Landed Estates
University of Galway

Edmondstown

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 8 houses.

Houses within 5km of Edmondstown

Displaying 8 houses.

House name Description
Clonlost Clonlost house is shown amidst a large demesne on the first OS map. The Nugent family were settled at Clonlost from the 17th century. The house was a two-storey, five-bay, late 18th century building (O’Brien). In 1814 it was the home of Lt Col Nugent. Lewis records it as the ‘ancient family seat of J Nugent’. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Captain John J Nugent held it in fee when the house was valued at £40 and he owned an estate of over 3,000 acres in the 1870s. His daughter married William Lamb Palmer of Rahan, Co Kildare and it was their son Charles Colley Palmer who inherited Clonlost. Members of the Palmer family were still resident in the early years of the 20th century. The house is now a ruin.
Killynan House Killynan House was located on the border between the two Killynan townlands of Pratt and Cooke. It was the home of the Reynell family who held it from the Winter family. Reverend Edward Reynell is recorded on the Taylor and Skinner maps of the late 1770s and was resident until his death in 1788. He was succeeded by his son Richard who occupied the house in 1814 and 1837. Richard was later succeeded by his son, Richard Winter Reynell, who died in 1887. The Reynells were related to the Winter family. This house is now demolished but outbuildings survive. Photo of Killynan House
Clondrisse House Clondrisse House, a small building marked on the first edition OS map and named on the 25 inch map. A small two-bay two-storey over basement house built about 1800 and extended in the late 19th century. O’Brien writes that it was the home of Myles O’Reilly in the first two decades of the 19th century. Rev Francis Winter, vicar of the nearby St. John the Baptist's Church of Ireland church was the occupant in the 1840s while Rodney Purdon was resident at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), holding the house valued at £16, from Samuel Winter. Home of Major John Purdon retired in 1911. Photo of Clondrisse House
Reynella Reynella House is a seven-bay two-storey country house on T-shaped plan built about 1770 by Richard Reynell. In 1814 it was the seat of Richard M Reynell and in 1837 Lewis records that Reynella was 'the elegant residence of the late R. M. Reynell, Esq., now the property of a minor, situated in a fine demesne, adorned with a lake and extensive plantations'. Valued at £27 it was occupied by John Rynd at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) and held from Blayney T Balfour. This house was home to the broadcaster Marian Finucane and her husband in the 1980s and was a guest house in more recent years. Photo of Reynella
Sheepstown House Sheepstown house is named on the early 20th century 25 inch OS map. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was occupied by James Seery, valued at £15 and held from the representatives of Robert M Tighe. The Seery family were still resident at the beginning of the 20th century. This house is extant.
Gigginstown House The original house, Gigginstown Lodge, was a Dardis home and is marked on the first edition OS map. It was occupied by Christopher Dardis in 1814 and Captain Brabazon O’Connor in 1837, who had married the widow of Michael Dardis. It is no longer extant (N528 615). Gigginstown House is described by O’Brien as ‘a two-storey, three-bay classical house designed by John S Mulvany’ built in the mid-1850s on a new site and recorded as unfinished at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). Valued at £40, Elizabeth Busby was the occupant holding the house in fee. The property had been bought on her behalf and that of her sister in 1828. Alphonso Busby owned 1,408 at Gigginstown in the 1870s. James Taylor, farmer and his wife Kate were resident in the early 20th century. A stud and farm are now located at Gigginstown House, owned by Michael O’Leary, see https://www.gigginstownhouse.com/wp/ Photo of Gigginstown House
Clondalever House Clondalever House is marked on the first edition OS map, but expanded and named on the 25 inch map. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was valued at £14, occupied by Edward Hope, who held it from George W Mansell or Maunsell (Oakley Park). A house is still located on this site.
Streamstown House Streamstown House, located on the eastern shore of Lough Derravargh, is a five-bay two-storey house, built about 1800. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) it was occupied by Thaddeus Lynch, valued at £11 and held from Benjamin Chapman. Michael Hope, JP and farmer, and family were resident here in 1901 and his widow Eliza and family in 1911. Photo of Streamstown House