Ballinderry
Houses within 15km of this house
Displaying 80 houses.
Houses within 15km of Ballinderry
Displaying 80 houses.
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| Ballintober (Kilcumreragh) | Ballintober House is named on both the first edition OS map and the early 20th century 25 inch map, but no longer appears to be extant. In 1837 William Fetherstonhaugh was resident and in the mid-19th century it was the home of James Fetherston Haugh, held from Dorothea Horton and valued at £20. In the 1870s James Fetherstonhaugh of Ballintober owned 39 acres in county Westmeath. Ballintober was still in Fetherston Haugh occupation in 1901 but unoccupied by 1911. This was a branch of the Mosstown and Bracklyn Fetherstonhaugh family. | |
| Rosemount House/Oldcourt | Rose Mount House is also known as Old Court, both names appear on the OS maps. The village nearby is known as Rosemount. Described by buildings of Ireland as a well-balanced structure originally built by the Geoghegan Family in the late eighteenth-century, probably replacing an earlier house. Leet records John Pim occupying a house named Rosemount near Moate in 1814 and Lewis records Lady Nagle as the occupant in 1837. O’Brien writes that it was inherited by the Nugent family of Ballinacor through marriage. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation it was occupied by John J Nugent who held it from the representatives of Sir Richard Nagle. It was valued at £21.10. Still extant and occupied. |
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| Coolatore | This house was not built at the time of the first edition OS survey. It was constructed about 1866 and was the home of members of the Upton family. In 1906 it was valued at £56, occupied by Henry N S Upton who held it with over 400 acres of untenanted land. According to the discover Ireland website it now provides self-catering accommodation. |
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| Grouse Lodge | Grouse Lodge is named on both the first 6 inch and 25 inch OS maps. Described as a three-bay two-storey over basement country house with attic level, built c.1810 (boi), now in use as a residential recording studio. Grouse Lodge was built by a branch of the Fetherstonhaugh Family of Ardagh, County Longford and was occupied by Theodore Fetherston in 1814 and by William Fetherstonhaugh at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. The building valued at £24 was held from Edward Fetherstonhaugh, who was the occupant in 1837. It is still a family home. |
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| Ladywell | Although much of the demesne of Harmony Hall is shown in the townland of Bunown on the first edition OS map, the house Ladywell was not built at this time. An elegant Italianate country house, six-bay two-storey over (partial) basement country house on L-shaped plan, built about 1845 to a design by Sandham Symes (1808-1894), for the Mahon Family (boi). In the mid-19th century Ross Mahon was the occupant holding the building valued at £37 in fee. Members of the Metge, Crofton, Williams and Flannery have all been occupants of this house. It has extensive views over Killinure Lough to the south. |
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| Annagh | Annagh was a Dillon home as probably were Glenmore and Lakeview houses also in this townland. There is a building still at the Glenmore site but the other two houses are gone. O’Brien writes that an early 19th century house was built in front of an earlier house and that Dillons lived here from at least the mid-18th century. In 1814 and 1837 Christopher R Dillon was resident and Mary Ann Dillon in the mid-19th century when the house was valued at £10 and held from Lord Ashtown of Woodlawn, County Galway. In the latter part of the 20th century the house was abandoned and is now derelict. | |
| Auburn | Auburn - Detached five-bay two-storey over raised basement house, built or rebuilt in the early 19th century (boi) This house takes its name from the Goldsmith Poem ‘The Deserted Village’, which was apparently inspired by the countryside surrounding this property where Goldsmith grew up as a boy. Auburn House was reputedly remodeled in the early nineteenth-century by John Hogan, whose father, a solicitor, acquired the property and estate from the Naper Family (of Loughcrew, Oldcastle, Co. Meath) in settlement of legal costs. J Hogan was the occupant in 1837. It was later sold to William Henry Daniel c.1848 and later to G.A.G. Adamson in 1864. In 1906 the buildings were valued at £34 and Charles G Adamson was the occupier. The Adamson family continued to reside at Auburn until about 1980. The house is now a ruin. |
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| Rossana House | Rossana House is named on the first edition OS map. It was built in the early 19th century but is not mentioned in Leet (1814). However, Lewis records Captain Stubbs as the occupant in 1837. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation Elizabeth Murray (nee Rushworth), widow of Major General James P Murray of Killinure House, was resident holding the property valued at £16.5 from Anne Stubbs who held the 30 acre townland from the King-Harmans. Members of the Murray family appear to have occupied the house during the rest of the 19th century. John and Ethel Hall were resident in 1901. Sold to the Sisters and Disciples of the Divine Master in the mid-1960s and demolished circa 1990 according to the list of Protected Structure for the county. | |
| Easthill House | Detached three-bay early nineteenth-century Regency villa, built in 1803. This house was originally built by a branch of the Handcock-Temple family of nearby Waterstown House and by 1814 was the home of Richard Cuppaidge, who is also recorded in 1837 as the occupant. John Cuppaidge was resident at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. The house was the property of the Clynes, Dolan and O’Shea families in the 20th century. |
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| Harmony Hall | O’Brien writes that Harmony hall was built in 1788 by Colonel William Caulfield, a member of a branch of the Caulfield family, Earls of Charlemont. In 1842, Colonel John Caulfield sold the house to Arthur Dunn Chaigneau and purchased Bloomfield House, Mullingar. Griffith’s Valuation records Chaigneau as the occupant and that the house was valued at £50. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage states that the house was built by the Handcock Temple family. Occupied by Edward Molony Gleeson of the Athlone Woollen Mills in the 1880s. Occupied by the Fox, Wilson and Fitzsimons families in the 20th century. |
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| Lackan Lodge | O’Brien writes of Walter Dillon living at Lackan in 1796. Lackan Lodge, valued at £14, was occupied by William Thomson in the mid-19th century. He held the property from the Dillons minors. A new building has been erected on this site. |
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| Waterstown House | This Palladian style country house on rectangular plan, constructed c.1745 was designed by the German architect Richard Castle (1695-1751) for Gustavus Handcock and his wife Elizabeth Temple. It has important historical connections with the Temple-Handcock family, who were originally granted the lands around Waterstown as payment for services to the Crown during the Cromwellian Wars (boi). Robert Handcock Temple was resident in 1814 and 1837. Valued at £47 in the mid-19th century it was occupied by Robert Holmes. The buildings had increased in value to £61.15 in 1906. It remained within the Temple-Handcock family until mid-1923 when they sold the estate to the Land Commission. In 1928 the pedimented doorcase at Waterstown was removed and re-erected at Lissglassick House (Longford) and the house became a ruin in the 1930s. |
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| Ballaghkeeran House | Ballaghkeeran House marked on the 25 inch OS map but not on the earlier first edition map. This ‘mansion’ house was erected in the 1860s according to a Murtagh sale rental of 8 December 1876 which states that the sale included “a fine residence, erected within the last ten years, regardless of expense, built on an eminence affording commanding views of lake scenery … and approached from the public road by a handsome carriage drive, with ornamental iron gates and lodge at entrance’. Mrs Murtagh was the occupant at this time holding the house and nine acres as a tenant under the Court of Chancery. Members of the Murtagh family were still living in the house in 1901 and 1911. This house appears to be the residence of a farming enterprise. | |
| Moate View | Moate View is situated on the outskirts of the town of Moate and predates much of the town. It is a detached five-bay two-storey house, built 1762, verified by a cut stone date stone inscribed ‘James Clibborn built this house anno domini 1762’. O’Brien writes that James Clibborn was the son of Joshua Clibborn and his wife Sarah Lecky. His second son William Cooper Clibborn inherited the house and was the occupant at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) holding the building valued at £32 from Thomas H Mulock MP. It is still the home of Clibborn family members. |
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| Bellanalack | Bellanalack is marked on the first edition OS map and the later 25 inch map but a much smaller building is now located on the site. The house was occupied by Christopher Adamson in 1837 and at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). He held the property valued at £13 from Lord Castlemaine. | |
| Belville | O’Brien writes that Belville was built about 1775 for Richard Cuppaidge and by the early 1780s was occupied by the Jones family. It remained the Jones family home until at least the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when Gustavus Jones Junior was resident. The house was valued at £23. It is now a ruin. | |
| Carn Park | Carn Park was built by the Adamson family in the late 18th century. Travers Adamson, son of William Gustavus Adamson was resident in 1814 and W G Adamson in 1837. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) the property was in Chancery, Robert Adamson was the occupant and the buildings were valued at £24. On 17 June 1870 when the house and lands were advertised for sale in the Land Court the house was described as a ‘commodious dwelling house (with suitable out offices) on Lot 1, which, although somewhat out of repair, is capable (at a moderate outlay) of being made a comfortable residence for a gentleman and his family. The house is prettily situated on the slope of a hill, commanding an extensive view’. It was bought by the Rev Thomas Thompson Gray of Dorrington, Drumraney, who was Vice Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, 1916-1924. The house was demolished in the mid-20th century. | |
| Coolvuck House | O’Brien writes that this early 19th century house was probably built by Francis Dillon, who was recorded as the occupant in 1814. Valued at £13 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), it was occupied by Eneas McDonnell who held the property from James George Murphy. Occupied by Thomas Groarke, a farmer and his sister in 1901 and by Thomas Killoughy, a shepherd who held it from Thomas Groarke in 1911. | |
| Glynwood House | Glynwood house is located east of Athlone. The original house was constructed about 1790 by Francis Longworth and rebuilt about 1860 by John Longworth (1798-1881). A new house in the Italianate style was built in the early 1880s for Francis Travers Dames Longworth to the design of George Moyers. On 1 February 1918, a few lines in the Belfast News-Letter stated that Glynwood House, Athlone, the family mansion of the Dames-Longworth family, had been destroyed by fire. It is now an ivy covered ruin. See https://houseandheritage.org/2018/02/01/glynwood-house/ The present Glynwood House, formerly the agent’s house is located to the northwest of the site of the original Glynnwood House and dates from the late 19th century. |
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| Mount Temple House | Mount Temple House is marked on the first edition OS map, south of Holy Trinity Church and named on the 25 inch map. Leet records Richard Telford as resident at Mount Temple. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Sarah Russell held the house and 182 acres from the Hon R T H Temple, the buildings were valued at £12. This house now provides accommodation for guests. See lodging-world.com/ei/hotels/mount-temple-house-in-moate-91944640. |
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| Moydrum Castle | The National Built Heritage Service states that Moydrum Castle is a Gothic Revival castellated country house built circa 1812 to designs by Sir Richard Morrison (1767-1849), who was commissioned by William Handcock to rebuild an existing house befitting of his new status as Lord Castlemaine. Lewis describes it as ‘a handsome castellated mansion, erected in 1814’. It was valued at £75 in the mid-19th century. The building remained the home of the Castlemaines until it was burnt down on 3 July 1921. A photograph of the remains featured on the cover of the U2 album ‘The Unforgettable Fire'. |
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| Nahodmore House | This building is marked on the first edition OS map, altered and expanded on the 25 inch map. O’Brien states that it was built by the Adamson family. Leet records William Marsh as resident at Nahad in 1814. Valued at £11 Nahodmore House was occupied by Thomas Russell and held from John Trench at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). William Woods Russell son of Mark Goodbody Russell and his wife Mary was born at Nahodmore in July 1855 (The British Friend, 9th month 1855, p 227). Mark Goodbody Russell and his daughter Mary were both living there in 1901. They were members of the Society of Friends while caretakers Alexander and Jane Elder for William W Russell were living there in 1911. This house, a short distance north west of Moate, is still extant. | |
| Shurock | The Homan family appear to have settled at Shurock in the early 18th century. The original house at Shurock was built sometime in the eighteenth century, with a later single-storey Gothic wing added at the end of the eighteenth century. This house was the home of Captain Homan, about 1760 and of Sir W Jackson-Homan (barrister) in 1837. Sir William was created a baronet in 1801. The house is marked but not named on the first edition OS map and the building later expanded as shown on the 25 inch map. O’Brien states that the house was sold in the Encumbered Estates Court and it must have been purchased by George Fleming as he was the occupant at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) holding it in fee. It was valued at £23. The house is now a ruin. |
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| Twyford | Twyford House was originally built about 1760 by the Handcock Family of Waterstown House, Glassan, but passed into the ownership of the Hodson Family, at the end of the 18th century. In 1814 John Hodson was resident and E Hodson in 1837. Valued at £24 John Hodson was the occupant at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), holding the property from John Longsworth. The Hodsons continued to reside at Twyford until it was sold about 1960. The house is now derelict. |
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| Ballynahown | Ballynahown built in 1746 by Edmond Malone (lawyer and later MP for Granard) and his wife Ruth Malone nee Judge. It is a building of three storeys over a basement, having a three-bay single-storey wing, added c.1850 by the Ennis family. The National Built Heritage Service states that this grand house is unusual in that it is constructed of brick, a very rare building material in Westmeath at the time of construction. In 1837 Lewis wrote that Ballynahown was the ancient residence of the Malone family, built on the site of an old castle and now unoccupied, having passed into other hands. Andrew Ennis bought the house in 1828. He was a wealthy Catholic merchant and business man who bought up land in the Athlone area of County Westmeath. His son John Ennis became a Governor of the Bank of Ireland and was knighted in 1866. He occupied the house at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when it was valued at £15. Sir John was succeeded by his son Sir John James Ennis who died in 1884 and was succeeded by his sister Marie Sophie who was married to Daniel O’Donaghue of the Glens. The O’Donaghues continued to own Ballynahown until they sold it in 1968. It remains a well maintained residence. |
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| Moate Castle | A complex structure, of at least three periods of construction, which dominates the centre of the town. It is a two-bay three-storey former fortified house/tower house, built 1550, having a three-bay three-storey wing to the west end, built c.1720 and a two-storey bowed extension to the east end, built c.1760, acquired by Captain John Clibborn in 1659 (boi). In 1814 Thomas C Clibborn occupied Moate-castle and in 1837 Moate Castle was the seat of Cuthbert J Clibborn. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Gilbert Nugent was resident holding the property valued at £23 from the representatives of Cuthbert J Clibborn. Moate Castle has remained a private residence and was for sale in 2023. |
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| Fardrum House | Fardrum House, an early 19th century house, named on the first edition OS map. Described by the National Built Heritage Service as a highly appealing early nineteenth-century gentleman’s cottage. Valued at £12 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was occupied by Eliza Mathews who held it from John Ennis. Later occupants have been the Robinson and Campbell families and it remains a family residence. |
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| Farnagh | Buildings are marked at this site on the first edition OS map and the house is named on the 25 inch map. It was built in the early 19th century and a Mr Benjamin Wynne was resident in 1814. The house was extended about 1850 according to the National Built Heritage Service. This house was the residence of R. Adamson in 1837 (Lewis) and of Hannah Wynne who held it from Edward Digges La Touche, valued at £14.5 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). Edward Wakefield, a ‘gentleman farmer’ and his family were resident in the early 20th century. This house remains a family home. |
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| Hall | Hall House is described by O’Brien as a two-storey five-bay Georgian house. It was built by the Clibborn family. The Taylor and Skinner maps of the late 1770s record the Clibborns at The Hall. Valued at £25 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was occupied by William Malcomson who held it from Thomas Clibborn. Later occupied by Thomas B Wakefield who died in 1898. The house was a ruin for many years but is now demolished. | |
| Castledaly/Kilcleagh Park | Detached six-bay two-storey over basement country house, built 1776 by the Dalys. It replaced an early fortified house dating from the 1600s. A projecting two-storey wing was added about 1880 by the Odells. In 1814 and 1837 it was the seat of Joseph Morgan Daly. It was sold in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1850 and bought by a Scotsman George McDonnell who held it in fee at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when it was valued at £40. In the 1860s it was bought by Thomas Scruton Odell and it remained in the possession of the Odell family until 1961 when it was sold to the Land Commission. It was later renamed Kilcleagh Park when it became a hotel. Now known as Castledaly Manor and in use as a Christian Centre. |
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| Moyvoughly | Moyvoughly named Moyvoughly Lodge on the first edition OS map and Moyvoughly House on the 25 inch map. O’Brien writes that this was originally Arabin land purchased towards the end of the 18th century by the Grogans. This house was constructed by 1837 as C Arabin was resident, who was probably leasing it from the Grogans. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) John Ennis had acquired the house and lands as he is recorded as holding the property in fee . O’Brien writes that he rented the house to William Dargan, the railway entrepreneur, who was building the Mullingar to Dublin railway line and that the land was used to graze and accommodate the horses used in this work. In the mid-1850s Moyvougly was leased to Thomas Maher who eventually purchased the estate. Bought by the Fallon family in the 20th century, the house is now demolished but some outbuildings and stables survive. |
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| Umma or Emoe House | Umma or Emoe House is named on the first edition OS map. It was a Magan home from at least the early 18th century. Thomas Magan was resident in 1814. O’Brien writes that Francis Magan was the last family member to reside at Emoe. It was recorded as his seat in 1837. He died in 1841. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) James Hill Shaw held the house valued at £15 from George A Boyd. Another building with the same name is marked on the 25 inch map to the south east of the original house and is still extant (N198 453). This second house was built in 1900 (O’Brien) by the Shaw family. James Shaw of Ballymahon purchased the lands in 1875. Occupied by the Skelly family in the 20th century. | |
| Auburn House | Auburn House located on the eastern outskirts of Athlone town is described by O’Brien as a late 18th century, two-storey, three bay house built by James Sproule about 1790. Occupied by the Bruce family of Gore House, Northgate Street, for about fifteen years before they immigrated to Australia. W S Bruce was resident in 1837. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Laurence or Lorenzo Dundas was resident holding the house valued at £22 from George Mechum. Various persons occupied this house in the following years including the Mahon and Browne families in the 20th century. Sold to the state in the 1960s it became a ruin and is now demolished. The Athlone Regional College now occupies the site. | |
| Mountain View Cottage | This building is named as Mount View Cottage on the first edition OS map and Mount View on the 25 inch map. O’Brien writes that Mount View on the Moate road is a two-storey, three-bay Victorian house built by a Mr Vaughan in 1866. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) the previous house on this site, valued at £10, was occupied by Mrs Diana Sproule, who held the property from Robert Jameson. The present house was a McNamara home in the 20th century and is still extant. | |
| Cloonbonny | Cloonboony is a five-bay single-storey over basement house on a U-shaped plan, built c.1790, having two two-storey returns (boi). Cloonbonny House was originally built by the Longworth family as a dower house to Glynwood House (O’Brien). Edward Marsh was resident at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the house was valued at £11 and was held from Francis Longworth. The Johnson and Byrne families have occupied the house from 1869 until the present day. |
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| Creggan House | Creggan House, located just south east of Athlone town and south of Creggan Castle. This house is named on the first edition OS map. It was a two-storey, three-bay house built by the Longworth family in the early 19th century. Peter Longworth was a Cromwellian soldier who settled at Creggan Castle in the mid-17th century. The Longworth family continued to inhabit Creggan House for much of the 19th century, Francis Longworth being recorded as the occupant in 1837. Henry Norwood Trye was resident at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), holding the house valued at £24 from his brother-in-law Francis Longworth. It was occupied by land agent Peter Metge and his family in 1901 and by widower Thomas Davies Longworth and his daughters in 1911. The house was burnt down in 1921 when occupied by a Major Montgomery and subsequently demolished. | |
| Woodville | Hawthorn Cottage is named on the first edition OS map and on the 25 inch map as Woodville. ‘The Cottage’ was the seat of William Cooke in 1837 and at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the building was valued at £16 and held from Lord Castlemaine. O’Brien writes that the Bourke family were in possession in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The house was demolished post 1950. The site is now among state and industrial buildings located on the east side of Athlone. | |
| Glencara House | This building is named Corr House on the first edition OS map but was later known as Glencarry or Glencara House. It was built for the Kelly family in the 1820s with later additions, c.1840. Glencarry was the residence of a J H Kelly in 1837 and of Robert Hume Kelly at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the house was valued at £40 and held in fee. It remained in the possession of the Kelly family until Colonel Arthur Bellingham bought the house in the late 1930s. |
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| Dalystown | Dalystown is marked on the first edition OS map and named on the 25 inch map. It is a detached three-bay two-storey house, built in the early 19th century. Valued at £12 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), occupied by Lewis Meares and held from John Rotton. |
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| Hallstown House | Hallstown or Halston House is named on the first edition OS map. This house was built c.1760 and altered and extended c.1820 by Sir Richard Morrison for the Boyd Gamble family (O’Brien). It is a two-storey, three-bay house and was the home of a H. Boyd Gamble in 1837. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Frederick Gambell held it from Captain H Boyd Gambell, when it was valued at £28. Various other occupants followed and the house and lands were sold to the Hon Kieran Guinness in 1980. |
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| Washford House | Washford House is a five-bay single-storey house, built c.1845, with a shallow projecting porch to the centre. Valued at £20 and held by Captain H Boyd Gamble in fee at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). |
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| Darlington Lodge | Darlington Lodge, named on the first edition OS map, occupied by A McDonnell in 1837 and by John Malone and held from Captain H Boyd Gamble at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when valued at £18. O’Brien writes that it was possibly built as a dower house for Hallstown/Halston. The home of the Kenny family in recent times. | |
| Toberville House | Toberville House is named on the first edition OS map. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was occupied by Thomas Murtagh, valued at £12 and held from Captain H Boyd Gamble. A building is still located at this site. | |
| Redmondstown | Redmondstown is named on the first edition OS map and 25 inch map. The National Built Heritage Service records that the main entrance was erected about 1800. In 1814 John Tisdall is recorded as resident. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was occupied by Frederick Hart who held the house valued at £10 from Jerome Tisdall. The house is now demolished. | |
| Glenown/Clonown | Clonown is named on the first edition OS map. It is a three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c.1815 now known as Glenown (boi). At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Richard Fitzgerald was resident, holding the house valued at £18 in fee. In the mid-1870s his son Captain James is recorded at Clonown. |
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| Jamestown Court | Jamestown Court is located to the north west of Castle Geoghegan. It is a three-bay two-storey over basement country house with six-bay single-storey over basement wings to either side (boi). It was originally built in 1740, the date is inscribed on a window opening but was substantially altered at a later date which may be why Lewis records it in 1837 as a ‘spacious and handsome castellated mansion of modern erection’. This house was the home of the Nagle family and the property was originally in the ownership of the McGeoghegan family who were direct ancestors of the Nagles. From the late 18th century Jamestown Court was the home of Sir Richard Nagle, Baronet. He also had connections with Donore Castle, near Horseleap, which he ‘restored’ in 1809. Jamestown Court was later the seat of Sir Richard Neagle (Nagle) Geoghegan 2nd Bt in 1846 (Slater’s Directory). Following his death in 1850 it was inherited by his sister Frances Mary who was married to John Grace of Mantua House, Co Roscommon. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) the house was valued at £13, occupied by John Lynam who held the property from John Ennis with 156 acres. The rest of the townland was held by John Grace. In 1901 and 1911 occupied by Lt Colonel Gilbert Lavillan Nugent and family. For sale in 2012 and bought in 2013. |
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| Charleville/Lunestown House | This building was named Charleville House on the first edition OS map and Lunestown House on the 25 inch map. A late 18th century five-bay two-storey over basement country house, built 1790 (keystone) and altered c. 1830 and c.1890. Charles Kelly built the house and its first name was derived from his Christian name. He was the occupant in 1814. In 1837 Lewis recorded Charleville as the seat of C Kelly and in the mid-19th century John Hubert Kelly held the house valued at £22 from William H Magan MP. Martin Charles Kelly JP and his wife Emily were resident in 1901 and 1911. |
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| Togherstown | Togherstown House, named The Lodge on the first edition OS map with a small demesne. This is a three-bay two-storey over basement house, built before 1837 possibly incorporating the remains of an earlier house c.1700 built by Thomas Magan, High Sheriff of Co Westmeath. By 1837 Togherstown House was in the occupation of William Thomas Dillon (d. 1870). It was valued at £22 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), William T Dillon holding it from William H Magan MP. William Thomas Dillon was the son of Thomas Dillon of Lung, county Mayo and was married to Teresa daughter of Edmund Count Nugent of Ballinacor, county Westmeath. Margaret Treddin, widow and caretaker, and her family were resident in 1901 and 1911 holding the property from Julia Dillon of Dublin. The house was restored in the 21st century. |
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| Ballinacor | Ballinacor is named on the first edition OS map. This two-storey, five-bay house was erected c 1740 and was the home of the Nugent family who were resident here from the 17th century until the mid-19th century. Referenced on the Taylor and Skinner maps of the late 1770s and occupied by Edward Nugent in 1814. In 1852 James Nugent, Count Nugent, sold the Ballinacor estate to the Halls. The sale rental describes the house as ‘large and commodious and in perfect habitable order’. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Charles Hall held the house valued at £23 in fee. In 1906, Major George C Hall was recorded as the occupant. Bought by the Finnerty family in the early 20th century, the house is now demolished but the main entrance gates remain. |
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| Killare House | Killare House is named on the first edition OS map, it is now a green field site as O'Brien notes it is long demolished. Valued at £12 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was occupied by Robert Matthews and held from Reverend Dean Pakenham. | |
| Mosstown | Mosstown House named on both the first edition OS map and the 25 inch map. O’Brien writes that Mosstown was originally a property belonging to the Judge family and was sold to Cuthbert Fetherstonhaugh in 1790 and he was recorded as occupant in 1814. In 1837 it was recorded as ‘the principal seat’ of the parish ‘the handsome residence of Theobald Fetherston H.’ It remained a Fethetstonhaugh property until sold to William Dargan in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1851 (O’Brien). At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was valued at £40 and occupied by Thomas Smith who held it from William Dargan. Later this house was occupied by members of the Fosberry and Adamson families. In 1906 George A G Adamson was the occupant. The house was destroyed by fire in 1938 and is now a green field site. | |
| Mount Dalton | Mount Dalton, named on the first edition OS map but on the 25 inch map (c 1914) as Loughazon Hall. It is a six-bay two-storey over basement country house, built 1784, on a rectangular plan. Erected by Count Richard D'Alton (d. 1790) on his return to Ireland following a distinguished career in the Austrian Service but subsequently vacated by him when he took up the post of Governor of the Austrian Netherlands (Lewis 1837 II, 491-2). Lewis describes the house as standing 'on the banks of a fine sheet of water ... formerly the seat of the ancient family of D'Alton ... the house which is now the residence of O W C Begg was built in 1784 by Count Richard D'Alton'. Valued at £16, it was unoccupied at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) and the immediate lessor was Thomas Babington. Historic connections with the D'Alton family including Count Oliver D'Alton (d. 1799); Ignatius Dillon Begg (d. 1813) and Countess Elizabeth Begg (née D'Alton) (d. 1832); Oliver William Costello Dillon Begg (d. 1848) [of] Mount Dalton Rathconrath (Lewis 1837 xi); and the Brabazon family. Mount Dalton is the home of the Brabazon Gibson family. | |
| Ballinlaban | Buildings are marked at this site on the first edition OS map, now an extensive farming complex. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) a house valued at £18 was occupied by William Colgan who held the property from the representatives of Sir Richard Nagle. | |
| Streamstown House | Streamstown House, just north of the Mullingar to Athlone greenway and marked on the first edition OS map, is a five-bay two-storey over basement country house, built c.1820 (boi). The interest of John Thomas Barlow, assignee of James Nugent, in the mansion house and lands of Streamstown were for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court on 12 February 1852. The property was held under a lease for lives for ever, the last renewal in 1846 was from William Palmer to John Thomas Barlow. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Streamstown was the residence of Captain James H Dickson, valued at £20 and held from William Palmer. By 1906 Anne Somers was in occupation. |
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| Temple House | Temple House, Templemacateer, is located on an old abbey site and very close to the border with County Offaly, it is named on the first edition OS map. This three-bay two-storey house was built in the mid-18th century and altered c.1840 (boi). It was originally the home of the Handy family. Dennis Kelly was the occupant in 1814. Marcus Kelly was resident in 1837 and at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the house was valued at £12 and held from the representatives of Samuel B Handy. It was the home of John Mark Kelly, a farmer, magistrate and land commissioner and his wife in 1901. Now in use as a guesthouse run by the Fagan family, see https://templemacateer.booking.site/en | |
| Ballyhast House | Ballyhast House is named on the first edition OS map and the 25 inch map. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was valued at £12, occupied by Rose Colgan and held from Alicia O’Connor Malone (in Chancery). Eugene Charles Dennis Colgan, farmer, was resident in 1901 and also in 1911 when his wife and family are recorded in the census. There is a building still at the site, the centre of a stud farm. | |
| Middleton Park | Middleton House is marked on the first edition OS map (1838), with extensive gardens to the south east. The present house is a six-bay two-storey over basement country house, built c.1850, in an Italianate style to designs by George Papworth (1781-1855) for George Augustus Boyd. He was resident at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when the building was valued at £100. It replaced an earlier smaller-scale house on the site, the property of James M Berry, who was resident in 1814 while W Hudson was the occupant in 1837 holding it from Berry. The present house remained in the Boyd-Rochfort family until 1958 and has had a number of owners since then, one of whom Barney Curly sold it through conducting a raffle. It has since been a hotel and was on the market again in 2023. |
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| Rockfield | Rockfield is named on the first edition OS map, this three-bay two-storey house was built c.1785. For sale in 1853 when the 'mansion house' was not in full repair. Mark Colgan was the tenant. It was held on a lease from Nicholas and Francis Evans. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was occupied by Marcus Colgan and held from John Elliott. It was valued at £13. Joseph Clavin, farmer and his family were the occupants in the early 20th century. This house is till part of a farm complex. |
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| Ballard | Ballard House, named on the first edition OS map as Lauree, but on the 25 inch as Ballard, located to the south west of Kilbeggan. It is a five-bay two-storey over basement house, built or rebuilt about 1830 (boi). In 1814 W Battersby was resident and in 1837 R Bolger. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Sylvester Lalor occupied the house valued at £10 from Dr Richard P O’Reilly. The Lalor family still live at Ballard where they run an organic farm. |
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| Bracca Castle/Coolalough House | Coolalough House, also known as Bracca Castle, close to the village of Horseleap is named on both the first six inch and 25 inch OS maps as Coolalough. The first edition six inch map shows a castle in the townland. The estate was granted to the Handy Family in the mid-seventeenth century. Coolalough House was later a base for the Methodists in the area. Wesley records in his letters in 1785 that the Handy Family had recently built a new property at Coolalough, apparently (re)named Bracca Castle (boi). Samuel W Handy was occupying Bracca Castle in 1814 and Samuel Handy is listed as the owner of Bracca Castle in 1837. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Joseph Hackett was occupying the house, valued at £10 and held from the representatives of Samuel W Handy. Home of Katherina Lett, a married lady, and two servants in 1911. This house is no longer extant, a green field site. |
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| Moycashel | Located on a side road south west of Kilbeggan, Moycashel was the home of the Holmes family from the mid-19th century. It is not marked on the first edition OS map. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Robert Holmes held the house valued at £16.10 in fee. It appears to have been occupied by William Serviss and family in 1901. A building remains on this site. |
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| Bellmount/Belmont | Bellmount or Belmont, Hallsfarm, is named on both the first edition six inch OS and the 25 inch maps. O’Brien describes it as a three-bay, two-storey house over a basement erected about 1825 by the Maguire family. In 1837 Barnard Maguire was resident. Ellen Maguire occupied the house at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when it was valued at £11.10 and held from Col William Hall. The censuses of 1901 and 1911 record Eugene Gannon, a 26 year old farmer, born in Argentina, as resident in a first class house while in 1911 Joseph Delaney, herdsman and family were in occupation. This house is still a family home. |
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| Meeldrum | Meeldrum is a three-bay three-storey house, possibly built by Malachy Tracy. The third storey may have been added in the 1880s. A Mr M Tracy was resident in 1814. Malachy’s daughter Catherine married Thomas Clarke in 1798 (O’Brien). Lewis records Mrs Clarke as resident in 1837. Mrs James Clarke occupied the house at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) when it was valued at £14 and held in fee. Mrs Maria Clarke lived here in the 1870s. The house appears to be unoccupied in 1901 but held by Thomas Clarke. In 1906 Martin and James Larkin were in residence and they are recorded in the 1911 census as the occupiers the house with their niece. The house remains a family home. |
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| Gortmore [Longfield] House (Ballymahon) | Arthur H. Griffith was leasing this property from the King-Harman estate at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s, when it was valued at almost £41. The house shown on the 1st edition Ordnance survey map is labelled Longfield House. The expanded range of buildings at the site, shown on the 25-inch map of the early 20th century, is labelled Gortmore House. O'Brien writes that Arthur Hill Griffith built this house c.1840 but that the Griffith family moved to Australia in 1871. He also notes that the previous house, known as Longfield, had been occupied by members of the Langstaff family. In 1837 Lewis referred to Longfield as the seat of J. Langstaff. Gortmore is no longer extant. | |
| Ardnagragh | Alicia Nugent was leasing this property, which included a mill, from the Digby estate at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s, when it was valued at £23. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage indicates that the house is still in use though the mill has been demolished. | |
| Drumraney | This property is described as “in chancery” at the time of Griffiths Valuation, though it was being leased by John Carney from the estate of Alicia O’Connor Malone. It was valued at £14. It is labelled as Drumraney House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1838 but as “Constabulary barracks” on later edition maps. It is not extant now. | |
| Shinglis House | The 1906 Survey of Untenanted Demesnes indicates John Malone as the owner of a property at Shinglis, valued at almost £32. The 1st edition Ordnance Survey map shows the ruins of Shinglis Court adjacent to this site but the 25-inch map labels Shinglis House a short distance to the north-east. O'Brien provides a detailed account of the evolution of the houses at this site, notably those occupied by the Malone family. He notes that Shinglis was demolished in the 1970s. | |
| Newgrove [Badgersbridge House] (Ballymahon) | This property was held in fee by Dillon Kelly at the time of Griffiths Valuation, when it was valued at over £10. It is labelled Newgrove or Badgersbridge House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but does not appear on subsequent maps. The Valuation Office books show that the house had been valued at £15 in 1840. | |
| Dorrington House | At the time of Griffiths Valuation St. George Gray held this property in fee when it was valued at £32. It is labelled Dorrington House on all editions of the Ordnance Survey maps. In 1906 it was the property of Wellington Gray and valued at £44. O'Brien writes that the house was demolished during the twentieth century and a newer house constructed at the site but extensive estate architecture survives. |
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| Walderstown Lodge | William Potts was leasing this property from the Gray estate at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s, when it was valued at £12. O'Brien writes that it was possibly built by the Dorrington Hackett family of nearby Dorrington House. It was acquired by the Gray family by inheritance and became a dower house. It is still extant. |
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| Kilcornan Lodge (Ballymahon) | Thomas Murray was leasing this property from Charles Edward Grogan at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s, when it was valued at almost £14. In 1814 Leet referred to Kilcornan as the residence of Patrick McDermott. O'Brien details the various occupiers from 1785, the year from which he asserts the house dates. It is still extant. | |
| Moyvore | Peter Odlum was leasing this property from the Grogan estate at the time of Griffiths Valuation, when it was valued at £12. | |
| Beech Lawn (Ballymahon) | George Meares was leasing this property from the Grogan estate at the time of Griffiths Valuation, when it was valued at almost £17. A house is still extant at this site. | |
| Noughaval House (Ballymahon) | William Dawson was leasing this property from the King-Harman estate at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s when it was valued at £13. Lewis also referred to it as his seat in 1837. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it was built in 1760. O'Brien notes that there is a family tradition that the roof had to be replaced in the nineteenth century having been damaged during ''the Night of the Big Wind'' in 1839. Noughaval is still extant and occupied. |
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| Belmore Place | At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s this property was held in fee by Robert W. Lowry, when it was valued at £16. It is labelled Belmore Place on all editions of the Ordnance Survey maps. O'Brien writes that the original house at this site had been occupied by Netterville Blake, who sold the property to Lowry in 1832. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests the surviving farm complex was built c.1850. The house was demolished in the 20th century. |
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| Ballymore Parochial House | Thomas Coffey was leasing this property to Reverend Thomas Guinan at the time of Griffiths Valuation when it was valued at £12. A smaller house appears at this location on the 1st edition map of 1838 but a house labelled “Parochial House” is shown on the early 20th century 25-inch edition. Buildings still extant at site but may not be original. | |
| Baltacken House | Abraham Coates was leasing this property from Nathaniel McElthwaite at the time of Griffiths Valuation when it was valued at £12. It was described as a caretaker’s house with offices. It is labelled Baltacken House on all editions of the Ordnance Survey map and is still extant and in use. | |
| Lissanode House | O'Brien writes that this house was occupied by the Russell family, probably from the early part of the eighteenth century. At the time of Griffiths Valuation, in 1854, it was occupied by Frederick W. Russell, leasing from the Boyd estate, when it had a valuation of £7. It was replaced by a more substantial house in the late nineteenth century following a fire. It is still extant. | |
| Lissaquill House | In 1837 Lewis referred to Lissaquill House as the seat of Harding Fetherstone. At the time of Griffiths Valuation in 1854 this property was occupied by John Hogan, leasing from O'Brien Dillons, when it was valued at £9. The Valuation Office Books of 1841 noted the house here as having a valuation of £10 and occupied by Harding Fetherstone. A house and farm are still extant at this location. | |
| Jones Lake | A house south of the railway line and a short distance west of Moate in the mid-19th century. O'Brien writes that it was built by the Jones family in the mid-18th century as a two storey, three bay building. Leet records William Gustavus Jones as resident in 1814. Occupied by John Sills at the time of Griffith's Valuation (publ. 1854) and held from Patrick Dillon Irwin with about 50 acres, when it was valued at £13. |
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