Farmhill
Houses within 10km of this house
Displaying 35 houses.
Houses within 10km of Farmhill
Displaying 35 houses.
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Barbersfort | Originally a Bermingham residence, sold to the Ruttledges in 1816 and recorded as the seat of Mrs. Rutledge in 1894. Burnt down in the 1920s apparently by accident. A new house was built on part of the site which adjoins the old farmyard. Now the home of the Dunlevy family. |
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Monivea | An O'Kelly tower house, acquired by the ffrenches in the early 17th century, who made additions in the 18th century. Held in fee by Robert French at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £40. In 1894 Slater refers to it as the seat of Acheson French. In 1938 it was bequeathed by Kathleen French to the State as a home for artists, subsequently demolished and now only the original tower remains. A mausoleum, modelled on the tower house and constructed at the end of the nineteenth century, is located in the adjacent woodland. |
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Abbert | In 1786, Wilson refers to Abbert as the seat of Mr. Blakeney. Occupied by David Watson Ruttledge at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £35. Slater refers to Abbert as the seat of John Blakeney in 1894. A new house has been built at the site but the ruins of the original outbuildings still exist. |
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Ballyglunin | An 18th century house with 19th century additions, occupied by the Blake family for over 2 centuries. It is still extant and run as a conference centre. |
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Ballina | Occupied by Henry Blake at the time of Griffith's Valuation and by Martin J. Blake nephew of Martin Joseph Blake of Ballyglunin, Member of Parliament for the borough of Galway. Now a ruin. |
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Brooklodge | This property was leased to Christopher French by Ambrose Deane on 16 June 1775 for 1 life and 99 years. He built a house which later became a Blake residence held from the Skerretts, who had inherited it from the Deanes. It was occupied by Martin J. Blake at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £40. The house is now a ruin. |
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Annagh | In 1786 Wilson refers to Annagh as the seat of Mr. Bodkin. It was held in fee by Robert Bodkin at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £25. Annagh was the seat of M. Bodkin in 1894. The original house is no longer extant but old and extensive farm buildings still remain as well as an occupied house built in 1967. |
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Ardskeamore | The original house was occupied by the Brownes in the 1830s. Charles Kelly was leasing from James Browne in the 1850s when the valuation of the house was £10. By the 1890s this had been replaced by the existing house (M437420) which was renovated in 2006. | |
Culliagh North [Knockmoy Abbey] | Occupied by Robert Blake Forster leasing from Martin J. Blake, at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £10. It is still extant and occupied. Melvin notes that it was also known as Knockmoy Abbey. |
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Derrymaclaughna | A house appears to be located near the castle on the first Ordnance Survey map of 1838. The Ordnance Survey Name Books mention the ruins of a castle, a mansion house and a chapel in the townland. The property belonged to the Burke family in the 18th century as Wilson noted it as the seat of Mr. Burke in 1786. It became the residence of Thomas P. O'Flahertie of the Lemonfield family in the early 19th century. He was married to a daughter of Ulick Burke of Derrymaclaughna. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Thomas Cullinane who held it from James Browne. Derrymaclaughna was the residence of Alan Parker Close in the 1870s. In November 1887, Richard Rowland was offering for sale a quarter share of the lands at Errew, county Mayo, as well as lands at Derrymacloughna, barony of Clare, county Galway, in the Land Judges' Court. However, due to absence of bidding, the sale was adjourned. |
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Toghermore | Held in fee by Hugh Henry at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £16. Toghermore is now a training centre for persons with disabilities run by the Health Service Executive. |
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Hillsbrook | The home of a branch of the Kirwans of Cregg in the first half of the 19th century. Occupied by Henry Campbell at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at over £20. It is no longer extant. |
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Prospect House | John Donnellan was leasing this property from the Kirwan estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £4. It is labelled Prospect House on the 25-inch Ordnance Map of the 1890s. Occupied until 1977, now used for storage. |
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Ballybanagher | A Nolan family home, now a ruin. It was held in fee by Andrew Nolan at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £12. In 1894 Slater recorded it as the seat of Christopher R. Browne. |
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Ballinderry | The house was burnt in the early 1920s and nothing remains except the farm buildings, which are accessed through a stone archway dated 1843. Recorded as the seat of John Phillip Nolan, M.P.in 1894. |
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Moyne | Built in the first half of the 19th century by Michael J. Browne who was forced to sell his estate in the mid 1850s when the house was described as ‘a magnificent pile of Grecian architecture of the Doric order’. John Stratford Kirwan bought the house and demesne in 1857 from Edward Browne who had purchased it in 1855. Kirwan advertised it for sale again in 1865. It was eventually sold to the Waithmans who later purchased Merlin Park. In 1912 the house became a hospice for infirm priests and in the 1930s was taken over by the Sacred Heart Missionaries. Since 1972 it has been the home of a number of people, including the broadcaster and poet George MacBeth and the singer Donovan. A floor plan and lithographs of the house are included in the various sale rentals. |
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Crumlin | Built in 1844, the original house was held in fee by Peter Blake and valued at 7 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was later altered and extended by Cecil Henry in the style of a French chateau. The house was sold to the Land Commission in 1913 and to John Costello in 1917, whose grandson renovated it and the courtyard in the early 1990s. |
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Elmhill | Occupied by Edward Rochfort in 1814. By the time of Griffith's Valuation there was no house with a valuation of more than £1.18 shillings in the townland. The 25-inch map of the 1890s shows a later building called Elmhill House slightly north of the original building. There is still an extant house at the site. |
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Cooloo Cottage | In 1786 Wilson mentions "Coreloo" as the seat of Mr. Browne. Occupied by James O'Connor in 1814. Held in fee by Edward Browne at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £25. It became the home of Michael O'Kelly in the latter half of the 19th century. Cooloo is still extant and occupied | |
Carrownacregg West | Originally a Concannon house, sold to the Brownes in 1851 when it was in need of repair and to the Hughes family in the early 20th century. The original house is no longer extant. |
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Cross House | Built in the early 19th century and the home of the Evans family afterwards. The walls of the house and extensive farm buildings still remain alongside some modern farm buildings. |
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Corrandoo House | This property was granted to the ffrenches in the late 17th century in lieu of Monivea Occupied by the Reverend Mr Marsh in the 1770s sand 1780s, by M. Dowdall in the 1830s and Thomas Kenny at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £10. It is no longer extant. |
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Glennagloughaun North | A building valued at £12 was occupied by Digby French at the time of Griffith's Valuation, this may have been the old charter school marked on the first Ordnance Survey map. The latter building appears to have fallen into disuse by the 1890s and the site is now occupied by a farm supply stores. | |
Windfield | Originally a Blake house, Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Blake in 1786. It was sold to the Jameson family in the early 1820s and occupied by J. Lynch in the late 1830s. Catherine Lynch was leasing the property at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £30. The house was burnt in 1921 and nothing remains now. |
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Newtown | The home of the Kelly family in the 19th century, sold to Major Frederick Carr in the early 1930s and sold again in the late 1960s. The house has had a number of owners in the intervening years and is well maintained. It was offered for sale in 2007. |
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Killaclogher House/Spring Park | This property is labelled Spring Park on the First edition Ordnance Survey map and as Killaclogher House on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. It was the main home of the Kenney family in the 18th and 19th centuries. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was valued at over £16 and held in fee by James C. Kenny. The house is no longer extant. |
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Ryehill | Ryehill House was built in the early part of the 19th century and was still occupied in 1906 by a member of the Roche family. Unroofed in the mid 1950s only the impressive gateway and yard buildings still remain. |
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Belleville | Built in the late 18th and early 19th century. Belleville was held in fee by Thomas Mahon at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £30. The only part of the house remaining is the tower. |
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Colmanstown | Originally a French property which became a Quaker settlement. Griffith's Valuation describes the buildings as a herd's and steward's house occupied by Edward Barrington and partners and then valued at £30. Buildings on both sides of the road mark the site of Colmanstown. Only the walls remain of some of these buildings, others are still in use. |
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Tiaquin | At the time of the Burke sale in 1851 the house was described as an 'old fashioned cottage style' type of building. A gable end of the house still stands with the nearby farm buildings still in use. |
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Knockbrack | A house built in the early 1850s by the Hall family and occupied by them until 1922. In 1906 it was valued at £36. The roof of the house was later removed. Only the outline of the basement walls now remain. The farmyard buildings are still used by the Feeney family. |
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Kilskeagh | Leet's Directory records Dominick Browne of Kilskeagh in 1814 and a small house is marked on the 1838 Ordnance Survey map. By the time of Griffith's Valuation only a herd's house valued at 10 shillings is recorded. | |
Ardskeabeg | A property in the possession of the trustees of Dominick Skerrett at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Occupied by the Kelly family in the later 19th century and by their descendants the Canavans until 2000. The house is still extant but no longer lived in. |
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Castlemoyle | Built in the 18th century, this house was the residence of Deane esq in the late 1770s and 1780s and occupied in 1814 by Thomas Browne. It was held by Edward Blake in fee in the mid 1850s when it was valued at £8. Sebastian Nolan bought it from the Blakes and lived there until the late 1880s. It is now a substantial ruin. |
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Clogherboy Cottage | David Rutledge was leasing a house valued at over £8 to James Kealy at Clogerboy, barony of Clare, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house was later known as Cahergal. There is still a building extant at this site. |
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