Clonfert Cottage

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Clonfert Cottage

Displaying 13 houses.

House name	Description
St. Brendan's	Archdeacon Butson is listed as the occupier of the house in Glebe townland in 1855 when it was valued at £25. It is labelled St. Brendan's on both the 1st and 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey Maps. This house is no longer extant.
Abbeyland Cottage	A herd's house in the townland of Abbeyland Great, parish of Clonfert, barony of Longford, was part of Archdeacon Butson's estate. It was valued at £1 10 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and leased to John Kenny. This house is no longer extant.
Abbeyland House	Archdeacon Butson was leasing a steward's house, valued at £8, in the townland of Abbeyland Great, parish of Clonfert, barony of Longford, to Allan Pollok, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Buildings still exist at the site.
Cloonconra	A house in the townland of Cloonconra, parish of Clonfert, barony of Longford, was valued at £10. It was part of Archdeacon Butson's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is labelled Cloonconra Farm on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. A farm still exists at the site.
Clonfert Palace	Clonfert Palace was built in the late 17th century and altered in the 18th century. It was the residence of the Church of Ireland bishop of Clonfert until 1836 when that diocese was amalgamated with Killaloe. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John E. Trench was leasing the property valued at £20 from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in the townland of Clonfert Demesne, barony of Longford, county Galway. In 1906 it was in the ownership of Charles O'Hara Trench. Later occupied by the British fascist leader, Oswald Mosley. It was damaged by fire in 1954 and has been derelict since.
Cloonkea	John Eyre was leasing a house valued at £10 from the estate of Dr. Duggan in 1855. The house was located at Cloonkea, barony of Longford. It was advertised for sale in 2007.
Hemmings Ville	The representatives of Robert Seymour were leasing a house valued at £6 and almost to 250 acres to Sidney Smith in 1855. This property is labelled "Hemming's Ville" on both the First and 25-inch editions of the Ordnance Survey maps. There is still an extant house at the site.
Kilnaborris Dower House	John Seymour was leasing a property valued at £8 from Hubert Moore at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was located in the townland of Kilnaborris, parish of Clonfert. Kilnaborris Dower House is still extant and now offered as holiday accommodation.
Shannon View	Belinda C. Madden is listed as the lessor of two properties in the townland of Kilnaborris, parish of Clonfert, in 1855. The property which appears to have been known as Shannon View was vacant at this time. It was valued at £12. In July 1889 property at Kilnaborris, or Shannon View was offered for sale in the Land Judges' Court by William C. Bermingham Ruthven. The sale was adjourned. In 1783 Taylor and Skinner had recorded it as a residence of the Madden family. In 1786 Wilson refers to Kilnaborris as the seat of Mr. Madden. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests the house now extant on the site was built c.1870. It suffered fire damage in the twentieth century but was rebuilt c.2002. The house is now known as Lairakeen.
Shannon Grove	Shannon Grove was valued at £20 and was leased to Hubert Moore in 1855. William R. Seton was the owner of a house valued at £65 in the townland of Kilnaborris in 1906. Leet's Directory records Shannon Grove as the residence of Hon. B. Yelverton in 1814. A substantial house still exists at Shannon Grove.
Killeragh	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Thomas Kenny was occupying a property valued at £5 together with 180 acres, in the townland of Killeragh, parish of Clonfert, barony of Longford. A house is still extant at the site.
Coolcarta Farm	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Allan Pollok held a property valued at £20 in the townland of Annaghcorrib, parish of Clonfert, barony of Longford. It is labelled as Coolcarta Farm on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Padraig Lane states that this property was damaged by fire during land agitation in the 1850s. A substantial farm still exists at the site.
Lisbeg	In 1906 the representatives of John Pollok were in possession of a house and buildings valued at £65 at Lisbeg, parish of Clonfert. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Allen Pollok had owned the townland of 353 acres and a herd's house valued at almost £3. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage states that it was re-built after a fire in the 1890s and occupied by John Gardiner at that time. It is still extant and occupied.