mid-19th century occupied by Hugh Swanzy and held from Thomas Rothwell. The house was valued at £15 with corn and flax mills and miller's house valued at £35. Part of the existing farmyard may date back to circa 1800.
Fairfield	Fairfield was the birthplace of the Reverend John Richard Darley in 1799 who became Bishop of Kilmore in 1874. Facing the shore of Inner Lough it is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). The Field Name Book states that it was the property of Lord Cremorne let to the former proprietor Mr Corry. Griffith’s Valuation records Lord Cremorne as the occupier holding it in fee. The buildings were valued at £23. By the early 20th century this house was no longer in use. The site is now surrounded by a forest.
Glenburne Cottage	Located on the outskirts of the village of Rockcorry on the Cremorne estate, Samuel Lewis in the 1830s refers to ‘Glenburie Park’ as the residence of C. Stewart Corry. Rebecca Murray was the occupant at the time of Griffith’s Valuation circa 1860 when the buildings were valued at £25. Home of the McFadden family in the early 20th century, no longer extant.
Coolmain House	The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates this house to circa 1790. It belonged to a family called Graham in the 18th century according to a story recorded in the Schools Collection under Coolmain House. It was named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). In the 19th century this property belonged to the Brooke family of Dromavana, county Cavan. Burke’s Landed Gentry of Ireland 1904 records William Brooke of Dromavana, Dublin and Coolmaine House. He was born in 1769 and married Angel daughter of Captain Edward Perry and niece and heiress of Colonel Richard Graham. John Goudy of Coolmain House is listed in Lewis’ ‘Topographical Dictionary’ published 1837 for the parish of Tehallan but his name is spelt Gondy in the list of subscribers. John Goudy is recorded in Griffith’s Valuation as resident holding the property from the Reverend Edward P. Brooke and others. James Gondy Lewers of Coolmain House died in November 1885 (The Northern Standard, 7 November 1885). This house was occupied by James H. Pollock in 1911 and is still a residence.
New Park	A house named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836), it was occupied by Dacre Hamilton in the 1830s. Home of Thomas Atkinson in the 1850s, valued at £10 and held from Mary Elizabeth and Charlotte O’Brien. Home of the Carleton family in the early 20th century.
Forest View	This house is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). In the mid-19th century it was occupied by Thomas Dawson and held from Lord Cremorne. The buildings were valued at £12. Partial remains are still visible at this site.
Camla	Described by Bence Jones as a late Georgian house of one storey over a high basement, situated close to Rossmore Park. Lewis records Lieutenant Colonel Henry Westenra as resident. He left the property to his nephew the 3rd Baron Rossmore. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation occupied by Jesse Lloyd, Lord Rossmore’s brother-in-law, who soon moved to another Rossmore property nearby, Ballyleck House. The buildings were valued at £85 and a steward’s house was also located in this townland. By 1906, the buildings at Camla were valued at £55 with 118 acres of untenanted land. Occupied by James Pollock, land steward in 1901 and Fred Millard, estate agent, in 1911. Camla became the home of the 6th Lord Rossmore after World War II. It was sold in 1962. The building has been demolished and the site is now a green field.
Annaghmakerrig	Annaghmakerrig, now the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, was built in the first decade of the 19th century on the site of a house known as Leesborough, which was the home of the Lee family in the 18th century. In 1802, the property was leased in perpetuity to Dr John Moorhead, a local doctor. Eventually inherited by Martha Moorhead, who married William Power in 1859. William, the son of Tyrone Power, a well-known Irish actor, was knighted in 1865. In 1906, Sir William J.T. Power occupied the mansion house with a rateable valuation of £86.10s. One of William and Martha’s daughters, Norah Power, was the mother of Tyrone Guthrie and it was through his mother that Tyrone inherited Annaghmakerrig. When he died in 1971 he left the house to the Irish State for the benefit of artists, see http://www.tyroneguthrie.ie/about/centre.
Laragh (Aghnamullen)	A house originally associated with the linen industry, the Ordnance Survey Field Name Book refers to Laragh as the property of Mr W. Intire of Belfast, containing the residence of the proprietor of the bleaching green Mr Davidson. Lewis also records A. Davison as resident at Laragh. Eliza McKean was the occupant of the house valued at £20 in the mid-19th century. She held the property from George McTear. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage indicates that the present house was built circa 1860 on the site of an older house. The McKean family were still resident in 1901 and 1911. The 'mansion house' had a rateable valuation of £20 in 1906 when James M'Kean held 142 acres of untenanted land in Laragh and Cornacarrow.
Cherry Vale (Aghnamullen)	Located at the southern tip of Lough Egish, Cherry Vale was situated in the midst of a linen manufacturing enterprise. Some deeds record George Crawford, linen draper, of Cherryvale at the end of the 18th century. Cherry Vale became part of the McTear of Belfast estate. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book records the house as small with two stories. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation it was occupied by Thomas Johnston, who held it from Eliza McKean who in turn was leasing from George McTear.
Tully House	An early two storey 19th century house, marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836) with a later extension. This was the home of the Hall family located on the outskirts of Monaghan town. Pery Hall of Tully House was the father of the Reverend Richard Augustus Hall who married Mary Henry of Mourne Abbey, county Down in 1849. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation the house was valued at £14 and occupied by John S. Stuart. Mary, widow of the Reverend Hall, was the occupant in the early 20th century. This house continues to be a residence. The Halls also had a house in the town of Monaghan, townland of Mullaghmonaghan, close to the County Infirmary known as Rowantree.
Greenmount	Marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836) this house was described as a thatched 2 storey house with an orchard and nursery. The grounds were planted all-round the house. It was extended after Griffith’s Valuation and was the home of the agents for the Castleshane estate. At the beginning of the 20th century it was occupied by William Martin, land agent. In the 1920s Martin purchased Greenmount and following the death of his sister in 1949 it was sold to Albert Noble.
Lough Bawn House	Situated close to the shore of Lough Bawn a building at this location has been home to the Tenison family for three centuries. A family member now runs a forestry farm at Lough Bawn. Much of the original house built circa 1760 was destroyed by fire in the late 18th century. The present house dates from the early 19th century and incorporates some of the earlier building with subsequent enlargements. Lewis records the occupant as W. Tenison and Griffith’s records the house, valued at £30, as unoccupied. Still valued at £30 in 1906 when this house was occupied by Major William Tenison.
Bowelk	This house is not marked on the first edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map but is recorded in Griffith’s Valuation when it was occupied by William H. Jackson, a member of a family who had extensive linen manufacturing and corn milling interests in the neighbourhood. It remained in the possession of the Jackson family until the 1920s. Advertised for sale in the Sunday Times on 5 June 2011 after renovation.
Cremorne House/Cremorne Green	The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage links the building of this house to Alexander Jackson, a member of a family with strong milling interests in the locality. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book states that it was a neat house of two stories and basement, formerly known as Cremorne Lodge, from having been built on the property of Lord Cremorne. The surveyor continues - it was called ‘Cremorne Green when it became the property of Mr Jackson who was an extensive bleach and linen merchant’. Lewis records J. Jackson as the proprietor. Valued at £12 and occupied by John Jackson at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the mid-19th century. This house is now a ruin.
Drumfaldra House	Drumfaldra was the residence John Jackson Cunningham ‘situated on a hill’ in SE of the townland (OS Field Name Book) and is believed to have been built by him (The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage), possibly on the site of an earlier Jackson house. It was associated with a milling enterprise in this townland. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation the house was occupied by George Browne and held from Robert Murdock. A Samuel Brown lived at Drumfaldra until his death in 1911.
Fairview	Part of this house, situated on the Verner estate, dates from the late 18th century. Fairview is named on the first edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map. The building was only valued at £4 in Griffith’s Valuation, when it was occupied by William Lockart. It was considerably added to sometime in the mid-19th century. James Lockart occupied the house in 1910 (Ulster Towns Directory 1910).
Derrygoony	A house associated with the milling business of Richard Allen Minnett who held the property in fee. It is mentioned by Samuel Lewis in his topographical dictionary of 1837. The buildings, which included a house, offices and flax mill, were valued at £35 in the mid-19th century. The house is named on the 25 inch Ordnance Survey map. In 1901 and 1911, the house was occupied by Patrick Connolly, a farmer and mill proprietor and his family. The site is now planted with trees.
Cumry	Built post 1838, this house was valued at £10 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation and was occupied by John Mullen who held it from Lord Cremorne. A house still exists at this site.
Cumry Lodge	Marked on the first edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map, this house with a rateable valuation of £12, was occupied by the Reverend John Morell in the mid-19th century and by the Reverend James Morell in 1910 (Ulster Towns Directory 1910). The Morells were Presbyterian ministers in Ballybay, see http://treasureyourexceptions.com/morell.html The property was held from Lord Cremorne.
Sallyville	The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book describes Sallyville as ‘a cottage with a garden and very extensive orchard at present much out of order, the residence of Mr Breakey’. It was named on the first edition Ordnance Survey map (1836). Griffith’s Valuation records a steward’s house, offices and lodge in Lisnagalliagh, valued at £10, occupied by David R. Goodlatt and held from William Watson. These buildings were at a different location and by the mid-19th century Sallyville appears to be no longer in existence.
Carnaveagh House	Believed to have been built by a member of the Jackson family in the latter half of the 18th century, this three storey house was sold to the Cunningham family in the early 19th century. Lewis records Joseph Cunningham as the proprietor in the 1830s. Valued at £17 in Griffith’s Valuation, it was then occupied by the representatives of Arthur Montgomery who held it from Humphrey Breakey.
Carnaveagh House	Believed to have been built by a member of the Jackson family in the latter half of the 18th century, this three storey house was sold to the Cunningham family in the early 19th century. Lewis records Joseph Cunningham as the proprietor in the 1830s. Valued at £17 in Griffith’s Valuation, it was then occupied by the representatives of Arthur Montgomery who held it from Humphrey Breakey.
Creeve House/Creevelands	Built in the early 19th century by the Jackson family in the middle of their linen manufacturing enterprise in this townland. Marked on the first edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map as Creeve House but later known as Creevelands. Lewis records the occupant as S. Cunningham. The rental of 70 acres at Creeve, the estate of Arthur Montgomery was for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1858. The petitioners were Margaret Cunningham and her children. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation Robert Murdock was the occupier of the house, holding the property from Edward Lucas. This house remains a residence with its extensive and well maintained outbuildings.
Drumbrean Cottage	A late 18th century building, still in use as a residence. Possibly used as a manse house in the mid-19th century when it was the occupied by the Reverend Richard Ross, who held it from the Murray Ker family.
Drumbrean	This house no longer exists. Lewis records it as the property of T. Phillips and Griffith’s Valuation records Thomas Wright as the occupier, holding from Thomas Phillips. Phillips held the property on a lease renewable for ever from Andre Murray Ker (OS Field Name Book). Thomas Phillips married Mary Martha Emma Whitcombe.
Minore	Named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836), Lewis records Minore as the residence of Captain ‘Cottnam’. The Encumbered Estates sale rental of 2 June 1853 states that the house was erected by Thomas Cottnam, deceased. The owner at the time of the sale was Mrs Grace Cottnam, widow and she was entitled to a jointure out of the lands. The petitioners were Rutherfords and Brunkers. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation it was occupied by Thomas Leary who held it from Dr Brunker. Home of Hester Parkhill in 1901 and of the Reverend Thomas Brennan, parish priest, in 1911. In more recent times the home of the Clegg family.
Dartrey House/Dawson's Grove	Dawson Grove, later known as Dartrey House, is marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). It was built about 1770. Lewis refers to it as a ‘noble mansion’. In 1846, the 3rd Lord Cremorne/1st Earl of Dartrey replaced this house with a large Elizabethan-Revival mansion designed by William Burn. A fire in 1856 destroyed part of the house. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, circa 1860, the buildings were valued at £105 and still valued at the same in 1906. The family honours became extinct in 1933 following the death of the 3rd Earl and the house was demolished in 1946.
Dromore Lodge	A house situated on the Cremorne estate, close to Dawson’s Grove and almost on the border with county Cavan. The house is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). It was occupied in the 1830s by Lieutenant Dawson of the Royal Navy. The building was reduced in size by the time of Griffith’s Valuation when it was rated at £6.10.0. John West Finlay was resident. By the early 20th century it has become the home of the gamekeeper on the Dartrey estate. A building is still located at this site.
Lake View (Ematris)	This house looks out on Long Lough. It was occupied by William Richey and valued at £10, circa 1860. Home of the Gillespie family in the early 20th century.
Lisalea	A house built after the first Ordnance Survey and before Griffith’s Valuation, when the buildings including herds’ houses were valued at £32. It was located on the estate of Andre M. Ker and Richard Wilson was the occupant. In 1901, George Fitzgerald was living in this house with his family as the caretaker for William Edward Ryan. This house is still maintained and occupied.
Lisdoogan	A small building marked at this site on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836). It was valued at £8 in the mid-19th century and John Stephenson was the occupier holding the property from Henry Mitchell. The building was enlarged at about this time and again circa 1900 to create the substantial building of today. James Mitchell, formerly Clerk of the Union, and his family were resident at the beginning of the 20th century.
Blackwater Vale	This house is marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836) and located just outside the town of Monaghan. The building was expanded in the mid-19th century. Griffith’s Valuation records the buildings valued at £13 when the house was occupied by Thomas E. Wright who held the property from William and Charles Crofton. At the beginning of the 20th century Blackwater Vale was occupied by Foster Dunwoody, a solicitor. Still extant and occupied.
Aghnamallagh House	James A. Mayne lived in this house in the mid-19th century. He held it in fee and the buildings were valued at £22. This was the home of the Elliot family in the early 20th century. The house is still extant. see https://www.geograph.ie/photo/897268
Thornhill (Drumsnat)	John Johnston is described in the Ordnance Survey Field Name Book as the only gentleman resident in the parish. He lived at Thornhill. On 13 June June 1854, this house and a demesne of about 40 acres was for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. The owners and petitioners were Mary Johnson, widow, Maria and Jane Johnson and Martha Dudgeon, formerly Johnson. The property was held under a lease (1738) for 999 years. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation Robert Thomson was the occupant holding the property from Owen B. Cole & Olivia Lucas. The buildings were valued at £25. Home of Felix P. Smith and family in 1911.
Mullynahinch House	The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates this house circa 1860. Griffith’s Valuation gave a valuation of £12 for the buildings. John C. M’Adams was resident holding the property from Charles Hopes. Bachelor members of the Temple family lived here in the early 20th century.
Rosefield	A house built in the early 18th century close to Rosefield Lake, it was the home of the Rose family and by the 1760s of Thomas Tenison and later of Alexander Montgomery. By the early 19th century Ralph Dudgeon was the occupant. He is recorded in the Tithe Applotment Book and in Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary. Valued at £16 and the residence of Samuel Mitchell held from the trustees of Captain Slake [Slack] circa 1860. Home of Henry Mitchell and his siblings in the early 20th century.
Dunraymond	This house with extensive outbuildings and walled garden is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). Documents in PRONI (D991/1/A/3) record the interest of the Bartley family of nearby Bartley’s Grove in Dunraymond in the early 19th century. Described in the Ordnance Survey Field Name Book as having ‘been greatly improved of late both as to additions being made to the buildings and the formation of plantings’. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation David Ross was resident. He held the property from Newell Atkinson. The buildings were valued at £34. A large complex of farm buildings is now located at this site.
Rockmullan House	Marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey Map (1836). In the mid-19th century occupied by the Rev James J. Rowley and held from Thomas T. Rowley, when the rateable valuation was £12. The home of the Lavelles in the 20th century.
Dromore House	Dromore House is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836) with a circular drive to the front and a walled garden to the rear. It was the home of C. Hawkshaw in the 1830s. Located on the Hatchell estate it was occupied by James Wade at the time of Griffith’s Valuation and valued at £14. The home of the Smyth family in the early 20th century, this house is no longer in existence.
Sallymount	Sallymount facing a plantation is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836). In the 1830s it was the home of T. Robinson. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation the buildings were valued at £8 and John Woods was the occupant, holding the property from John Maxwell, whose estate was at that time being administered by the Court of Chancery. Home of the Assistant County Surveyor James Smith in 1911. He held the house from John McMahon. A building is still located at this site.
Rossmore Park	Situated on an elevated site the original house was known as Cortolvin Hills. This is the name that appears on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836) for the house. It was the home of the Westenra family, Barons Rossmore. In 1824, Richard Morrison produced plans to rebuild the house and by the end of the decade William Morrison had taken over from his father. Collins writes that the old house appears to have become the servants’ wing and that the new house had a Jacobean facade. Lewis refers to Rossmore Park as ‘a handsome mansion in the Elizabethan style’. It was remodelled in the late 1850s to the design of W.H. Lynn, after which, Bence Jones writes, ‘the combined ranges boasted of at least 117 windows, of 53 different shapes and sizes’. The buildings were valued at £250 in Griffith’s Valuation and in 1906. During World War II the 6th Lord Rossmore moved from Rossmore Park to Camla House due to pervasive dry rot in the house. It was unroofed after the war and the ruin was demolished in the mid-1970s.
Will Ville	The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates this building early 18th century. It was located on the estate of Lord Rossmore and is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836). Valued at £10 and occupied by Robert Wilson at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. Still occupied by Robert Wilson, farmer, in the early 20th century. This house has been unoccupied for some time.
Cortolvin	This house was built between the first Ordnance Survey of the 1830s and the surveying for Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s. It is marked on the 25 inch map (surveyed 1908) and named Cortolvin. In Griffith’s Valuation it was occupied by William A. Hunter and held from Lord Rossmore. It was valued at £16. This house is still extant.
Tirkeenan House	This house is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836). It was located on the Rossmore estate and very close to the town of Monaghan. It was occupied by John M’Dowell circa 1860 when the buildings were valued at £32. A third storey was added to this house in the 20th century.
Corlat House	A house named Cook Mount was located in Corlat on the first Ordnance Survey Map (circa 1836). Corlat House was built in the mid-19th century on a nearby site, valued at £20 and occupied by the Reverend James Bleakley, who held it from William Murray. In the early 20th century William McWilliam, Clerk of the Crown and Peace lived at Corlat House. It is no longer extant.
Gallanagh House	Gallanagh House, located just north west of Monaghan town, is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836). At the time of Griffith’s Valuation circa 1860 it was occupied by William Watson and held from James Hamilton of Cornacassa. The buildings were valued at £36. This house appears to have been unoccupied in 1901 and the home of Ernest P. Tyacke, County Inspector Royal Irish Constabulary, in 1911. Tyacke held the property from William Swan. A William Swan was proprietor of the newspaper ‘The Northern Standard’, Monaghan. A large complex of buildings [poultry factory] now occupies the site.
Harry Mount	The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book describes this house as a small, thatched, one storey farm house, with a garden and orchard. The house was on the Lucas estate and is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836). The buildings at Harry Mount, which included a flax mill, were valued at £12.10 shillings in Griffith’s Valuation when the house was occupied by Charles Carson. The Carson family were still resident at the beginning of the 20th century. McSkane writes that this was a thatched building which remained thatched up to the 1950s. Built for Henry Swanzy circa 1816 and sold to James Carson from Ballybay in 1839.
Lakelands (Clontibret)	A building was located at this site on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836). It was later extended. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation the buildings were valued at £11. It appears to have functioned as a priests’ house as it was held by the representatives of the Reverend James Duffy from Edward Lucas. In the early 1901 the Reverend Thomas Duffy, a Roman Catholic priest, was head of the household and in 1911 the Reverend Thomas O’Doherty.
Corratanty	An early 19th century house named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836) and located on the Templetown estate. A model farm was located here by the mid-19th century when the house was occupied by Andrew Hunter and the buildings valued at £23. David K. Hunter, farmer, was the occupier in the early 20th century. This house is still the centre of a working farm
Craig's Castle	This five bay two storied house was built on the Leslie estate in the late 18th century. Occupied by John Carlisle and valued at £14 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. This house is still extant and known as Hillcrest.
Annaneese	Annaneese house is marked on the first edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map and named on the 25 inch one. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation it was occupied by John McClatchey and held from Emily Leslie. This house is no longer extant.
Annaneese	Annaneese house is marked on the first edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map and named on the 25 inch one. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation it was occupied by John McClatchey and held from Emily Leslie. This house is no longer extant.
Ballybay House	Ballybay House, also known as The Castle, was the home of the Leslie family, designed by John Keane and built in 1830. It was located a short distance from the town. It was described by Lewis in the 1830s as a ‘handsome and beautiful mansion situated on the border of a lake and backed by some extensive plantations’. In the mid-19th century its rateable valuation was £120 and it was the home of Emily Leslie. It later became the home of Edward John Henry Leslie (1890-1966), British Ambassador to Rome. The house was burnt down in 1921. The walled garden and some outbuildings remain.
Ballybay House	Ballybay House, also known as The Castle, was the home of the Leslie family, designed by John Keane and built in 1830. It was located a short distance from the town. It was described by Lewis in the 1830s as a ‘handsome and beautiful mansion situated on the border of a lake and backed by some extensive plantations’. In the mid-19th century its rateable valuation was £120 and it was the home of Emily Leslie. By 1906 this valuation had risen to £140. It later became the home of Edward John Henry Leslie (1890-1966), British Ambassador to Rome. The house was burnt down in 1921. The walled garden and some outbuildings remain.
Ashvale	This house was built in the mid-19th century, after the surveying for the first edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map and before Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £10 and occupied by James Bradshaw who held it from Robert Ellis. A building is still located at this site.
Agheralane	Both Lewis and Griffith’s Valuation record Agheralane as the residence of Thomas Lucas. It was valued at £28 and held from Joseph Griffith. Occupied by John and Emily Adams at the beginning of the 20th century. The buildings were laid out in a square.
Annevale House	The present house dates from the late 19th century while the extensive outbuildings date from the end of the 18th century. Annevale is built on the site of an earlier house which is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map (1836). Valued at £10 in the mid-19th century it was occupied by John Callan who held it from Henry T. Hope.
Woodview	Situated on the Lucas estate, this house was not built at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (circa 1860) as there is no house in the townland of more than £2.10.0. valuation. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records that it is believed to have been built as a house for the agent to the Castleshane estate.
Carrowbarra House	In 1798 ‘Carrowbarragh’ was associated with William Campbell an attorney-at-law who immigrated to Canada. In the 1830s Lewis records Carrowbarrow as the home of the Reverend Michael Fox Dudgeon who married Mary Moore of Moore Fort, Ballymoney, Co Antrim. Later he was vicar of Cratfield, Surrey. Henry Dudgeon occupied a house valued at £1.10.0. in Carrowbarra Island at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. He held the property from Owen B. Cole and Olivia Lucas. Owen B. Cole and Olivia Lucas were the lessor of the townlands of Carrowbarra and Carrowbarra Island. Mary Johnston occupied a house valued at £6 in Carrowbarra townland in the 1850s. A substantial house named Carrowbarra House is marked on the 25 inch map in Carrowbarra Island.
Farm Hill (Reduff)	A house marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map with a corn mill nearby. This house looks reduced in size on later maps. Described in the Ordnance Survey Field Name Book as a ‘small 2 storied house with some scattered portions of plantation around it and extensive corn mill nearby’, occupied by ‘Mr Robinson’. In the mid-19th century occupied by Hugh Swanzy and held from Thomas Rothwell. The house was valued at £15 with corn and flax mills and miller's house valued at £35. Part of the existing farmyard may date back to circa 1800. This house and its yard buildings are now part of a working farm.
Bushford	Humphry Thomson was living at Bushford in the mid-18th century. In 1814 Henry Thomson is described as resident at Bushford by Ambrose Leet. 'Robert Thompson' was the occupier holding the property in fee from the 1830s at least. The buildings had a rateable valuation of £5 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. [His son] Colonel Robert Thomson was resident in a new building on the other side of the road in the early 20th century. The new house (H657179) had a rateable valuation of £60 in 1906. His widow, Elizabeth Catherine, and her two daughters lived there in 1911. There were two substantial houses in Clossagh Beg by this time, one inhabited at the time of the censuses, by John Forster and later Joseph Ferris Forster and the other by the Thomsons. Walford's (1918) records Robert George Thomson, only son of Major Frith Thomson and nephew of Lieut. Col. Robert Thomson, died 1911, of Bushford.
Bellamont Forest	A red brick house, designed by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce c 1728 for Thomas Coote, younger son of Richard, Baron of Collooney. Originally known as Coote Hill but its name changed in 1767 to Bellamont Forest following Charles Coote’s elevation to the title Earl of Bellamont (2nd creation). Bellamont Forest was inherited by Charles Johnston Coote in 1800. He was one of the illegitimate children of the Earl. Bellamont Forest was occupied by Richard Coote in the mid-19th century. He held it in fee and the buildings had a rateable valuation of £50.10.0. It was sold by George Coote in 1875 to Edward Smith (K.V. Mulligan), who made a fortune out of coal. Edward Patrick Dorman Smith was the eldest son of Edward Smith and his wife Isabella Cullen and succeeded to Bellamont Forest in 1880. In 1906, Captain E. P. Smith was the occupant of the mansion house with a rateable valuation of £61.5.0. The property remained in the hands of the Smith family until the 1980s when it was purchased by an Australian, John Coote, a descendant of the former owners who spent many years renovating the house. John Coote died in 2012 and the house was sold in 2015 to an American couple.
New Grove House	New Grove House and mill with a rateable valuation of £70 were in the possession of Charles Murphy in the 1850s. He held the property from Richard Coote of Bellamont Forest. A building still exists at this site but the mill is now a ruin.
Ann's Fort	Located on the Coote of Bellamont Forest estate and named on the first edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837) Ann’s Fort was located in a demesne with bleaching mills ‘in ruins’ nearby. Corn and flax mills are marked on the 25 inch map at these ruins. William Worthy was the occupier of Ann’s Fort and mills in the mid-19th century when the rateable valuation of the buildings was £50. He held the property from James T. Tennant.
Annaghlee House	This house faced the nearby Annalee River. Described by Bence Jones as a ‘mid-c18th red-brick house attributed to Richard Castle’. It is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). In 1806 occupied by Mr Willis (Matthew Sleater) and in 1814 ‘Annalea, Coothill’ was the home of Michael Murphy. Lewis in the 1830s also records ‘Annilea’ as the residence of M. Murphy. John Marsden held the property valued at £12.10.0. from Robert Burrowes in the 1850s. A large B & B complex now occupies the site.
Ashfield Lodge	Described by Bence Jones as a late Georgian house, now demolished. The house faced north west and looked onto the Dromore River. It was the home of a branch of the Clements family until 1952 when sold. Colonel Henry Theophilus Clements was the occupant in the mid-19th century holding the property in fee. The house was valued at £44 for rates.
Fort William/Errigal	Situated on the north side of the Annalee River, Fort William is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). By the time of Griffith’s Valuation it was owned and occupied by Samuel Moorhead. The rateable valuation was £25. The house was extended and renamed ‘Errigle’ as shown on the 25 inch map. In 1906, it had a rateable valuation of £40 and was occupied by Thomas H. Moorhead MD. It now functions as the Errigal Country Hotel.