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House Name / Description | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref |
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Point House/Cosheen
(H2530)
John Somerville was leasing Point House from Rev. M. Townsend at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £20. Lewis recorded it as the seat of R.B. Townsend in 1837. It is labelled Point House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Cosheen on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. It is still extant and known by the latter title. |
Castletownsend | Castlehaven | Skibbereen | Castlehaven North 317 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
Lat/Lon:
51.52587 -9.17591 OSI Ref: W184310 Discovery map #89. OS Sheet #142. |
John H. Townsend was leasing this property from Thomas Somerville at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £20. It is still extant. |
Castletownsend | Castlehaven | Skibbereen | Castlehaven North 317 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
Lat/Lon:
51.52767 -9.17595 OSI Ref: W184312 Discovery map #89. OS Sheet #142. |
Laputa/Glen Barrahane
(H2534)
Thomas Somerville was leasing this property to William Hicks at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12. Gifford Lewis states that "Glen Barrahane was a rambling conglomeration of extensions to what was once a simple house called Laputa.". It became the home of the Coghill family later in the nineteenth century. |
Castletownsend | Castlehaven | Skibbereen | Castlehaven North 317 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
Lat/Lon:
51.52586 -9.17735 OSI Ref: W183310 Discovery map #89. OS Sheet #142. |
Thomas Somerville held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £35. Lewis also recorded it as the seat of Thomas Somerville in 1837. In 1906 it was owned by Aylmer Somerville and valued at £35. The Irish Tourist Association Survey described it as having been home to Coghills, Townsends and Somervilles. In 1945 it was the home of Dr. Edith Somerville, the well known author and illustrator. It is still extant. |
Drishane | Castlehaven | Skibbereen | Castlehaven South 315 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
Lat/Lon:
51.52402 -9.18162 OSI Ref: W180308 Discovery map #89. OS Sheet #142. |
Rock Cottage
(H2649)
Edward Powell was leasing a property to James Somerville,MD, at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £11 10s. In 1837 Lewis noted Capt. Somerville's seat as Union Hall. This house is labelled Rock Cottage on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Myross Glebe on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. In 1945 the Irish Tourist Association survey recounted a story associating Dean Jonathan Swift with Rock Cottage and noting that it was the home of the Casey family. A house still exists at this site. |
Bawnlahan | Myross | Skibbereen | Castlehaven South 315 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
Lat/Lon:
51.55851 -9.14790 OSI Ref: W204346 Discovery map #89. OS Sheet #142. |
Lissacaha Cottage
(H2697)
Phillip Somerville held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12 10s. It is labelled "Lissacaha Cottage" on the 1st edition Ordnance Map but has become "Prairie Cottage" on the later 25-inch map. In 1906 it was owned by Thomas Phillip Somerville and valued at £15 5s. It is no longer extant. |
Lissacaha North | Skull | Skull | Dunmanus 324 | West Carbery (West) | Cork |
Lat/Lon:
51.53842 -9.63031 OSI Ref: V869330 Discovery map #88. OS Sheet #139. |
John Allen was leasing this property to Phillip Somerville in 1851 when it was valued at £26. Noted by Lewis as the seat of Maj. J. Allen in 1837. The house is still extant and occupied. |
Aghatubrid More | Kilfaughnabeg | Clonakilty | Kilfaughnabeg 319 | East Carbery (West) | Cork |
Lat/Lon:
51.56501 -9.12643 OSI Ref: W219353 Discovery map #89. OS Sheet #142. |
Kingston House (Galway)
(H4848)
Richard N. Somerville was the owner of over 70 acres in the county of the town of Galway in the 1870s. He was the owner of Kingston House at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £14 and was unoccupied. By the 1890s it was occupied by a religious order. |
Rahoon | Rahoon | Galway | Galway Rural 45 | Galway | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.26671 -9.09720 OSI Ref: M268246 Discovery map #45. OS Sheet #94. |
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