Doon

Houses within 15km of this house

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Houses within 15km of Doon

Displaying 21 houses.

House name	Description
Strandhill	A 2 storey thatched house on the shore of Lough Corrib and situated opposite Ashford Castle, home of the Elwood family. In the late 18th century it was let to the Ireland family and in the mid 19th century to the Lynchs of Ballycurrin. The house was used as the home of the Widow Tolan in the film 'The Quiet Man' made in 1951 and was knocked down in the 1970s. It is associated with the recorder of Japanese folklore, Lafcadio Hearn, who spent a childhood holiday at Strandhill with his aunt Mrs Elwood.
Kinlough	A house on the shore of Lough Corrib, facing Ashford Castle and lived in by Patrick Moran in the 1860s and 1870s, now a ruin.
Abbey House	George McNamara inhabited a house in the grounds of Cong Abbey in the 18th century but Sir William Wilde refers to only a fragment of this house remaining in 1867. Alexander Lambert also lived in a house in the Abbey grounds. Wilde describes this house as follows "More to the west there recently existed the residence of the late proprietor, A.C. Lambert Esq., constructed of the unhewn, weather-worn, but square stones, collected in the locality. Being no longer required, and not being quite congruous with the scene, it has been removed". The remains of this building are now used by the Board of Works.
Ebor Hall	A house built before Griffith's Valuation by Deputy Commissary General Booth on land leased from the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin. Booth later sold his interest to Lord Mountmorres who was murdered nearby in 1880. In 1885 Walford refers to it as the seat of Joseph Skerrett Blake. It belonged to the Boyd family for much of the 20th century. Extensively renovated in the late 20th century, it is now a well maintained residence on the shore of Lough Corrib.
Fairhill	Built in the late 18th or early 19th century, Fairhill was the home of the Fair family. It became established as a well known guest house for fishermen in the 20th century and is now a modern hotel run by descendants of the Fairs.
Ashford Castle	Originally a shooting lodge, in the style of a French chateux, built on the shore of Lough Corrib by the Browne family of Castlemagarret and occupied in the late 18th century by a branch of that family. Thomas Elwood was agent for the Brownes in the early 19th century and is recorded as the occupier in 1814. Sold after the Famine to Benjamin Guinness. His son Arthur Lord Ardilaun expanded the building in the style of a Gothic castle. Sold by the Guinness family in 1939 the castle now functions as a world famous hotel.
Gortnarup	A Joyce residence at the beginning of the 19th century. Gortnarup House is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map.
Rosshill	Rosshill House was the home of the Bermingham family in the 18th century and was noted by Wilson in 1786. It gradually declined during the 19th century and only one wing of it was still standing in 1865. The Guinness family of Ashford Castle bought Rosshill and much of the surrounding locality. No part of the house now remains but a portion of the stable block is still extant.
Petersburg	An early 18th century house, the seat of the Lynch family in the 18th and 19th centuries. Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Lynch on the shore of Lough Mask in 1786. In 1986 the house and immediate surrounds were vested in the county Galway Vocational Education Committee. The house and yard buildings have been completely renovated and now function as an Outdoor Education Centre.
Benlevy Lodge	A lodge situated close to the shore of Lough Mask and to the Lynch's house at Petersburg. Ocuppied by J. Blake in 1837 and by the Reverend E.G.O'Grady at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The remains of the lodge are still visible.
Corrib View	The home of the Doig family in the Oughterard area, occupied by George Cottingham in 1855 who held it from John Doig. The house is now run as a B&B. http://www.galwaybandb.net/
Currarevagh	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Henry Hodgson owned the townland of Currarevagh and occupied the house there, then valued at £5. The existing house was built in the mid 19th century and is still owned by the Hodgson family who run it as a guest house.
Clareville House	Built in the mid 18th century by Robert Martin of Dangan, it was used as a winter residence by the Martins of Dangan and Ballynahinch Castle. Occupied by Richard Martin at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from the Law Life Assurance Society when it was valued at £20. Clareville is still extant and occupied. In 2013 it was offered for sale.
Lemonfield	In 1786 Wilson writes that Lemonfield was the seat of Sir John O'Flaherty. George O'Flahertie was occupying the property at Lemonfield, at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £20. The house is no longer extant.
Ardvarna	Occupied by A. Ross in 1837, John Scully at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £16 and by Edward Jackson Fitzsimons in the 1860s. There is still an extant house at this site.
Portacarron	In 1786 Wilson refers to "Portacairn" as the seat of Mr. French. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, there is no house with a substantial valuation in this townland, then in the possession of Marianne Nolan. There is no visible sign of the house now, some walls and parts of the stable yard remain.
Gortrevagh	A village is marked at Gortrevagh on the first Ordnance Survey map but on the revised edition of 1898-1899 the village is gone and a substanial building is marked instead. This may have been the residence of Edmund O'Flaherty. Some older buildings are included in what is now the golf club complex.
Blake Hill	A house on the estate of the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, occupied by the Blakes of Menlo in the late 18th century/early 19th century. Thomas Blake of Brendrum, county Galway, married Mary Lynch, granddaughter of Sir Roebuck Lynch Blosse, 2nd baronet, and they were the parents of the 9th and 10th Blake of Menlo baronets. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the most valuable house in the townland of Breandrim was a herd's house of £4.15 occupied by C. B. Kenny. On the 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s Breandrim House is recorded as "in ruins". Old yard walls remain at this site.
Screeb Lodge	A shooting and fishing lodge built by the Berridge family in the latter half of the nineteenth century and now run as a guest house. See www.screebe.com
Lisloughrey	This house is not marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map but was built by the time Sir William Wilde's book on Lough Corrib was published in 1867. It was then occupied by William Burke, agent to Benjamin Lee Guinness. Occupied at the time of the 1901 census by Francis Turnly of Drumnasole, Garronpoint, Co Antrim, who was then agent to the Ashford estate. In the late 20th century the home of Rory Murphy manager of Ashford Castle Hotel. The building has now been greatly expanded and functions as a hotel http://www.lisloughreylodge.com
Gortdrishagh House	The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage indicates that this house was built in the latter part of the nineteenth century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, James O'Connor was leasing offices and land at Gortdrishagh from the Law Life Assurance Company.