Bunowen Castle
Houses within 10km of this house
Displaying 7 houses.
Houses within 10km of Bunowen Castle
Displaying 7 houses.
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| Clifden Castle | Built circa 1818 by John D'Arcy and home to his family until 1850 when it was sold to Thomas Eyre. Left by him to his nephew John Joseph Eyre and sold by his representatives to a local butcher in 1917. It is now a ruin. A lithograph of the house is part of the sales rental 1850. |
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| Ardbear House | Samuel Jones held this house from Thomas Eyre at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £28. It was described in the sale rental of 1864 as 'substanially and tastefully built', with spacious drawing rooms and 13 bedrooms. It later became a boys' secondary school run by the Franciscan Brothers. A school still occupies the site. | |
| Ballinaboy House | A mid 19th century house, home of the Morris family. The townland was held by Anthony Morris at the time of Griffith's Valuation when he owned a house valued at £3 10s. Ballinaboy has been enlarged and is still occupied. |
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| Errislannan Manor | Originally a shooting lodge, extended by the Wall family and renamed. It remained in the ownership of the Walls and their descendants until 1958 when it was sold to Doctor Donal Brooks and his wife Stephanie who run a Connemara Pony Stud and trekking centre. | |
| Ardagh House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Ardagh was held by Richard Foreman as a herd's house valued at £2, together with almost 1000 acres. It is labelled Ardagh House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. A house still exists at the site. | |
| Doohulla Lodge | Located on the east side of Ballyconnelly Bay beside Callow Bridge, John Boswell was in possession of a house valued at £1. 5 shillings here at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Doohulla Lodge is marked on the later 19th century maps close to the Atlantic shore and was run as The Fishery Restaurant in the 1970s. This building is still in existence. |
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| Emlaghmore Lodge | Michael Fitzgerald held a herd's house and offices, valued at £7.17 shillings from John Boswell in the townland of Emlaghmore at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Emlaghmore Lodge, formerly known as Emlaghmore House, was erected however in the early 1860s, probably by William Young. Bought by the Tinne family in 1924 and used as a holiday home until the 1960s when it became their permanent home. Emlaghmore Lodge now functions as a guest house run by the Tinne family see http://www.emlaghmore.com/ |
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