Landed Estates
University of Galway

Drumgoon

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 8 houses.

Houses within 5km of Drumgoon

Displaying 8 houses.

House name Description
Gartinadress House In 1814, Charles Veaitch was the resident at Gortin-ardrass. This house is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). Although having advertised Gartinardress for sale in 1850 William Young was the owner and occupier at the time of Griffith’s Valuation when the property was valued at £15 for rates. By the early 20th century the Armstrong family were occupying Gartinardress, although in 1906 William A. K. Young is recorded as occupier of 228 acres of untenanted land and the mansion house. This house is no longer extant and the site is part of a forestry area. A house known as Lakeville was also located in the townland of Gartinardress. Leases in the National Library record Lakeville as the home of Richard Young in the 1820s. It was described as ‘in ruins’ on the 25 inch map.
Lahard Lahard was the home of the Young family in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is named on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837) which shows a flower garden to the south of the house. Occupied by Cosby Young in 1814 and by John Lough in the 1850s, who held the property from the representatives of Cosby Young. The buildings were valued at £10. Inherited by one of Cosby Young’s daughters, Mrs Mackarness. The railway line was erected to the south west of this house. It is no longer extant.
Tully House (Killashandra) Richard Young of Tully 1808, see GO MS. Richard Young and his wife Bridget Nugent Reynolds later lived at Fort Lodge, on the outskirts of Cavan town. In 1814, Mr R.Y. Reynolds was resident at Tully, Crossdoney. Major Randal Stafford of Tully House, Crossdoney, is listed as a subscriber to Lewis ‘Topographical Dictionary’ (1837). In the 1850s this house was occupied by William Magee who held it from the representatives of Hugh Walsh. The Douglas family were resident at the beginning of the 20th century.
Rockfield (Killashandra) The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates this house to circa 1720. The Irish Genealogist Vol II refers to the will of F. Young of Rockfield, 1777. Situated close to Rockfield Lough it was a Berry home in the first half of the 19th century. Thomas Berry was resident in 1814 and in 1851 (Thom’s Directory). Rockfield was advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in November 1851. A few years later Griffith’s Valuation records Robert O’Brien as the occupant of Rockfield holding it from Oliver Sproul. It was valued at £17. The house is still extant but no longer in use. Photo of Rockfield (Killashandra)
Castle Hamilton In the mid-18th century Castle Hamilton came into the possession of the Southwell family through marriage with a Hamilton co-heiress. It remained in Southwell ownership until about the 1840s. Both Leet and Lewis record members of the Southwell family as resident. Lewis describes the house as ‘a spacious mansion surrounded by an extensive and highly embellished demesne’ adjoining the town of Killeshandra. The buildings were valued at £50 in the mid-19th century, by which time James Hamilton was owner and occupier. The Hamiltons were still resident at the time of the censuses of 1901 and 1911. The house was accidentally destroyed by fire in 1911 but a fine farm yard survives. Photo of Castle Hamilton
Portaliff House Portaliff House was located on the Castle Hamilton estate, north of Mill Lough and a little south of Killashandra. In the mid-19th century it was occupied by Captain F.H.B. Philips when it was valued at £12 for rates. Portaliff House is listed as a protected structure.
Bingfield A house built in the mid-18th century by the Venerable Joseph Story, Archdeacon of Kilmore. Occupied by Joseph Story in the mid-19th century, when the buildings were valued at £40. The property was held from Anthony O’Reilly. The Story family were still resident in 1901. Bingfield was sold by Arthur Patrick Story [sometime in mid-20th century, Irish Family Records (1976)]. Many of his siblings went to live in New Zealand. This house is still a fine residence. Photo of Bingfield
Danesfort The present house replaced that marked on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837). Danesfort was the home of the Dean of Kilmore and is situated a short distance from Kilmore Cathedral. Mulligan refers to a Deanery House on the site in 1739. Dean Magenis was resident in 1814 and Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey, Dean of Kilmore, in the 1850s. The buildings were valued at £24 for rates. The building is still in use as the home of an ecclesiastic. Photo of Danesfort