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House Name / Description | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref |
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Roxborough
(H621)
In 1786 Wilson refers to Roxborough as the seat of Mr. Persse. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was the seat of Dudley Persse and valued at £70. The house at Roxborough is most famous as the birthplace of Isabella Augusta Persse, later Lady Gregory of Coole. Roxborough is now a ruin, having been burnt in 1922. The impressive front entrance gates (M541136) are still extant. A steward's house house, close to Roxborough, is located at M534128. This is still extant and occupied. |
Roxborough | Killinan | Loughrea | Kilchreest 130 | Loughrea | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.16640 -8.69237 OSI Ref: M537131 Discovery map #52. OS Sheet #104, 114. |
Moyode
(H622)
The seat of the Persse estate for many years. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was the seat of Burton Persse. In 1894 Slater refers to it as the seat of De Brugh Persse. In 1906 it was owned by Lord Ardilaun and was valued at almost £73.Only some ruins of Moyode Castle remain although elements of the stable yard still exist. |
Moyode Demesne | Kilconierin | Loughrea | Moyode 117 | Athenry | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.25710 -8.70282 OSI Ref: M531232 Discovery map #46. OS Sheet #96. |
Bookeen Glebe
(H645)
Burton Persse was leasing this house to Rev. Robert Graham at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In the nineteenth century, the house was used as the residence of the incumbent at Bookeen Church. It was later purchased by the Aitken family who had served as Land Agents for the Clancarty estate at Coorheen, outside Loughrea. The house has been renovated and is extant and occupied. |
Glebe | Kilconierin | Loughrea | Kilconierin 122 | Dunkellin | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.24561 -8.66968 OSI Ref: M553219 Discovery map #46. OS Sheet #96. |
Gammahoe Cottage
(H660)
A smaller property on the Persse estate, possibly a steward's house, with 257 acres in 1855. There is no trace of a house at this location now although there is some evidence of farm buildings and garden walls. |
Lickerrig | Lickerrig | Loughrea | Moyode 117 | Dunkellin | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.23396 -8.66350 OSI Ref: M557206 Discovery map #46. OS Sheet #96, 97. |
In 1855 the house at Limepark north, parish of Kilthomas, barony of Dunkellin, was in the possession of George Persse. Earlier in the 19th century the house was occupied by Thomas Wilton. This property was recorded as the seat of the Wallace family by Lewis in 1837. During the 1916 Rising it afforded shelter to the rebels from Galway. It is now a ruin. |
LImepark North | Kilthomas | Loughrea | Castleboy 129 | Kiltartan | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.13188 -8.75308 OSI Ref: M496093 Discovery map #52. OS Sheet #114. |
Woodville House
(H667)
Woodville House is described as "a gentleman's seat, having fine premises and a good deal of woodland attached" in the 1830s. Robert Darcy, who acted as a land agent, was leasing this house from the Clanricarde estate in 1855. In 1906 it was valued at £26. It is still extant and occupied. The walled garden has also been restored and is open to visitors at certain time. See woodvillewalledgarden.com. |
Ballygarraun | Isertkelly | Loughrea | Killogilleen 132 | Loughrea | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.18541 -8.66874 OSI Ref: M553152 Discovery map #52. OS Sheet #104. |
In 1855 Dudley Persse owned a house valued at £40 in Castleboy. Lewis also recorded it as a seat of the Persse family in 1837. One round tower and small portions of the stable yard now remain. |
Castleboy | Killinan | Loughrea | Castleboy 129 | Loughrea | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.14653 -8.70849 OSI Ref: M526109 Discovery map #52. OS Sheet #114. |
Newcastle
(H692)
In 1786 Wilson refers to Newcastle as the seat of Thomas Browne. In the nineteenth century a Persse residence close to their distillery at Nun's Island and their milling operations. Newcastle House was the home of Henry Stratford Persse in the early 19th century. It was later acquired by University College, Galway but was demolished in the early 1970s to make way for new buildings. |
Newcastle | Rahoon | Galway | Galway West Urban 47 | Galway | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.28139 -9.06309 OSI Ref: M291 262 Discovery map #45. OS Sheet #82. |
Tallyho Lodge was the home of Burton Persse, Sen, in the 19th century. The house is no longer extant but traces of the walled garden remain. |
Deerpark | Kilconierin | Loughrea | Kiltullagh 116 | Athenry | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.27509 -8.70012 OSI Ref: M533252 Discovery map #46. OS Sheet #96. |
Ashfield House
(H794)
Ashfield House was a Persse property. Woodrangers' and workmens' cottages as well as 298 acres constituted this part of the estate. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was valued at £3. By 1906 it was the property of Capt. A. Persse and was valued at almost £5. |
Ballycuddy | Kilchreest | Loughrea | Kilchreest 130 | Dunkellin | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.17379 -8.65659 OSI Ref: M561139 Discovery map #52. OS Sheet #105. |
Kilchreest Glebe
(H795)
Rev. William O'Grady was leasing this property from the Persse estate & John & Eliza Gloster. It was originally church lands. In 2006 this property was still extant and was offered for sale together with a property known as Killinan House nearby. |
Kilchreest | Kilchreest | Loughrea | Kilchreest 130 | Dunkellin | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.18011 -8.65220 OSI Ref: M564146 Discovery map #52. OS Sheet #105. |
Spring Garden
(H830)
Spring Garden was a Nugent house in the parish of Tynagh, valued at £10 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It had earlier belonged to the Persses but had been sold by them in the early 1850s. In 1906 this was the property of Hon. Richard A. Nugent. It is described as "in ruins" on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. |
Spring Garden | Tynagh | Portumna | Tynagh 184 | Leitrim | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.14356 -8.37514 OSI Ref: M749104 Discovery map #53. OS Sheet #117. |
Perssepark
(H1012)
At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Persse was leasing a house valued at £10 from Dudley Persse at Perssepark, parish of Kilcloony, barony of Clonmacnowen. Earlier, in 1837, Lewis recorded Perssepark as the residence of S. Masters. Now the site of modern industrial development. |
Perssepark | Kilcloony | Ballinasloe | Ballinasloe Rural 4 | Clonmacnowen | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.33161 -8.29123 OSI Ref: M806313 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #74, 87. |
Mount Vernon
(H1073)
The 1882 sale notice for the Burke estate mentions that Mount Vernon cost over £5000 to build a short time before. |
Kilcorkey | Rahoon | Galway | Galway South Urban 46 | Galway | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.26525 -9.05969 OSI Ref: M293 244 Discovery map #45. OS Sheet #94. |
Town house of the Persse family, built in the mid 19th century, bought by the Bolands of Bolands biscuits in the 1920s and since the early 1960s has functioned as the Ardilaun House Hotel. |
Tievegarriff | Rahoon | Galway | Galway West Urban 47 | Galway | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.26684 -9.08222 OSI Ref: M278 246 Discovery map #45. OS Sheet #94. |
William Arthur Persse was the owner of a house valued at almost £10 at Laherdaun in 1906. It had been the property of Dudley Persse at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was probably used mainly as a hunting lodge due to its remote location. Ruinous fragments remain, surrounded by state forestry. |
Laherdaun | Kilbeacanty | Gort | Ballycahalan | Kiltartan | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.03700 -8.69179 OSI Ref: R536987 Discovery map #52. OS Sheet #129. |
Ashford Old House
(H1352)
At the time of Griffith's Valuation Joseph Sharpe was leasing a property from Dudley Persse, at Ashford, barony of Moycarn. It was accompanied by 350 acres and was valued at £5. In 1814 Leet records Ashford as the residence of John Maher. The 6" and 25"edition OS maps record this as "Ashford Old House". |
Ashford | Creagh | Ballinasloe | Ballinasloe Urban 5 | Moycarn | Roscommon |
Lat/Lon:
53.34520 -8.24026 OSI Ref: M840328 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #53. |
Boyhill House
(H1553)
Richard Persse was leasing a house valued at £5 from Burton Persse at Boyhill, barony of Athenry at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1906 it was still the property of Burton Persse who also held almost 300 acres of untenanted land in the locality. Some ruins and farm buildings still remain at the site. |
Boyhill | Athenry | Loughrea | Athenry 108 | Athenry | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.28567 -8.73478 OSI Ref: M510264 Discovery map #46. OS Sheet #96. |
Summerhill House (Loughrea)
(H4907)
In 1786 Wilson writes that Summerhill House, on the outskirts of Loughrea, was the seat of Mr. Persse. By the time of Griffith's Valuation in the 1850s, the property was occupied by Henry Dolpin, leasing from the Clanricarde estate, when it was valued at almost £8. Parts of the building have disappeared by the 1890s and the site is now part of a school. |
Baunoge | Loughrea | Loughrea | Loughrea | Loughrea | Galway |
Lat/Lon:
53.19495 -8.56115 OSI Ref: M625162 Discovery map #52. OS Sheet #105. |
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