Ballymantan/Ballynamantan

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Ballymantan/Ballynamantan

Displaying 14 houses.

House name	Description
Raheen	Raheen is associated with both the Kilkelly and O'Hara families. In the 1770s it seems to have been a residence of the Taylor family, with whom the O'Haras intermarried. In the 1830s the OS Name Books record it as "a neat house, in form like a cottage two stories high." Raheen House was badly damaged by fire in the latter part of the twentieth century. The entrance gateway is still extant.
Coole	Coole House was built in the late 18th century for Robert Gregory. It was demolished in 1941 but the gardens and some of the parkland are still extant and maintained by the Forestry and Wildlife Service. Part of the farm buildings now houses an interpretive centre and tea rooms. See www.coolepark.ie
Prospect (Kiltartan)	Occupied by A. Nolan in 1814. Lewis records Prospect as the seat of Nolan in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation it appears to have been part of the estate of the representatives of Vicesimus Knox and leased to William Mulville. The house is still extant and occupied.
Cloon	In 1814 Cloon House is recorded as the seat of B. Eyre. Lewis records the house as that of Burke Eyre in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Cloon House was occupied by Henry Lahiff when it was valued at £15. It is still extant and occupied by his descendents.
Russaun (Russane)	Russaun, sometimes spelt Russane, appears to have become part of the Gregory estate, though occupied by the Bagot family, by the mid-19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was leased by William Gregory to John Bagot. However, in 1837 it was recorded by Lewis as the residence of the Lahiffe family. It is still extant and occupied.
River View	River View was recorded as a seat of the Lopdell family by Lewis in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation it was owned by the representatives of Vicisimus Knox and was being leased by the Vereker estate when it was valued at £5. It is now in ruins.
Lavally (Kiltartan)	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the representatives of Vicesimus Knox were leasing property valued at £47, including a mill,to John Langan, at Lavally, barony of Kiltartan. This building is no longer extant.
Ballylee Castle	Lewis records the Carrig family as residennt at Ballylee Castle in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Patrick Carrick was leasing a herd's house, old castle and land from William Gregory at Ballylee, barony of Kiltartan. The property was valued at £5 at the time. In the early century Ballylee Castle was bought and renovated by the poet, W.B. Yeats. After falling into disrepair again it was acquired by the Office of Public Works as a museum to the poet. It was severely damaged by flooding in 2009 and is not currently open to the public.
Rindifin Cottage	In 1786 Wilson refers to Rhyndifen as the seat of Prendergast Smyth. Lewis records Rhyndifin as the seat of the Blaquiere family in 1837. It was occupied by Mary Moloney at the time of Griffith's Valuaiton, leasing from the Knox estate and was valued at £4. The entrance gateway is extant and a house still occupies the original site.
Annagh Cottage (Kiltartan)	In 1786 Wilson refers to Annagh as the seat of Mr. Burke. Redmond Burke is recorded as residing at Annagh in 1814. The house at Annagh, barony of Kiltartan, was occupied by Redmond Burke at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10. Redmond Burke of Annagh, sold property in the Land Judges' Court in 1882. Annagh Cottage does not appear on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s and no trace remains of it now.
Forthill Cottage	Lewis records a Burke family resident at Forthill in the parish of Kilbeacanty in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the holding was being leased by Michael Diviney from William Gregory. The house was valued at £2 but was vacant at that time. It is no longer extant.
Lydacan Lodge	Lydacan Lodge is recorded in the OS Name Books as the residence of John O'Hara. On the 1st edition OS maps the house is recorded as Lydacan Lodge. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Lydacan is recorded as the property of James O'Hara where he held a herd's house and 200 acres.
Maryville House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Arthur Alexander occupied Maryville House at Cahermore, barony of Kiltartan, when it was valued at £8. Maryville Police Barracks was located nearby. The original Maryville House has disappeared and the house on the site of the barracks is known as Maryville House.
Garryland	Garryland was an extensive wooded area, part of the Shawe-Taylor estate in the parish of Kilmacduagh, barony of Kiltartan. At the time of Griffith's Valuation and also in 1906 buildings to the value of £10, including a wood-ranger's house, were located here. These buildings are now in ruins but substantial areas of woodland remain and are now maintained by the Forestry and Wildlife Service.