Landed Estates
University of Galway

Mossfort

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 9 houses.

Houses within 5km of Mossfort

Displaying 9 houses.

House name Description
Thomastown At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Thomastown House, barony of Clare, was occupied by James Clarke and valued at over £10. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage indicates that this is a two-phase house, the original part dating from the early eighteenth century. It is still extant and occupied. Photo of Thomastown
Sylaun Descriptions indicate that Sylaun House, which was valued at £7 at the time of Griffith's Valuation, was a single storey, thatched structure. No trace now remains of the house though other estate architecture is visible.
Castlehacket Castlehacket takes its name from the Hackett family who owned the land in the 14th century. An early 18th century house was built by the Kirwan family and lived in by their descendants until 1985. Wilson mentions it as the seat of John Kirwan in 1786. It was held in fee by Denis Kirwan at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £40. Referred to as the seat of Bernard Percy Broderick by Slater in 1894. The original house of 3 storeys was burnt in 1923 and rebuilt at the end of the 1920s as a 2 storey house. The house has had a number of owners in the past 20 years. Photo of Castlehacket
Dennistown House Built post 1838, occupied by Hugh Craven at the time of Griffith's Valuation and a centre for the Agricultural Institute in the late 20th century.
Carrowbeg House A former Bodkin house, the home of the Lynch family in the second half of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century. It was held in fee by Dominick Lynch at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £8. It is still extant and in use. Photo of Carrowbeg House
Lisdonagh An O'Flaherty home, built in the late 18th century, sold to the O'Mahonys in the late 19th century and passed by marriage to the Palmers. Now functions as a guest house run by John and Finola Cook. http://www.irelands-blue-book.ie/lisdonagh.htm Photo of Lisdonagh
Mirehill Home of Thomas Redington in 1814, Stepney St George in the 1820s and occupied by Michael Kelly in the 1850s, when it was valued at £4 and by Stephen R. Roche in 1906. It is no longer extant.
Newgarden The home of Edward Burton, Rector of Annaghdown and Vicar General of Tuam in the latter part of the 18th century. Occupied by Mrs Smith in 1814, in the 1830s by Roderick O'Connor and in the 1850s by Richard Jennings. In the Ordnance Survey Name Books it is decribed as a pretty lodge, the residence of the proprietor Lieutenant Daniel Smith. A modern house and some old farm buildings are still visible at the site. Photo of Newgarden
Cloonmore At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was valued at £3 and was held in fee by Charles Grant.It is labelled Cloonmore on both the 1st and 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey maps but is no longer extant.