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Oghil

Houses within 5km of this house

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Houses within 5km of Oghil

Displaying 17 houses.

House name Description
Somerset House At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Thomas Stratford Eyre was leasing a house valued at £20 to William Seymour. Slater refers to the house as the residence of Thomas Craddock in 1894. In 1906 the property at Somerset was held by Charles Seymour. The original house is not extant but there are extensive remains of estate architecture. Photo of Somerset House
Redmounthill Farm At the time of Griffith's Valuation the property at Ballynamudagh, a steward's house and out buildings valued at £14, were part of the Pollok estate. In 1906 this property was valued at £41. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s the buildings are labelled Redmounthill Farm. The house and some portions of the farm buildings remain at the site. Photo of Redmounthill Farm
Woodview In the 1830s a "gentleman's residence" named Woodview already existed here. Slater notes it as the seat of Richard G. Daly in 1846. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Richard Eyre was leasing this property from Richard G. Daly. By 1906 this house had become part of the Pollok estate and was valued at £10. The house is still extant and occupied. Photo of Woodview
Woburn A "gentleman's seat" called Waburn is recorded here in the Ordnance Survey Name Books of the 1830s. Slater refers to Woburn as the seat of Henry Flanagan in 1846. Buildings in this townland valued at £15 were leased by Henry Flanagan from the Clanricarde estate in 1856. Woburn is still extant though disused. Photo of Woburn
Ballydonagh Lewis records Ballydonagh as the seat of F. Madden in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was occupied by Francis Madden leasing from the Haughton estate and was valued at almost £4. Substantial ruins still remain at this site.
Ballymore Castle At the time of Griffith's Valuation Ballymore Castle was occupied by Thomas Seymour. This house continued to be the seat of the Seymour family until at least 1906 and was noted by Slater as the seat of Walter G. Seymour in 1894. It is still extant and occupied. Photo of Ballymore Castle
Bellevue/Lisreaghan Belview was the main seat of the Laurence family in east Galway. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to "Belle-view" as the seat of Mr. Lawrence "with beautiful plantations". In the 1850s it was valued at £42 and was occupied by Walter Laurence jun. In 1906 it was the property of Rev. Charles Lawrence. It is no longer extant but a famous gateway, erected in support of the Volunteers of 1782, is still visible. Photo of Bellevue/Lisreaghan
Sycamorehill At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Allan Pollok held a property at Sycamorehill, parish of Clonfert, valued at £16. Molloy states that this house was burned during land agitation on the Pollok estate in the 1850s but it was subsequently re-built. Sycamorehill is still extant and part of a large farm. Photo of Sycamorehill
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.
Kylemore Dairy Allan Pollok held a property valued at £7 together with over 400 acres in the townland of Kylemore, parish of Clonfert, barony of Longford in 1856. On the 25-inch Ordnance survey map of the 1890s there is a property labelled Kylemore Dairy in this townland. Parts of the farm buildings remain at the site.
Coolbeg House In 1856 Thomas Stratford Eyre was leasing a property valued at £5 together with 146 acres, located in the townland of Coolbeg, parish of Clontuskert, barony of Longford to William Seymour. It is labelled Coolbeg House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. A house still exists at the site.
Crowsnest In 1856 Allan Pollok was the occupier and lessor of a property valued at £6 together with over 460 acres, in the townland of Crowsnest, parish of Clontuskert, barony of Longford. Molloy provides a detailed description of the huge farmyard (M868239) in the neighbouring townland of Ganaveen which was part of the Pollok estate. The latter was destroyed by fire in 1920. The Crowsnest property is now in ruins. Photo of Crowsnest
Lismany/Lismanny Allan Pollok's estate was centred on the property at Lismany. In 1856 the buildings there were valued at £10. In 1906 Lismanny was owned by the representatives of John Pollok. It was valued at £90. It was sold by the Pollok family in 1924 and demolished some years later. Only the cellar of the house together with the ruins of an extensive range of estate buildings now remains at Lismanny. However both gatelodges and several other estate houses are still occupied. Photo of Lismany/Lismanny
Huntly Denis Delahunt was recorded as the occupier of a house, valued at £8, at Feagh, in the parish of Kiltormer, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1906 the house at Feagh was owned by John A. O'Kelly and was valued at almost £6. A substantial modern farm 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. Photo of Lisbeg
Lissanacody The Pollok estate held a steward and caretakers' houses at Lissanacody, barony of Longford at the time of Griffith's Valuation, valued at £6 between them. In 1906 the property was part of the estate of the John Pollok's representatives and was valued at £7.Molloy writes that these buildings, which were unoccupied at the time, were damaged by fire in 1854. Some farm buildings remain at the site.
Annaghcallow The property at Annaghcallow was leased by John Ryder from Cornelius O'Kelly at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £3. A farm still exists at the site.