Kilquain

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Kilquain

Displaying 12 houses.

House name	Description
Grange	The Earl of Huntington's estate in Galway included a house valued at £7 at Grange, parish of Killeenadeema, leased to Patrick Murphy. A house labelled Grange House appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. On the 25-inch edition of the1890s the original house is not shown and Grange House is located at M878146. This house is now a ruin.
Tully	Joseph Cowan leased lands and a house valued at £7 at Tully to Matthew Madden in 1856. In 1906 Tully was the property of Stephen Cowan and still valued at £7. It is still extant and occupied.
Moorfield House	In 1778and 1786, this house was the residence of the Blake family. Moorfield was a steward's house on the Eyre estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In April 1869 the Eyre's Moorfield estate, including the house, was offered for sale in the Landed Estates court. In 1906 it was owned by James Howard Jnr and was valued at £28. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests that the extant house at Moorfield is of late nineteenth century date.
Heathlawn	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Heathlawn house, valued at £31, was occupied by George Saunderson. In 1837, Lewis records it as the seat of M. Monahan. Slater, in 1846, also notes it as the seat of Michael Monaghan. In 1906 it was the property of James H. Monahan. In 1783 Taylor and Skinner, and Wilson, writing in 1786, noted Heathlawn as a seat of the Hamilton family. It is no longer extant.
Corr Lodge/Corr House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation the property at Corr was being leased by R.P.Dolphin to Edmund Mahon. In the 1780s, both Taylor and Skinner and Wilson recorded Corr as a seat of the Dolphin family. Slater refers to it as the seat of Redmond D. in 1846. By the 1890s it had become known as Corr House. In 1906, the mansion house at Corr, valued at £15, was owned by Marcella Blake Forster. It is no longer extant.
Raheen	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Clifford Trotter was leasing a property valued at £7 along with 284 acres to James Lynam. This property is still extant and occupied.
Ormond View	The representatives of Redmond Dolphin were leasing a property at Ballycrossaun, barony of Longford, to John D. Lemon at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £12. Slater notes this property as the seat of Joseph Lemon in 1846. Hogan states that this house was formerly known as Waterview. Ormond View is still extant and occupied.
Longford Lodge	In 1846 Slater refers to Patrick and Stephen Kelly, both of "Longford House". Patrick Kelly was occupying the house at Gortadullisk, barony of Longford at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1837 Lewis had recorded Longford Lodge as the home of a Major Kelly. In 1906 it was owned by Denis Kelly and was valued at almost £15. It is no longer extant though part of the walled garden remains.
Greenfield/ Fahy	In 1777 a house at Fahy is recorded by Taylor and Skinner as a Hamilton residence. In 1786 Wilson mentions Faghy as the seat of Mr. Hamilton. Lewis records Fahy as the seat of T. Burke in 1837. The OS Name Books state that the gentleman's residence in the townland of Fahy was called Greenfield. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Pierce Joyce held over 400 acres of this townland together with buildings valued at over £6. The house is labelled Greenfield on both the 1st and 25-inch Ordnance Survey maps. Some ruins survive at the site.
Quainsborough/Quansbury Lodge/Stowlin	Originally a Daly house. In 1783 Taylor and Skinner and Wilson, in 1786, record Queensborough as a seat of the Earl of Louth. Slater refers to Quansborough Lodges as the seat of William B. Burke in 1846. Mentioned in the sale notice for portion of the St. George estate in November 1853. John P Watson was the occupier of a house valued at £13 in the townland of Stowlin, parish of Kilquain, barony of Longford, in 1856. In 1906 this house was owned by Kate Watson and was valued at £33. Buildings are still extant at site though may have been modernised. The Clonbrock Estate Papers, Collection List 54 in the National Library contain early 19th century rentals of the Quansbury estate. In many documents the name of this house is spelt Quansbury but on the Ordnance Survey maps it is spelt Quainsborough.
Newpark	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Peter Callanan occupied a house valued at £10 in the townland of Skecoor, parish of Kiltormer, barony of Longford. Lewis records this house as the seat of P. Callaghan in 1837. In 1894 and 1906 it was the home of Rosa Callanan. Now known as Skycur House it is still extant and well-maintained.
Longford House (Tirnascragh)	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, George Kenny was occupying a property valued at almost £7 at Longford. Hogan states that Longford House was built c.1844-1850. It passed from the Kenny family to Major Longbourne in the 1890s but Hogan records that he sold the estate in 1902. In 1906 the Congested Districts Board are recorded as the owners and the house was valued at £12 at the time. It passed to the Stoddart family in 1914 and is still extant and occupied.