Murroogh House

Houses within 5km of this house

Displaying 17 houses.

Houses within 5km of Murroogh House

Displaying 17 houses.

House name	Description
Ardfry	Lewis mentions the seat of Lord Wallscourt in the parish of Oranmore but refers to it as Wallscourt rather than Ardfry, which is actually located in the parish of Ballynacourty. The Ordnance Survey Name books mention it as Ardfry House, the residence of Lord Wallscourt At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was being leased by the trustees of Lord Wallscourt's estate to Pierce Joyce when it was valued at £60. The house was built in the late 18th century and altered in 1826. The seat of Lord Wallscourt in 1894 and in 1906. It has been in a derelict state since the mid-20th century. In 2006 it was offered for sale as part of a scheme to create luxury apartments in the building.
Mervue/Merview	Built circa 1777 by the Joyces. In 1786 Wilson refers to a house near Galway as the seat of Dr. "Joice". The house was sold by them to Royal Tara China in 1953. This company occupied the building for over 50 years, closing down at the end of 2003, though the shop premises still operates from this building. A fire badly damaged the original building in 1957.
Rinville House	Lewis records the house at Rinville as the seat of T.L. Athy in 1837. Earlier in 1814 it was the residence of Phillip Athy. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was valued at £48 and was occupied by Randal Athy. A second property in the townland of Rinville West was leased by the Athy estate to Patrick Blake. In 1906 Rinville was owned by Edmond J. Athy and was valued at £43. It is now an ivy covered ruin. Part of the demesne lands are a public park maintained by Galway County Council. A gate lodge is still extant but unoccupied. A graveyard for the Oranmore area has been established on part of the demesne lands.
Prospect Hill	At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house and buildings at Prospect Hill were in the ownership of Lord Wallscourt's trustees and were valued at £21. Earlier, the Ordnance Survey Field Name Books mention Mr. Dawson of Prospect, as the agent to the Wallscourt estate. There is still a house at the site but it is not the original one.
Furzepark House	This house is noted on the 1st editon OS Map as Furze Park House but it may later have been known as Seafort House. The Ordnance Survey Name books describe it as a "bathing lodge, belonging to Mr. J. Smith, Loughrea". It was leased by the Blake estate to Martin Morris at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £9. By 1906 the buildings owned by Lord Wallscourt at Treanlaur were valued at almost £2. Substantial ruins of this house are still visible.
Lenaboy Castle	This property was held in fee by James O'Hara at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £40. In 1786 Wilson refers to a house at Galway which was the seat of Geoffrey O'Hara. Bence Jones describes the house as Tudor Gothic, early to mid 19th century, while the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage notes that the current building is dated 1859. It is now a Health Services facility.
Merlin Park	A house on the outskirts of Galway, built by Charles Blake in the first decade of the 19th century. Bought by Henry Hodgson in the Encumbered Estates' Court in 1852. It was held in fee by him at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £65. Merlin Park was purchased by the Waithman family in 1876 and in their ownership until 1945. Thereafter it was compulsorily acquired for the building of a TB sanitorium. The house no longer exists and Merlin Park Hospital now occupies the site.
Renmore House	The residence of Patrick Marcus Lynch and his descendants on the outskirts of Galway from the early 19th century, leased from the Governors of the Erasmus Smith Schools. It was valued at £35 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house was sold circa 1924 and became a tuberculosis sanitorium. It is now part of a Health Service facility.
Wellpark	In 1786 Wilson refers to Wellpark as the seat of Mr. French. It became a residence of the MacNamara family early in the 19th century. In 1855 occupied by Martin Morris and by George Morris in the 1870s. The home of the Moffett family in the early 20th century. Frances Moffett wrote the book ''I also am of Ireland'' published by the British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1985. The house, which was in a derelict condition, was demolished in 2007.
Newcastle	In 1786 Wilson refers to Newcastle as the seat of Thomas Browne. In the nineteenth century a Persse residence close to their distillery at Nun's Island and their milling operations. Newcastle House was the home of Henry Stratford Persse in the early 19th century. It was later acquired by University College, Galway but was demolished in the early 1970s to make way for new buildings.
Nile Lodge	Nile Lodge is associated with the O'Hara family though at the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was leased by Edward C. Burke from Mark Lynch and valued at £35. It is still extant and occupied.
Thornpark	At the time of Griffith's Valuation the property at Carrowmoneash, parish of Oranmore, was leased by the representatives of H. Butler to Anne Butler/K.H. Blake. Burke's Landed Gentry (1958) states that Xaverius Henry Blake Butler purchased Thornpark, part of his mother's dowry, in the Landed Estates' Court in April 1860. Sir Henry Blackall states that Xaverius Blake Butler bought Mount Vernon, which he renamed Thornpark, from his nephew Henry.By 1906 the house at Carrowmoneash was owned by James Blake Butler and was valued at £26. Thornpark House is now the Oranmore Lodge Hotel. See www.oranmorelodge.ie for more information.
Oranbeg	At the time of Griffith's Valuation the property at Oranbeg was leased by the Fitzgerald Vesey estate to George Hill and valued at £8. It is labelled Vesey Lodge on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. It is no longer extant.
Oran Castle	In 1786 Wilson mentions Oranmore as the seat of Denis Blake. In 1814 and again in 1837 Oranmore Castle is recorded as the seat of Walter Blake. At the time of Griffith's Valuation he was leasing a property, valued at £10, in Oranmore townland, to Martin Grady. Pádraig Lane writes that Walter Blake sold Oran Castle to James Dillon Meldon. The castle was refurbished by the King family in the twentieth century.
Mount Vernon	The 1882 sale notice for the Burke estate mentions that Mount Vernon cost over £5000 to build a short time before.
Rinville Lodge	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Patrick Blake was leasing a house valued at £12 at Rinville West, barony of Dunkellin, from Randal Athy. This appears to be the house known as Rinville Lodge on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. By the 1890s it had become known as Bay View the name by which it is still known.
Fort Eyre	At the time of Griffith's Valuation a property here, owned by Reverend E. Maunsell, was being leased by Richard A.H. Kirwan and was valued at £42. The house is labelled Fort Eyre on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. It is still extant.