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Rathcarrick

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 17 houses.

Houses within 5km of Rathcarrick

Displaying 17 houses.

House name Description
Seafield or Lisheen At the time of Griffiths Valuation, William Phibbs owned a house at Lisheenacooravan valued at £55. This house was known as Seafield or Lisheen at different times. In 1906 Seafield/Lisheen was valued at £55. The property is now a ruin Photo of Seafield or Lisheen
Culleenamore At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Samuel Barrett was leasing the house at Culleenamore, barony of Carbury, from Edward Nicholson, when it was valued at £16.
Grange/Primrose Grange Richard Gethin was leasing a house at Primrose Grange to Christopher Allen at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £14. McTernan notes this as Grange House, built in the eighteenth century and enlarged c.1820. It was leased to a succession of families thoroughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and was eventually demolished in 1981. A building formerly used as a school is stil extant and lived in. Photo of Grange/Primrose Grange
Cummeen (also spelt Cummin) The Ormsby family had a house at Cummeen, Coolera in the eighteenth century. Wilson noted it as the residence of John Ormsby in 1786, when he describes it as "a magniificent and beautiful seat". At the time of Griffith's Valuation the representatives of Charles Ormsby were leasing the house and land at Cumeen to William Phibbs who in turn leased the house to Alexander Wylie. It was valued at £13. Some building remains and a possible folly are still visible at the site. Photo of Cummeen (also spelt Cummin)
Cloverhill Cloverhill was part of the Earl of Erne's estate in county Sligo. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was leased to William C. Chambers when it was valued at £28. In 1786 Wilson had noted it as a seat of "Mr. Chalmers" so it had been occupied by that family since the eighteenth century. Cloverhill House was demolished in 1988. Some remains of estate walls visible.
Breeogue Matthew Walsh was leasing this property from the Earl of Erne's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at almost £6. Breeogue House is still extant and occupied. Photo of Breeogue
Kevinsfort Kevinsfort House was built c.1820. It was the home of various other families at different times in the 19th century, including Capt. George Dodwell. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it seems to have been leased by Alexander Popham to John Stoll and valued at £52. McTernan notes that Popham was Dodwell's son-in-law. The property was sold by the Pophams in 1923. Kevinsfort is still extant and occupied. Photo of Kevinsfort
Woodville Woodville House is still extant and occupied by the Wood family who operate an open farm there. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was being leased by Alicia Martin from Capt. James Wood and was valued at £42. Photo of Woodville
Doonaleragh Lodge This house was built as a summer house for the family residing at Rathcarrick. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Amy Eliza Walker was leasing it and over 300 acres from the representatives of Roger Walker. It was valued at £10. It is still extant and occupied. Photo of Doonaleragh Lodge
Glen Lodge Around 1780 James Sandford Nicholson settled in the newly built family seat which he named Glen Lodge. It was in the possession of Thomas White at the time of Griffith's Valuation who was leasing it to James Coghrane when it was valued at £15. At the time the estate was sold in the Landed Estates Court in 1876 Glen Lodge is described as "a good residence, leased by the Court of Chancery to Andrew James for 7 years from 1869". The house is still extant and occupied. Photo of Glen Lodge
Elsinore At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Edward Cooper owned a property at Rosses Upper, barony of Carbury, valued at £16. In 1906 the representatives of William Middleton held a property here valued at £18 as well as over 350 acres of untenanted land. The property also has associations with W.B. Yeats who used to spend holidays here with the Middleton family. The house is now a ruin. Photo of Elsinore
Strandhill House At the time of Griffith's Valuation George D. Meredith was leasing Strandhill House, valued at £9, from the estate of William Phibbs. McTernan states that the house remained in the Meredith family until the 1960s. It is now a roofless ruin.
Rockville (Carbury) Edward Homan was leasing two properties, both valued at over £4 and described as Bathing Lodges, at Culleenamore, from Samuel Barrett, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. One house is noted on the OS 1st edition sheet as Rockville and the second as Bocage.
Rathellen McTernan writes that Rathellen was built at the beginning of the nineteenth century as a dower house for the Wood of Woodville estate.. It was purchased by Henry Lyons in 1860 and remained in the Lyons family until the 1940s. It is still extant but unoccupied.
Rose Hill (Sligo) McTernan writes that this was originally the residence of Thomas Reed and known as Lakeview. It passed to his son-in-law, Vernon Davys, in the early 1830s. After the 1840s it was leased to a succession of tenants. It was demolished in the 1980s to make way for modern housing.
Finisklin House or Seamount Built as a seaside residence of the Wood family though frequently leased by them to various other families. In the mid nineteenth century it was the residence of Thomas Mostyn Wood and valued at £11. In the 1870s, McTernan notes that it passed to the land agent Richard St. George Robinson, in whose family it remained until the early twentieth century. It is still extant and has been restored.
Oakfield House (Sligo) In 1786 Wilson notes a house close to Cloverhill House as the seat of Mr. Deboots [?]. This may be Oakfield House. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, this property was leased from Captain Richard Gethin by Joseph Holmes. It is described as a herd's house and was valued at £3 10s at the time. An extensive farm is still extant at the site.