Rostalla
Houses within 5km of this house
Displaying 4 houses.
Houses within 5km of Rostalla
Displaying 4 houses.
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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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| 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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| Rahugh House | Located close to a graveyard and ruined monastery, Rahugh House is named on both the first edition six inch and the 25 inch OS maps. William Bagnell lived here in 1814. James Bagnell was the occupant at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), holding the house, valued at £13.5 from Charles B Marlay. On 9 May 1873 the estate of William Bagnall, a minor, at ‘Rahue and Knockroe’ was for sale in the Landed Estates Court. The petitioner was Abraham Bagnall. The house was described in the sale rental as a ‘Substantial dwelling house’ and had ‘commodious out-offices’. At the turn of the 20th century Walter Newburn, a farmer and his family were resident and in 1911 James L Hodgins, also a farmer and his family were living at Rahugh. The house is extant. | |
| 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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