Landed Estates
University of Galway

Capragh

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 12 houses.

Houses within 5km of Capragh

Displaying 12 houses.

House name Description
Rahans On the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (1836) Rahans is marked with a courtyard and pump at the back of the house. John Read or Reed was the occupant at this time and was still resident at the time of Griffith’s Valuation when the buildings were valued at £32. By the early 20th century Rahans was the home of Dr Peter McKenna. It is no longer extant.
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. Photo of Donaghmoyne
Ballymackney Ballymackney House is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836) which shows a large walled garden close by. Ballymackney was located on the estate of the Marquess of Bath. Lewis records the proprietor as W. Daniel. It became the home of George Henry Gartlan and his wife Mary McMullan of Cabra, county Down, who married in 1846. Seven years later they left Ballymackney to live at Cabra. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation circa 1860 the house was occupied by David Grimstone who held it from Thomas Jackson. The buildings were valued at £20. This house is still the centre of a farming enterprise just outside the village of Ballymackney. Photo of Ballymackney
Monalty House This house, located on the Marquess of Bath’s estate, dates from the 18th century and was the residence of the agent, Norman Steele, in 1798. In the 19th century Monalty House was the home of the Gartlan family. It was purchased by James Gartlan, a wealthy distiller in the town of Carrickmacross. Lewis records his son Thomas McEvoy Gartlan as the proprietor in the 1830s. The house is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). Thomas M. Gartlan was recorded as the occupier in Griffith’s Valuation when the buildings were valued at £26. Members of the Gartlan family were still resident in the early 20th century. https://pdeanisland.wordpress.com/places/carrickmacross/monalty-house/
Belle Vue This house is named on the 25 inch Ordnance Survey map (survey of 1908). It was built on the Shirley estate in the mid-19th century when it was occupied by John Thomas Holland and valued at £16. John Holland was appointed a magistrate by Lord Rossmore in 1854 (Dublin Evening Mail, 11 Oct 1854). Home of the Withrington in the early 20th century, now demolished.
Shirley House Shirley House located in the town of Carrickmacross is named on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map (1836). It was the home of the agent, George Morant junior, in the 1840s and 1850s and was occupied by Shirley family members and others at various times, for example Alexander Mitchell in 1837 (Lewis, I, xlvii), Horatio Shirley of Shirley House was High Sheriff in 1872, John Thomas Holland of Shirley House died on 14 October 1881 aged 74 (The Belfast Morning News, 18 Oct 1881), Captain Evelyn Shirley was resident in 1914 and Felix Patrick Smith in 1925 (Thom’s Directory 1926). This house is now demolished.
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.
Inver Lodge Henry Edward Porter held a house in fee, valued at £14, in Magheross on the outskirts of Carrickmacross, circa 1860. This appears to be Inver Lodge which is named on the first edition Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1836). This house is still extant.