Salrock

Houses within 15km of this house

Displaying 21 houses.

Houses within 15km of Salrock

Displaying 21 houses.

House name	Description
Doolough	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Doolough was leased by Captain William Houstoun from the Marquis of Sligo's estate and valued at £15. It is now a ruin surrounded by trees.
Delphi Lodge	The house was built circa 1820 by the 2nd Marquess of Sligo, who had visited Delphi in Greece. It was leased to Thomas Spencer Lindsey of Hollymount House, county Mayo in the 1820s, to Stepney St George of Headford Castle, county Galway in the 1830s and to the Honourable Reverend William Conynham Plunket (later Archbishop of Dublin 1884-1887) in the 1850s. He was succeeded as tenant by Captain and Mrs Houstoun and other members of the Houstoun family. When the 6th Marquess of Sligo sold his estate to the Land Commission, he bought back this property and the 20th century history of Delphi Lodge is well documented in the Westport Estate Papers. The house was bought by Peter Mantle in the 1980s and is now run as a guest house specializing in fishing holidays.
Aasleagh Lodge	Documents in the Westport Estate Papers record the leasing of the fishing at Aasleagh 'Assdia' by the Viscounts Bourke of Mayo to the ffrench family of Galway in the 17th century. The 19th century lodge was let to the Honourable David Plunket in the 1850s. It was burnt down in 1923 but renovated and leased as a fishing lodge to various persons. It was let to Lord and Lady Brabourne, relatives of the Brownes of Westport, in the 1970s before its sale to the Fisheries Board.
Letterbrickaun	Peter King had a house and buildings of more than £12 valuation in this townland at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The village of Letterbrickaun is no longer marked on the map and there is no access road.
Killary Lodge	Killary Lodge is marked on the south shore of Killary Harbour on the first Ordnance Survey map. A herd's house, valued at £1 and leased by John King from the Kilkelly estate is located here at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Renvyle	The house at Renvyle was inhabited by the O'Flahertys in 1811 and was described by Henry Blake in his ''Letters from the Irish Highlands''.The Blakes went to live at Renvyle in the early 1820s and an additional storey was added in the mid 19th century. Run as a guest house in the 1880s, it was bought by Oliver St John Gogarty in 1917. Badly burnt in 1923 he rebuilt it as a hotel.
Shanboolard Hall	Built post 1838, occupied by E. Whitwell at the time of Griffith's Valuation and later by the Acheson family who were strong promoters of the Galway to Clifden railway. Bought by the Armstrongs in 1890s and in the possession of their descendants for most of the 20th century. Sold to Ashley Mathews following the death of Graham Tulloch in 1990.
Rosleague	This townland appears to have been leased to the Ffrenches of Castlefrench, county Galway by the D'Arcys of Houndswood and Gorteen, county Mayo on 31 Oct 1800. In the 20th century Rosleague House was leased for a time to Miss Robinson, the former head of the French School, Bray, county Wicklow. Sold by the Brownes to the O'Briens who sold on to the Foyles. The house now functions as the Rosleague Manor Hotel. http://www.rosleague.com/
Letterfrack	Originally a farm house built by John Ellis, it later became a monastery and a community craft shop.	$Photo of Letterfrack$
Ballinakill Lodge	A house built in the early 1840s for the Graham family. Occupied by Minnie Graham in 1906. In 1907 it was accidently burnt and never rebuilt.
Kylemore Abbey	A very large residence built in the late 1860s for Mitchell Henry with extensive gardens, incorporating the former Kylemore Lodge. Later a home of the Duke and Duchess of Manchester. Now a school and tourist business run by a French order of Benedictine nuns.
Ross House	Originally a Coastguard residence, bought by Thomas Young Prior in the late 1840s. Extended by the Tullochs and used as a dower house for Shanboolard. The house was sold by the Congested Districts' Board to Dr Alfred Irwin and it was in the possession of the Irwin family for most of the 20th century. Now owned by Neville Figgis.
Dernasliggaun	A house on the shore of Killary Harbour, named after a small lough in the townland of Tullyconnor, built by Alexander C. Lambert on a farm of 250 acres leased from Colonel Alexander Thomson in 1854.
Addergoole	Built in the late 1840s or early 1850s by Thomas Eastwood and later the location of the Kylemore farm buildings.
Cartron	Built by Joseph Reville at a cost of nearly £1,000, Cartron was held by the Revilles under a lease dated 31 Oct 1856 from Robert Graham to Richard Reville for 3 lives and 87 years. The home of a member of the Lushington Tulloch family in 1906 and still remains in the possession of a descendent of this family.
Crocknaraw/Rockfield House	Built in the early 1850s, when it was known as Rockfield, possibly by Thomas Butler who occupied it at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It later became a Protestant boys' orphanage. In the later 20th century known as Crocknaraw Guest House and renowned for its beautiful gardens.
Leenaun	Tim Robinson writes that Big Ned and his son Big Jack Joyce held large tracts of land and that their home eventually became the Leenaun Inn. Now known as the Leenaun Hotel situated on the south shore of Killary Harbour. The name is sometimes spelt 'Leenane'.
Garraunbaun	Built by Charles Palmer Archer in the 1850s, it later became the home of the Duane family. Home of the Lavelle family in the 1930s who sold it to Colonel Alfred Irwin. Restored and renovated by the present owner Neil O'Donohue in 2005.
Kylemore House	Built by the Reverend Joseph Duncan on the shore of Kylemore Lake in the early 1850s and run as a hotel for sportsmen. Occupied by Talbot Clifton in the early 20th century and for a time by St John Gogarty after Renvyle House was burnt in the 1920s. Still run as a guest house by Nancy Naughton.
Kylemore Lodge	Built circa 1900 possibly as a shooting lodge of the Guinness family, now run as a B & B.
Inagh Lodge	A fishing lodge built in the 1880s by the Berridge family, now a hotel. See http://www.loughinaghlodgehotel.ie/en/history-hotel/