Fort Browne

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 24 houses.

Houses within 10km of Fort Browne

Displaying 24 houses.

House name	Description
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.
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.
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.
Cappagh	Occupied by Dillon Hughes at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £11 10s. He was leasing the property from Alexander Beatty. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests that this is originally a seventeenth century house with later additions. It is still extant and well-maintained.
Mountsilk	This property was held in fee by Michael O'Kelly at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £6. A later house seems to have been constructed by the time the 25-inch Ordnance map was published in the 1890s. This house is no longer extant though a farm still exists at Mount Silk.
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.
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
Wellfort	Marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map as Wilfort House, this property was held in fee by Richard D'Arcy at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £18. It is named as Wellfort House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Wellfort is no longer extant.
Moat Lodge	Built by the Digby family in the mid 19th century. Home of the Gilmores in the mid 20th century and now of Mr and Mrs Jarlath Donnellon. In the Blake of Ballyglunin Papers Thomas Murphy in a letter to Martin J. Blake dated 1837, refers to his involvement in the building of a house at Moate for Mr Digby, National Archives M6936/38/29.
Summerville/Thomastown	Home of Dominick G. Bodkin in 1814. The Bodkins intermarried with the Kilkellys. In 1855 the mansion house was described as 3 storeys high and in good repair. By the 1870s John Lyons of Summerville, Moylough, owned 218 acres in county Galway. In 1906 another source records Summerville, valued at £13.10 shillings, as occupied by John Lyons. Renovated in 2006 by its present owner Pat Lyons.
Castletown	A Bodkin property, a small house is marked on the first Ordnance Survey map. A herd's house valued at £2 was held by James D'Arcy in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Farm buildings exist at the site.
Fiddaun Lodge	In 1786 Wilson refers to Fidane as the seat of Mr. Kelly. Melvin writes that John Dennis, the famous huntsman, was born at Fiddaun in 1800. Charles O'Rorke was leasing it from the Redington estate in the mid 1850s when the house was valued at almost £5. A house still exists at the site.
Lakeview	Built by the Carr family and occupied by Michael Carr at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £13. A house is shown though not labelled on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map. It is named as Lakeview House on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. Lakeview is still extant.
Clonbern Park	A house built after the publication of the 1st edition Ordnance Map. The property in this townland was held by Charles O'Rorke at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at almost £8. Clonbern Park no longer exists but the stable block and walled garden are still evident on the site.
Moyloughmore	The O'Rorkes lived in the rectory at Moylough. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Reverend John O'Rorke was leasing a property valued at £11 from Charles O'Rorke. The rectory is still extant.
Carrowleana House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation occupied by Andrew W. Irwin and valued at £15. The house has been demolished but the stables are still extant.
Castle Bellew	Occupied by Peter Geraghty in the mid 1850s when it was valued at almost £9, this house is labelled as Castle Bellew House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. It is no longer extant with some ruins remaining at the site.
Carrowntryla	Occupied by Henry esq in the 1770s and in 1786. It was the home of the Handcock family in the 19th century, sold to Captain Dick in 1897 and occupied by him in the early years of the 20th century. Bought by Major Gerald Stratford Handcock in 1928 and inherited by his niece, Mrs Voss, who sold the house to Hector McDonnell, a Galway building contractor. The house is no longer extant.
Springlawn	Occupied by John W. Maunsell at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £5. This house is no longer extant.
Gallagh	Built in 1844 with money inherited by Cornelius O'Kelly from his uncle Count John Dillon O'Kelly. By the early 20th century this house was part of the estate of W.A. Ryan. Subsequently it was sold to the Congested Districts Board and then to Tobias Joyce of Leenane, county Galway. It was accidentally burnt in 1932.
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.
Hazelwood House	Not built at the time of the first Ordnance Survey in the mid 1830s. Valued at £13 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The remains of the stable buildings are still visible.
Carrowpadden	Carrowpadden House is marked on the Taylor and Skinner map of 1778. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Higgins. A herd's house occupied by Thomas Higgins who held it from James Higgins is recorded in the townland of Carrowpadden East at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was valued at almost £5. This property appears to have been built after the first Ordnance Survey map was published. There is still a house extant at the site.
Cloonkeen Lodge (Kilkerrin)	Cloonkeen Lodge is shown on the 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. It occupies the site of an earlier settlement, Ballyphillipeen, shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. At the time of Griffith's Valuation this townland was held by William P. Cullen who held a house, valued at almost £5 in fee there. The building is still extant though not apparently in use.