Dennistown House
Houses within 5km of this house
Displaying 7 houses.
Houses within 5km of Dennistown House
Displaying 7 houses.
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| 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. |
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| Mossfort | A house labelled Caherakeeny is shown here on the First ediiton Ordnance Survey map. It was valued at £12 and occupied by John Kilkelly at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The present house was constructed in the late nineteenth century and is labelled Mossfort on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. |
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| 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. |
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| Cahermorris | Occupied by Cecil Crampton in the mid 19th century. Two generations of Cramptons were rectors of Headford in the 18th century. A house still exists at the site as well as a fine entrance gateway. |
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| 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. |
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| Caherhugh | Occupied by John Lynch in 1814, by Mrs Martin in the 1830s and by Michael Cullinane at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The home of Mark Killilea (Member of the European Parliament) in the 1970s. The house no longer exists but a walled garden is still extant. |
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| 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. |
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