Landed Estates
University of Galway

Tore

Estate(s)
Townland Rathgarrett
Civil Parish Newtown
PLU Mullingar
DED Ballykilmore
County Westmeath
Barony Fartullagh
Description This house is named Toor on the first edition OS map and Torr on the 25 inch map. Located a short distance south east of Tyrrellspass, it was a two-storey, five-bay 18th century house, built by the Pilkington family and marked on the Taylor and Skinner map of the late 1770s. Henry Pilkington of Tore was a subscriber to Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary. The house was occupied by him at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). Valued at £25 it was held from Charles B Marlay. Henry Mulock Pilkington of Tore owned 1,683 acres in county Westmeath in the 1870s. The house was burnt in the early 1920s and is now a ruin.

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