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House name	Description
Brownsmills	The representatives of T. Kearney held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £14 10s and included a mill complex. Portions of the mill complex have been converted into apartments.
Brownstown	In 1786 Wilson refers to Brownstown as the seat of Mr. Browne. This house is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but marked 'in ruins' on the later 25-inch edition. The townland was in the possession of George Browne at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The Irish Tourist Association file describes the house as a 3-storey T shaped plain residence, uninhabited for about 60 years.
Brownstown	A house valued at £22 in the early 1850s occupied by Samuel Cooke and held from Captain Gould, original lease dated 31 May 1782. The present house at Brownstown is located slightly to the north east of the original house which is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map.
Brownville	This house was originally known as Eyreville and was leased by the Martins to the Eyres in the latter half of the 18th century. Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Eyre in 1786. In 1808 it was sold to James Valentine Browne and the name of the house was changed to Brownville. In the later 19th century it was the home of Dr McCormack, the Bishop of Galway. Portions of the original house may have been incorporated into out-buildings at the rear of the site.
Bruce Hall	Thomas Hinds of Prussia Street, Dublin and previously of Bruce Hall, county Cavan, died in 1794. Henry B. Wilson was resident at Bruice-hall, Arva, in 1814. Bruce Hall was the home of John Warren in the mid-19th century. John Warren married Isabella, daughter of Captain James Blakely of Lake View, county Cavan, in 1856 (Anglo-Celt, 28 August 1856). He held Bruce Hall from Robert Burrowes and it was valued at £10 for rates.
Bruckless	Andrew Cassidy was leasing Bruckless from the Tredennick estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s, when it was valued at £18. The complex also included a tannery. In 1837 Lewis had referred to Cassidy's having a seat in Bruckless though he also notes a house there owned by Captain Nesbit. Bruckless was still occupied by the Cassidy family in 1911. The house is still extant and occupied.
Bruckless Cottage	At the time of Griffith’s Valuation Bruckless Cottage was occupied by Lindsay Barrett, leasing from the Tredennick estate, when the house was valued at £15. It is labelled Bruckless Cottage on all editions of the Ordnance Survey maps. It is no longer extant.
Bruree House	Bruree House was also located on the Langton estate although at the time of the first Ordnance Survey the property was in the hands of Robert Fetherston who held a number of townlands in the parish, possibly from the Langtons. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was in use as an auxiliary workhouse. In 1853 Bruree House was sold to a member of the Shelton family and in 1868 it was sold to John Gubbins of the Kilfrush family. He was a successful racehorse owner and in 1884 built the present Bruree House. When he died in 1906 the property passed to his nephew John Norris Browning. The house was valued at £92 at this time. Owned by the Sheehans and Vernons in the 20th century. Now function as as a rehabilitation centre, known as Cuan Mhuire. A print entitled "The Lawn Meet" by Patrick Hennessy depicts this house. See www.museum.limerick.ie
Bruree Lodge	Bruree was the home of the Langton family in the 18th century. The house was occupied by Michael Ryan at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from Michael Shaughnessy, it was valued at £13+.
Bulgaden Hall	An early residence of the Lords Carbery in county Limerick. Described by Lewis in 1830s as in a "ruinous condition". The site of Bulgaden Hall is noted on both the 1st and 25-edition Ordnance Survey maps.
Bunalunn or Mount Music	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. Richard Webb was leasing this property from Col. Clarke's estate, when it was valued at £10. Lewis had noted it as the seat of R.F. Webb. Leet refers to it as the seat of Alex O'Driscoll in 1814. In 1906 Capt. Anthony Morgan was the owner of this property, then valued at £26 5s. The house is named Mount Music on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Bunalunn on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. AS Mount Music it gave its name to a novel by the celebrated Anglo-Irish writers, Somerville and Ross. The house is still extant and was offered for sale in recent years.
Bunavory	A house on the Molony estate, occupied by William Scanlan in the 1850s. The house is now divided into two residences.
Bunbeg	Daniel Keon was leasing a property valued at £25 from the Hill estate at Bunbeg at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the late 1850s.
Buncar House	The representatives of Rev. Denis Mahony were leasing this property to John O'Dowd at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £9 15s. Bary states that the Mahonys may orginally have built the house as a hunting lodge, perhaps at the beginning of the nineteenth century. It was enlarged several times afterwards and had several different owners. It is still extant though in need of renovation.
Buncraggy	A home of the Burton family in the 18th century though Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Armstrong in 1786. It was held by James O'Gorman from the Marquess of Conyngham at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house remained in the possession of the O'Gorman family until the end of the 19th century when it became the property of the Caher family. The house is still occupied and the yard buildings are the centre of a farming enterprise.
Buncrana Castle	In 1837 Lewis noted Buncrana Castle as the seat of Mrs. Todd. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, in 1857, it held in fee by Jonathan Richardson and valued at £20. Richardson was also the occupier of a spinning factory in the area, valued at £120. Local sources suggest that it was built by the Vaughan family and that the Todds bought it through the Court of Chancery in the early 19th century. By 1906 it was owned by Alexander R. Richardson and still valued at £20. Buncrana Castle is still extant.
Bunkers Hill	A mid 19th century house, the home of James Forost (1827-1907), author of ''The History and Topography of the County of Clare'' (1893), who held the house and 139 acres from Lord George Quin. He was the eldest son of William Frost and his wife Mary Ryan and he married Bedelia daughter of Augustine Moran of Willbrook. He left the house to the Dundon family who sold it to the Ryans circa 1917. Members of the Ryan family still live at Bunkers Hill.
Bunnacranagh House	Luke Colleran was leasing a property valued at £12 at Bunnacrannagh, barony of Leyny, from the Knox estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This house was built after the publication of the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. It is labelled Bunnnacranagh House on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. In the twentieth century part of this premises served as the post office for the village of Curry nearby. There is still an extant house at this site together with other remains of estate architecture. Part of the property was offered for sale in 2007.
Bunnahow	The home of a branch of the Butler family in the 18th and 19th centuries, which Weir writes was rebuilt in 1808. Occupied by William Butler in 1814, 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £35. The property was conveyed to Robert T. Lattey in May 1896. The house no longer exists.
Bunnanier	Francis Bland held a house valued at almost £4 together with 500 acres at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. Bary states that it was built in the late 1830s, probably as a shooting lodge. The Ordnance Survey Name Books describe it as "a handsome cottage". The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage consider it as a Glebe House. It is still extant.
Bunnybeg House	Lewis records Bonnybeg as a seat of the Lawder family in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was owned by William Lawder and was valued at £10. A modern house and farm exist at the site now.
Bunow Mill	John Palmer was leasing a property, including a flour mill, valued at £51 from the estate of Olivia Donovan at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Bunowen Castle	Originally the site of an O'Flaherty castle and occupied by the Geoghegans. Their descendant John Augustus O'Neill built a new castle residence at the foot of the Hill of Doon which he was unable to complete. Bought by the Blakes of Towerhill in 1852 and used as a summer residence. It is now a ruin.
Bunowna	In 1906 John L. Brinkley was the owner of a property at Bunowna, barony of Tireragh, valued at £7. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, James McMunn, MD, had been leasing this property from the Brinkley estate, when it was valued at £8. The property is labelled Bridge House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. It is still extant.
Bunratty	Built in 1804 for Thomas Studdert, it was a Studdert home throughout the 19th century and for part of the 20th century. The house was used by Shannon Development as their offices for some time and it is now part of the Bunratty Folk Park.
Bunratty Castle	In the 1680s Bunratty was the principal seat of the Earl of Thomond. In the early 18th century the castle and demesne were leased to Thomas Studdert by the Earl of Thomond and the castle became a Studdert residence. In 1786 Wilson refer to a seat of Mr. Studdert at Bunratty. For some time in the mid 19th century it served as an Royal Irish Constabulary barracks. In 1894 it was the seat of Capt. Richard Studdert.
Bunratty Lodge	Originally a Spaight home, inhabited by Richard Dawson and his wife Ellen Studdert. Richard Dawson was the third son of Charles Dawson of Charlesfort, county Wexford and left an only son also named Richard who lived in this house at the time of Griffith's Valuation, holding it from Thomas Studdert. In 1837 Lewis wrote that this house immediately adjoined the village of Bunratty and was the residence of Mrs Paliser.
Burgatia House	Leased by Robert Starkey from the estate of the Bishop of Cork at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £12. Donnelly indicates that this house was occupied by Thomas Kingston when it was burnt in February 1921 during the War of Independence. It is no longer extant.
Burges House	This house, valued at £14, was occupied by William Hall at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from Lord Ponsonby.
Burgesland House	In 1841 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Burgesland House as "a gentleman's place, the residence of Thomas Mulcahy". The house was valued at £16+ in the mid 19th century. It was occupied by Thomas Mulcahy and held from Edward Pennefather. Some ruined buildings are extant at the site.
Burke's Court	In 1846, Slater refers to Mrs. Bedelia Burke, resident at Clondagoff. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Garrett Burke was leasing a house valued at £7 at Cloondadauv, parish of Ballinakill, barony of Leitrim, from the Clanricarde estate. The house is labelled Burke's Court on both the 1st and 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey maps. A house still exists at the site. An ancient Burke castle is also sited in this townland.
Burkeville	Burkeville was offered for sale in the Encumbered estates court in July 1852. At the time, Maurice Bennett was the tenant of this "fine commodious dwelling house". At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was held by Nicholas Coolaghan and valued at almost £10. It was still in the possession of Nicholas Coolaghan in 1906. A house still exists at the site.
Burnbrook	A house with mills closeby on the river.
Burnfort	Burnfort valued at £7 was occupied by the representatives of Richard Harris Purcell at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held by them in fee. A house is still extant at the site.
Burnham	Lord Ventry held a house valued at £49 at Burnham East, barony of Corkaguiny, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. Lewis mentions that the family lived for much of the time in England and the house was occupied by their agent, David Thompson. The Ordnance Survey Name Books indicate that the house had been built c.1790 at a cost of £4000. Wilson, however, refers to Burnham as the seat of Thomas Mullins in 1786. Later, members of Lord Ventry’s family resided there. It was still owned by Lord Ventry in 1906 when the house was valued at £80 and ancillary buildings at Burnham West valued at £28. The property was sold to the Land Commission in the 1920s and the house became an Irish speaking secondary school for girls, Coláiste Íde, which is still in operation.
Burrane	The Hodges lived here for over a hundred years following a marriage in 1754 with a Monsell of Burrane though Wilson still refers to it as the seat of Mr. Monsell in 1786. It was held from the Reeves family of nearby Besborough who came to hold the head rent through an 18th century marriage with a Spaight of Burrane. Weir writes that the house was demolished in the early 20th century.
Burren House	Richard Sealy was leasing this property to Mrs. Hestor Sealy at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £13 10s. In 1906 it was owned by the representatives of Ludlow Sealy and valued at £21 10s. According to the current owners, Burren House was built on the site of a McCarthy Castle in the 1790s. It has now been completely restored. See www.burrenhouse.net.
Burrishoole Lodge	At the time of Griffith's Valuation this property was owned by Captain Alex Wyndham and valued at £5. It is recorded as a"steward's house". Described by the Irish Tourist Association surveyor in 1942 as a house of no more than 100 years old, an "example of pseudo or imitation Tudor architecture" and the home of Ernie O'Malley, author and freedom fighter. It is still extant.
Burrow House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald was leasing this property from the Carew estate when it was valued at £13 11s. It is labelled Burrow House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. A house is still extant in the area.
Burt House	At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s, James G. Bowen was leasing this property from Lord Templemore’s estate when it was valued at £28. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests the house at the site represents a major remodelling of an earlier house and associates Burt House with the Ferguson family.
Burton Park	The original house built by Sir John Perceval and his descendants was burnt down in the Jacobite War 1689-1691. A late Georgian house was built to replace it by the [3rd or 4th] Earl of Egmont which was remodelled in the late 19th century. Burton Park was leased to the Purcells in the 19th century. It was occupied by the Reverend Matthew Purcell in 1814 and 1837 and by his son John in the early 1850s when the house was valued at £34. Passed to the Ryans of Scarteen, county Limerick by marriage in the early 20th century. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted Burton Park as one of the best examples of eighteenth century domestic architecture in county Cork. Still the home of the Ryan Purcell family.
Burtonhill House	Weir writes that this house was probably built by the Carrigaholt Burtons as a sporting lodge. It is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. The Burton Conynghams had a large estate in the parish of Killeely so there can be no doubt that the house was named after them. By the time of Griffith's Valuation it was valued at £11 and Edward H. Goggin was in residence. He held the property from Mrs Taylor. William B. Goggin of Burton Hill married Frances Maria Whitestone in the second half of the 19th century. see http://brew.clients.ch/RichardClare.htm
Bushfield	In 1786, Wilson refers to Bushfield as the seat of Mr. Cashell. Francis W. Cashell was living at Bushfield, Nenagh, in 1814 and J. Philips in 1837. Henry Phillips was the occupant at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £14 and held from Henry Cashin [Cashel]. This house appears to be still extant. see http://humphrysfamilytree.com/Cashel/henry.bushfield.html
Bushfield	The original house, now a ruin, was sometimes known as Creaghduff. Creaghduff was occupied by Burke esq in the 1770s. Thomas Ruttledge of Bloomfield made his will at Bushfield in 1797 and died there in 1805. Bushfield was the home of Arthur Knox and his wife Barbara, nee Lambert. Their daughter, Elizabeth, married Annesley Knox of Rappa Castle. Barbara married Charles White as her second husband and sublet the house to Robert Fair, son of Robert Fair of Fortville. It was valued at £15 the time of Griffith's Valuation. Robert Fair of Bushfield had an only daughter, Jane, who married Thomas Ruttledge of Bloomfield and their second son took the surname Ruttledge Fair. A new house was built in the 1920s and is the home of the Delaney family. Extensive remains of the original Bushfield farmyard survive at the site.
Bushford	Humphry Thomson was living at Bushford in the mid-18th century. In 1814 Henry Thomson is described as resident at Bushford by Ambrose Leet. 'Robert Thompson' was the occupier holding the property in fee from the 1830s at least. The buildings had a rateable valuation of £5 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. [His son] Colonel Robert Thomson was resident in a new building on the other side of the road in the early 20th century. The new house (H657179) had a rateable valuation of £60 in 1906. His widow, Elizabeth Catherine, and her two daughters lived there in 1911. There were two substantial houses in Clossagh Beg by this time, one inhabited at the time of the censuses, by John Forster and later Joseph Ferris Forster and the other by the Thomsons. Walford's (1918) records Robert George Thomson, only son of Major Frith Thomson and nephew of Lieut. Col. Robert Thomson, died 1911, of Bushford.
Bushmount	Not visible on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but named as Bushmount on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. Johanna Deasy was leasing this property from the Earl of Shannon's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £22 10s. The Deasy family were brewers in the town of Clonakilty. [Now the site of St. Paul's Nursing Home.]
Bushmount	Wilson Gun was leasing this property to Dominick Rice at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £16 10s. In 1837 Lewis refers to it as the seat of Dominick Rice. In 1814 Leet had recorded Dominick Rice as resident at Ballymaquin. Bary states that Bushmount was possibly built in the early years of the nineteenth century by Dominick Rice. The house is still extant and occupied.
Bushy Park	Hajba writes that Gifford Campion, born at Leitrim, acquired the lands of Bushy Park in the mid 18th century and that his son Richard Gifford Campion possibly built the house in the late 18th century. Bushy Park, Rathcormack, was occupied by John Walsh in 1814 and by Richard G. Campion in the early 1850s. The buildings were valued at £18.15 shillings and held from Major Heliger Lloyd. Occupied by William Moore Hodder in 1906. This house is still a residence.
Bushy Park	In 1786 Wilson refer to Bushy Park as the seat of Mr. Burke. Occupied by Edward McDonnell in 1814. Two generations of the Martins lived in this house in the 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was occupied by Robert J. Martin and was valued at £12. It is still extant and occupied.
Bushy Park	Early 18th century house, used as a school for the sons of Protestant clergymen. Occupied by Andrew Lyster in 1814. The residence of James Barlow in the 1830s and in the mid 1850s. Bushy Park became the home of the ffrench family in the 1860s, who bought out the property in the early 20th century. Dr Noelle Davies, author and poet, was a 20th century member of the ffrench family. This house is now the home of Laurence and Helga Mullins.
Bushy Park	Bushy Park was the home of Thomas Towers in 1814 and in 1837. In 1840, the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as " a comfortable house, the residence of Thomas Towers" and also include reference to a letter written by Mr. Towers in which he expressed the wish that the house would revert to the name Shesharaghmore house though this does not seem to have happened. Sarah Cambie was occupying the house valued at £15 and held from Thomas Towers in the mid 19th century. David Clarke is described as "of Bushy Park, Borrisokane and Macclesfield" in the 1870s. Still valued at £15 this house was held by the representatives of David Clarke in 1906. A building is still extant at the site.
Bushyisland	This house was the residence of Peter Lowe in 1814 and in 1837. John Peppard MD was the occupier at the time of the first Ordnance Survey and of Griffith's Valuation. He held the property from Bolton Waller and had converted the house into an asylum.
Bushypark	A house located to the west of the town of Ennis which belonged to the Macnamaras of Ennistymon for most of the 18th and 19th centuries. Occupied by David Power in 1814. The house and 68 acres were leased to Thomas Cullinan in the 1850s. Buildings at Bushypark were valued at £18 where William J. MacNamara held 68 acres of untenanted land. The house is still occupied.
Butler's Gift	Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to Butler's-Gift as the seat of Mr. O'Callaghan. Local sources suggest that the name came from the bequest of the lands of Baurnahulla to Richard Tonson from Major Anthony Butler in the early 18th century.
Butler's Lodge	In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Butler's Lodge as "a gentleman's seat" in the townland of the same name. The house is labelled as Butler's Lodge on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but is not labelled on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was valued at over £5 and part of the estate of Edward Cambie. A modern house occupies the site now.
Butlerstown	Nathaniel C. Martin held a house, offices, foreman's house and spade factory valued at £25 from Francis Beamish. The property is labelled Butlerstown House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s when the spade factory is no longer visible. There is still an extant house at the site.
Butlerstown	Daniel Keane lived at Butlerstown in the early 1850s. The buildings were valued at £15 and held from the representatives of Viscount Midleton. This house is now a ruin.
Butlerstown Castle	The Sherlock family had been in possession of Butlerstown Castle and estate since the 1560s. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to Butlerstown as the seat of Thomas Sherlock. In the 1790s a disastrous fire saw much of the property destroyed and subsequently the family moved to county Kilkenny although they continued to hold estates in the area. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was the property of Robert Backas, three generations of whose family lived at Butlerstown, before departing at the end of the 1850s. Between then and the 1880s Butlerstown was occupied by Samuel Ferguson. In 1894 Slater refers to the property as the seat of Thomas Prendergast. Only the ruin of the castle survives but the Coachhouse is in use as Guest Accomodation.
Butlerstown House	Jonas Travers held Butlerstown House in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £32. Lewis refers to it as the seat of J.Travers in 1837. The history of the house indicates that he had commissioned its building sometime in the early nineteenth century. It was still a Travers seat in 1894. See www.butlerstownhouse.com In 2009 it was for sale.
Butlerstown House (Middlethird)	Edward T. Power was leasing this house from Richard Duckett at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £11 15s. This house is longer extant.
Buttevant Castle	Originally a castle of the Barry family, Earls of Barrymore, sold by them in the early 19th century to John Anderson of Fermoy, who restored it as a castellated house and gave it to his eldest son Sir James Anderson. Sir James lived there until the mid 1840s. William Roche occupied the building valued at £37 in the early 1850s. He held the property from Viscount Doneraile and D.R. Browning held a house, flour mill and offices valued at £120 from Roche. The castle had various occupants in the later 19th century and was last occupied in the early 20th century. It is now a ruin.
Byblox	Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland (1904) traces the Ross family of Dunmoyle from the Mann family of Byblox in the first half of the 18th century. Hajba writes that the original house was occupied by the Langley family in the 18th century. At the end of that century Roger Langley leased Byblox to Robert Fennel Crone who built a new house to replace the original which had been accidentally burnt. It was valued at £70 in the mid 19th century. The descendants of Robert F. Crone, including members of the Croker family, inhabited this six bay, three-storied house until the beginning of the 20th century when it was bought by the Morrogh Bernards. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that the house was then in the possession of Mrs. Drake Brockman but it was unoccupied with John Roche acting as agent. Byblox was demolished in the 1960s.
Cabra Castle	The second Cabra Castle, probably incorporating the old Cormey Castle, was complete by the late 1830s. It is located on the county border between Cavan and Meath. A castellated building of Gothic appearance Cabra Castle had a rateable valuation of £70 in the mid-19th century when occupied and owned by Colonel Pratt. It continued to be the main residence of the Pratts until the mid -0th century when it was inherited by a relative, Mervyn Sheppard, who sold it in the mid-1960s. It now functions as a hotel. https://www.cabracastle.com/
Cabra Cottage	This house was the home of the Pratt family until Cormey Castle was purchased in 1813 and was renamed Cabra Castle. Cabra Cottage is shown on the first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (publ. 1837) as a substantial building close to a mill race, quarry and the ruins of the first Cabra Castle. Bence Jones describes this building as an early 18th century villa possibly designed by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce. He writes that it was used as a ballroom following the Pratts move to live in their new home in Cormey. In the mid-19th century it was valued at £20 for rates and Colonel Joseph Pratt was the owner and occupier. The 25 inch map shows the building much reduced in size. Bence Jones writes that it was destroyed by fire in the 1950s.
Cabragh Castle	The home of James Fogarty in 1814. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to P. Fogarty as the proprietor of "Cabra House". Denis Leahy was the occupier in the mid 19th century when the castle was valued at £16+ and held from the Court of Chancery.
Caharagh House	Occupied by R.Q. Sleeman in 1837 and by Frederick Alms in the early 1850s who held the property from the Knight of Glin. This house was in the possession of George Fitzgerald Hartigan Putland in 1865 when it was advertised for sale on 107 acres and held under an accepted proposal for life of G.F.H. Putland from the Knight of Glin. Caheragh House is still extant.
Caher	Situated close to the shore of Lough Graney, sheltered by trees this house is well maintained and occupied. It was leased by the O'Haras to the Studderts in the 1830s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation William O'Hara, one of the seven sons of Robert O'Hara of Raheen, was the occupier. He held the house valued at £24 and surrounding 255 acres from [his mother] Frances O'Hara. Purchased by the O'Dwyers in the early 20th century.
Caher	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Harriett Dickson and Maria Squirl were leasing a property valued at £5 together with 235 acres at Caher, barony of Castlereagh, to Bernard Sweeney.
Caher	Charles French was leasing the house at Caher, barony of Frenchpark, valued at £16, from Lord de Freyne's estate, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Lewis also records the house as the residence of C. French in 1837. In the same year the Ordnance Survey Name books record Caher as a "dwelling house of three stories and slated". In the 1749 Census of Elphin F. Elwood was recorded as residing at Caher. By 1894 it was the residence of the Dowager Lady de Freyne. The building is still extant.
Caher	Lewis records Caher as the seat of J. Dillon in 1837. The house at Caher, with a demesne, the property of James Dillon, were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates court in July 1854. Samuel Wade was leasing a property valued at £17 at Caher, in the parish of Kilcloony, barony of Clonmacnowen, from the Clancarty estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The ruins of the house and stable block are still visible.
Caher House	A house lived in by the Butler family when they ceased to use Caher Castle as a residence. Wilson mentions the seat of Lord Caher in the town. Located in the town square of Caher it now functions as a hotel. Leet records Lord Cahir as resident at Cahir Castle in 1814 but by 1837 Lewis writes that Cahir House was the seat of the Earl of Glengall. He held this house in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £100.
Caher Park	Bence Jones writes that this house was built by Lady Margaret Charteris in the early 1860s to the design of Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon. Valued at £45 in 1906, the house burnt down in the 1960s after being sold following the death of Lieutenant Colonel R.B. Charteris in 1961. Also known as Cahir Lodge.
Caherabbey House	Occupied by John Fennell in 1814 and by Richard Grubb in 1837. Montgomery records that Richard Grubb built a house at Cahirabbey circa 1833. Richard Grubb held the property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £70. He also had a flour mill closeby valued at £200. In 1894 Slater notes it as the seat of Rev. George Grubb. This house continues to be a family home. In 2013 it was offered for sale.
Caherabbey House Upper	Joshua Fennell occupied a house known as Caher-abbey-villa in 1814 and in the early 1850s Joshua Fennell (Joseph) was occupying a house in Caherabbey Upper, valued at £29 and held from Ponsonby Barker.
Caheratrant	In 1906 Lord Ventry's estate owned a property valued at £5 5s at Caheratrant. This may refer to the Coastguard Station. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, much of this area was held by David Thompson, Lord Ventry's agent.
Caherbrack House	Mrs. Osborne's trustees were leasing this property to Mary Hanrahan in 1850 when it was valued at £11 10s. It is still extant and occupied.
Cahercon/Cahiracon	A house situated on the bank of the Shannon, the seat of the Scott family until at least the 1850s. The sale rental of 1854 gives a detailed description of the house which included 16 bedrooms. By the mid 19th century James Kelly held the house in fee. The buildings were valued at over £53. The Honourable Charles William White, second surviving son of Baron Annally, was living at Cahiracon in the mid 1870s and it was a seat of that family in 1894. The Vandeleurs lived here for a short time at the beginning of the 20th century. Bought by the Maynooth Mission to China in 1920 and sold by them to the Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco in 1962. The house later became the centre of Cahercon Community College. Cahercon is now owned by Clareman Paddy Whelan of Limestone Quarries.
Caherconlish House	Lewis describes this house in the following terms "Near the town stands Cahirconlish House, a handsome modern residence, erected near the site of the old family mansion, by the proprietor, Major Wm Wilson." The Ordnance Survey Name Book dates this house to about 1789 and it was three storeys high. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to a residence of Mr. Wilson at Caherconlish. A small drawing of the house is to be found on Map 16 H 32 (13) in the National Library of Ireland. This house was valued at £40 at the time of Griffith's Valuation and was held by Charles Monck Wilson in fee. Daniel Fitzgerald Gabbett, MP, was recorded as the owner in 1906, though he himself had died in 1898. At the time of the Irish Tourist Association survey 1942 Caherconlish House is described as a Creamery. The surveyor writes that a fine Adams ceiling in the house was destroyed by an accidental fire in 1925. Caherconlish is no longer extant.
Caherconway House	Leased by Nicholas Cummins to Daniel Bechinor [or Buchinor] at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £8.
Cahercorney	Not named on the the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, this house was the residence of Henry Croker at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was valued at £10+ and was held from John Croker. Earlier, in 1786, Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. White. A farm is extant at this site now.
Caherdaniel House (Bantry)	Leased from the Bantry estate by John Cotter at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £9. Occupied buildings still survive at the site.
Caherdean House	Charles Daly was leasing Caherdean House from Henry Herbert at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £11 10s. Bary suggests that the Lawlors may have had connections with Caherdean House around 1800 but later in the 19th century the Herberts were the landlords. The house is still extant and part of a large farm. .
Caherduggan	In 1786, Wilson refers to "Carduggan" as the seat of Mr. Davis. Denis O'Callaghan was living at Cadogan (Caherduggan) by 1837. He held the property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £48. This house remained in the possession of the O'Callaghan family until the 20th century. It is still extant but unoccupied.
Caherelly Castle/Coole House	Lewis refers to Mrs Furnell’s residence as "a neat building in the cottage style" situated near Longford bridge. The substantial house marked at this location on the first Ordnance Survey map is named Caherelly Castle but on later maps is recorded as Coole House. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book call it Cahir Elly Castle or Coole House. It was valued at £30 and occupied by Michael Furnell who held it in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This house may have been known as Caherelly Grange in the last decades of the 19th century (see ''Burke's Irish Family Records''). The house is no longer extant but the outbuildings still remain.
Caherelly Cottage/Caherelly Castle	A plaque records the building of this house in 1800 by William Hannan. Lewis refers to the residence of Mr Hannan in well planted grounds. The Ordnance Field Name Book refers to Cahir Elly Cottage as the residence of William Hannan. Marked as Caherelly Cottage on the first Ordnance Survey map, this house was located close to the ruins of an old castle and is now known as Caherelly Castle. Valued at £12 in the early 1850s and occupied by Michael Furnell who held it in fee. It later became the home of Michael Furnell's brother Frederick, an army surgeon. David O'Shaughnessy's interest in this house was advertised for sale in October 1853.
Caherhugh	Occupied by John Lynch in 1814, by Mrs Martin in the 1830s and by Michael Cullinane at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The home of Mark Killilea (Member of the European Parliament) in the 1970s. The house no longer exists but a walled garden is still extant.
Caherline	[The seat of the Gabbett family in the 18th and early 19th centuries]. Lewis refers to its occupation by a farmer and Griffith's Valuation records Thomas Barry as resident in the early 1850s when the buildings were valued at £16. The original house is still extant though with some modifications. It is now the home of the O'Grady family.
Caherline House	The home of the Gabbett family in the 19th century, held by the Gabbetts from John Brown in the mid 19th century and valued at £38. The Brown interest in this house was advertised for sale in July 1862. Recorded as the seat of Richard J. Gabbett in 1894.
Cahermee	A late 17th century house belonging to the Freeman family, passed by marriage to the Hewson family. A Hewson relative John Milward was resident in 1814. Occupied by John Kearney and held from John Hewson at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the buildings were valued at £8.5 shillings. Hajba writes that Margaret, daughter of William Hewson Kearney, inherited the house and she married Michael Carroll. This house is no longer occupied.
Cahermone	Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to Cahermone as the seat of Charles Broderick. The house was the residence of Thomas Poole in 1814 and in 1837. Lewis states that Poole was agent to the Midleton estates. Laurence Smithwick occupied the house at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £8. Though buildings there were vallued at £19 in 1906 the original house is not shown on the 25-inch Ordance Survey map of the 1890s. Farm buildings occupy the site now.
Cahermore House	In 1851 Thomas Hungerford was leasing Cahermore House from the Bishop of Cork's estate,when it was valued at £32. It was owned by Henry Hungerford in 1906 and valued at over £44. Taylor and Skinner's map of 1783 as well as Wilson in 1786 also mention Cahermore as a Hungerford residence. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that Cahermore had been burnt during the War of Independence and was then derelict. Donnelly indicates that it was burnt in June 1921. It is no longer extant.
Cahermorris	Occupied by Cecil Crampton in the mid 19th century. Two generations of Cramptons were rectors of Headford in the 18th century. A house still exists at the site as well as a fine entrance gateway.
Cahermoyle/Cahirmoyle	The present house was built in the early 1870s by Edward O'Brien, son of William Smith O'Brien replacing an earlier house which was the home of his grandmother the Dowager Lady O'Brien in the early 1850s. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book states that Cahermoyle was held from Lord Southwell. The house was valued at £81+ in 1906 and sold by the O'Briens in 1919. In 1988 Cahermoyle and 200 acres were offered for sale by the Oblate Fathers who had had a Novitate there since the early 20th century. The house is now a nursing home.
Cahernane	Cahernane House was the property of Rev. Richard Herbert at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £22. Lewis mentions it as the seat of H. Herbert in 1837. Bary indicates that this house, originally built in the early 18th century, was replaced in the 1870s when the present building was constructed. The property was sold by the Herbert family at the end of the 19th century and is now a luxury hotel. In the 1940s though, the Irish Tourist Association reported that the gardens were well-maintained by Miss Herbert. See www.cahernane.com.
Cahernarry House	Originally a Cripps residence, occupied by a member of the Crips family in the 1770s and 1780s and by J. Cripps in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation Henry Watson was in residence. The house was valued at £8. It is not visible on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Modern farm buildings occupy the site now.
Cahervillahowe	A house built post Griffith's Valuation by the Massy family. Cahervillahowe was sold to Mr Harris in the early 20th century. It is now a stud.
Caherwisheen	Robert A. Thompson was in possession of this property at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £15.
Cahir Guillamore	The seat of the O'Grady family from the mid 18th century acquired through marriage with a member of the Hayes family. Held by the Viscount Guillamores in fee and valued at £50 in the early 1850s. Viscount Guillamore was recorded as the occupier in 1906 when the house was valued at £48. The Irish Tourist Association surveyor in 1942 refers to this house as been unused since 1922 when the estate was divided by the Land Commission. All the fittings has been removed and only the shell of the house remained. The house is now a ruin.
Cahirbane	Home of the Creagh family throughout most of the 18th and 19th centuries. It was occupied by Captain James Creagh at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £25. The original house was larger than the 20th century construction now in existance.
Cahircalla House	Occupied in the 18th century by the Crofts, England and Maguire families. The residence of David A. England in 1814 and of Charles Mahon in 1837. Griffith's Valuation shows that he held it from John Clancy. By the end of the 1860s Wainwright Crowe was in residence. Cahircalla Hospital now occupies the site, incorporating some of the earlier buildings.