Landed Estates
University of Galway

Cregaclare

Estate(s)
Townland Cregaclare Demesne
Civil Parish Ardrahan
PLU Gort
DED Ardrahan 89
County Galway
Barony Dunkellin
Description The Ordnance Survey Name Books mention that Cregaclare House was built in 1802. In the 1830s it is described as having elegant gardens and a Hot House producing various types of fruit. Cregaclare House is recorded by Lewis as the seat of J.S. Lambert in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was leased by James Lambert to Lord Clanmorris and was valued at £50. Bought by Lord Clanmorris in the late 1850s, it was still his property in 1894 and 1906. Only the ruins of a basement and remains of stable yard and gateways are visible. Mausoleum located at M470118 in the ruins of old RC church. This was originally a burial place for the Bingham family (Lords Clanmorris) but those buried there were later re-interred in the grounds of the Church of Ireland, Ardrahan.
Cregaclare, ruins
Cregaclare (Photograph courtesy of Dr. Patrick Melvin & Eamonn de Burca)

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