Landed Estates
University of Galway

Drumcree

Estate(s)
Townland Drumcree
Civil Parish Kilcumny
PLU Castletowndelvin
DED Kilcumny 42
County Westmeath
Barony Delvin
Description Drumcree House was a seven-bay two-storey over basement Palladian country house, built in the mid-18th century for a branch of the Smyth family. In 1814 William Smyth was resident. By 1837 his son Robert occupied the house and Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) records Robert Smyth holding the house in fee. It was valued at £60. By the early 20th century Henry Maxwell Smyth had inherited the property. He was there in 1906 when the valuation had increased to £75. O’Brien writes that the house was abandoned after the death of H M Smyth in 1961 and is now an ivy clad ruin.
Drumcree House (National Built Heritage Service)

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