Landed Estates
University of Galway

Drumard

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 12 houses.

Houses within 5km of Drumard

Displaying 12 houses.

House name Description
Lisnaroe This house was situated very close to the border with county Fermanagh. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map (1836) extensive gardens and some plantations are evident surrounding this house. It is described in the Ordnance Survey Field Name Book as ‘a good dwelling house’, the residence of Nicholas Ellis, agent to Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard. Ellis was still living there at the time of Griffith’s Valuation when the buildings were valued at £20. The Bamford family appear to be resident at the beginning of the 20th century. This house no longer exists.
Mount Salem Mount Salem situated on the Barrett-Lennard estate was marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836) and on the later 25 inch map. It was located close to the border with county Fermanagh, just west of the town of Clones. The Reverend Adam Averell, a Methodist minister, died at Mount Salem on 10 January 1847, aged 93. Griffith’s Valuation records Amelia J. Conts as the occupant, holding the property from James Gregg. The buildings were valued at £13. In the early 20th century the McKenna family were resident but the house is now demolished.
Salem Cottage Located on the Barrett-Lennard estate, valued at £10 in the 1850s and occupied by James Gregg. James Gregg, farmer, of Clondregole, a townland adjacent to Mullanamoy, died on 15 September 1896 (NA, Wills and Administrations, 1897). A building is still extant at this site.
Ferney Hill A house at this site was valued at £10, located on the Barrett-Lennard estate and held by Mary Jameson at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates the present house circa 1890. Mulligan writes that it was built for a town merchant Mr M. Maguire. Photo of Ferney Hill
Cloncurrin House This house was not built at the time of the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map published in 1836. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s it was occupied by Francis Fitzgerald who held the property from Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, when it was valued at £25. Occupied by John A. Moore in 1901 and still in use as a residence. Photo of Cloncurrin House
Munnilly House This house is marked on both the first edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map and the 25 inch map but the building no longer exists. It was the home of the Shegog family. It was situated on the Barrett-Lennard estate and in the mid-19th century was valued at £14 and occupied by William Shegog, born 1824. He was the eldest son of George Shegog, a Justice of the Peace and paymaster of the Fermanagh Militia and Margaret Hamilton. George was the son of John Shegog of Mount Carmel and the family came to Ireland in 1760 from Lubec, Lower Saxony.
Teehill Cottage The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates this house circa 1820. It was built on the Barrett-Lennard estate before the nearby Ulster Canal was constructed. Valued at £10 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation it was occupied by Henry Brown who held it from Thomas Robinson. Home of Edward Scott at the beginning of the 20th century. Photo of Teehill Cottage
Clonboy Located on the Barrett Lennard estate, on the outskirts of Clones, this house was built in the latter half of the 19th century. It is not mentioned in Griffith’s Valuation and was the home of the Pringle family. Many members of this family were solicitors. In the mid-20th century it became the home of the Bishop of Clogher. Photo of Clonboy
Clonkeen Cottage This house was not built at the time of the first Ordnance survey in the 1830s. It was located on the Lentaigne estate just north of the town of Clones. William Tugman was the occupant at the time of Griffith’s Valuation when the house was valued at £16 and held from Samuel Nicholl. A building still occupies this site.
Gortgranard This house is marked on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836) and is named on the 25 inch map (surveyed in 1908). It was the home of the Campbell family, Lewis records Mrs Graham as proprietor. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book describes the residence of Mrs Graham, widow of Captain Campbell Graham as a ‘good building with large orchards, gardens, out houses etc’. In the mid-19th century it was valued at £20 and held by Samuel Campbell from Thomas de Burgh. Samuel Campbell of Gortgranagh died in 1879 and his wife Mary in 1913. Both are buried in Killeevan COI graveyard. Home of a farming family named Lee at the beginning of the 20th century.
Aghafin House Built close to the border with county Fermanagh in 1836 and extended in the early 20th century, this house valued at £24 was the home of a doctor, George Phillips, in the mid-19th century. George was a son of Thomas Phillips of Drumbrean House and held Aghafin from the Archbishop of Armagh. According to the ‘Northern Standard’ (2 January 1858) Thomas Phillips died at Aghafin on 28 December 1857, aged 82. George Phillips was living in Ontario, Canada, in 1875. In 1906, Mrs Madden was resident at Aghafin with a rateable valuation of £24.
Etna Lodge There was a building at this site, close to the border with county Fermanagh, marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map (1836). However Etna Lodge was built post 1836. It was valued at £14 in the mid-19th century, occupied by the Reverend Charles Walsh and held from William Phillips. The Medical Register of 1885 lists Alexander Knight as resident. This building is still extant.