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Racecourse Hall | Lewis records Avary Jordan as the proprietor of Race-Course Lodge in 1837. The house was valued at £35 in the mid 19th century, occupied by Avary Jordan and held from the Cashel Commissioners. Mrs Jordan of Racecourse owned 3 acres in the 1870s. This house, located just south of the town of Cashel, still survives as a fine country residence. |
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Racket Hall | Racket Hall was occupied by Patten Smith in 1814. Lewis writes that Messrs Birch and Co had a large brewery at Racket Hall and Mrs Mary Birch was the occupier of the house at the time of Griffith's Valuation. She held the property valued at £16+ from George Birch and Co. The brewery was valued at £18. The house is now incorporated in a hotel complex see http://www.rackethallhotel.com/welcome.html | |
Rafarn House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rafarn House was leased from the Clanricarde estate by Thomas Tully and was valued at £17 and was accompanied by over 400 acres. In 1814 it was recorded as the residence of Joseph Tully. It is still extant. |
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Raffeen Cottage | Robert White was leasing this property to Sarah Phillips at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £12 5s. It appears on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map as Raffeen Cottages, indicating the presence of more than one dwelling. The buildings are still extant. | |
Raffeen House | Robert Hedges White held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £42. It was the home of his wife's family, Charlotte Mary Dorman. In 1837 Lewis referred to it as the seat of T. Dorman. The property is still extant. |
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Raffeen House [Lower] | William Drinan was leasing this property from the White estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £13 10s. The site is now occupied by industrial premises. | |
Raford | The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests that Raford House was built c.1760. Wilson refers to it as the seat of Captain Daly in 1786. It was being leased by Denis Bodkin from Harriett Daly at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £40. John Archer Daly was the owner of Raford House in 1906 when it was also valued at £40. Raford is still extant and occupied. Modern development has taken place on part of the demesne lands. |
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Raghly Lodge | Raghly Lodge was held in fee by Charles Gore Jones at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10 10s. In 1894 it was also noted as his residence by Slater. McTernan notes that it was remodelled in the early twentieth century and raised to two storeys. It remained in the Jones family until c.1912. It is still extant and occupied. | |
Rahans | The home of the Atkinson family, Wilson notes in 1786 that it was the residence of Charles Atkinson and "very pleasantly situated". It was occupied by the rector of Crossmolina, the Reverend Edwin Stock, for a few years prior to 1815. Rahans was described in 1855 as "a comfortable dwelling house, in a fair state of repair" and occupied by Mrs Frances Atkinson. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was the home of George Orme. In 1925 Adelaide R. Orme of New South Wales sold Rahans demesne to Patrick J. Ruttledge of Ballina for £3,000, [see Acc. 1165/8/11 National Archives.] It is no longer extant. | |
Rahara | In the 1830s and at the time of Griffith's Valuation the home of Alexander Sproule who held Rahara from the Blake Knox family. The house was originally a thatched one storey building. On the night of the Big Wind in 1839 the thatch was blown away and the house was rebuilt with an additional storey and a slate roof. Now the home of the Donnelly family. |
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Rahasane | In 1786 Wilson refers to Rahasane as the seat of Mr. French. Lewis records Rahasane as the seat of R.French in 1837. Held in fee by Thomas A. Joyce at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £45. The Landed Estates court sale notice of June 1871 mentions that Rahasane House was built by Robert Joseph Ffrench at a cost of £10,000. This, the original Rahasane House , is described as " in ruins" on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. A later Rahasane House is shown on the 1933 ediiton of the six-inch Ordnance Survey map, located in Pollnagerragh West townland, (M474172). While there is no trace now of the original house built by R.J. French, some estate architecture survives. |
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Raheen | Raheen is associated with both the Kilkelly and O'Hara families. In the 1770s it seems to have been a residence of the Taylor family, with whom the O'Haras intermarried. In the 1830s the OS Name Books record it as "a neat house, in form like a cottage two stories high." Raheen House was badly damaged by fire in the latter part of the twentieth century. The entrance gateway is still extant. |
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Raheen | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Clifford Trotter was leasing a property valued at £7 along with 284 acres to James Lynam. This property is still extant and occupied. |
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Raheen | Occupied by Major Fawcett in 1837 and by John Irwin in the mid 1850s who held the property from Francis Murphy. In 1840 John Irwin had married Margaret Harken of Raheen House, Elphin. |
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Raheen | This was the home of the Brady family from the mid 18th century. In 1837 Reverend Thomas B. Brady occupied the house. By the time of Griffith's Valuation William Moreland was in possession and the house, offices and mill valued at £4.10 shillings were leased to Patrick Flynn. In 1906 buildings at Raheen ,which included a mansion house and 401 acres of untenanted land belonging to Robert W. Moreland, were valued at £37. In 1908 the property was bought by S.R. MacLysaght of Mallow, father of Dr Edward MacLysaght, genealogist. The Irish Tourist Association Survey file refers to Raheen Hospital beautifully situated amid a large forest on the shores of Lough Derg. The house no longer exists. | |
Raheen | A steward's house on the Bourke estate was recorded at Raheen in the early 1850s. It was valued at £11+. | |
Raheen (Athenry) | Raheen House is associated wth the Lopdell family although there was only a herd's house valued at £3 and gate lodges recorded there at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1894, however, Slater noted it as the residence of Mrs. Lopdell. Raheen is still extant. |
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Raheen (Gaultiere) | In 1848, Michael Nugent was leasing this property from Lord Waterford's estate when it was valued at £13. A house and farm still exist at the site though the original house does not appear to be extant. | |
Raheen House (Clonmel) | Held in fee by Mrs. Elizabeth Greer at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at over £55. It was offered for sale in September 1878 on behalf of William Greer, described as a lunatic, by his guardians. | |
Raheen House (Kinalmeaky) | Held by Augustus Warren but unoccupied at the time of Griffith's Valuation,when it was valued at £9. Noted by Leet as the property of William Warren in 1814. The original house is no longer extant. | |
Raheen Park | Located south east of Farneybridge this house was occupied by Edward Wilson in the mid 19th century, valued at £34 and held from William B. Armstrong. Raheen Park may have been previously known as Brasfort. Brasfort was the home of the Wilsons in the 1830s. Edward Wilson was Chief Magistrate of Police in county Tipperary in the 1820s. In 1820, his son, Edward Wilson, married Isabella, daughter of Thomas Goodricke Peacock of Fort Etna and they had a son, Thomas Goodricke Wilson, who married Mary Studdert in 1861 and emigrated to Canada. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to E. Wilson as the proprietor of Raheen Park. Edward Wilson of Raheen Park died at Monkstown, county Dublin in 1880, aged 81, (see D.23260 in the National Archives). | |
Raheens | A house south west of Castlebar, noted by Wilson as the seat of A.N. Browne in 1786. Held by the Browne family from their relatives the Lords Kilmaine. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was occupied by Henry Browne and valued at over £16. It is now a ruin. |
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Rahelly | Francis Barber was leasing a house at Rahelly, barony of Carbury, from the Gore Booth estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £25. Rahelly later fell into ruin but has been restored and offered for sale in recent times. |
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Rahoon House | In 1786 Wilson refers to Rahoon as the seat of Mr. French. In the early 19th century it was a Bodkin house, occupied by Roderick O'Connor at the time of the first Ordnance survey. It was held in fee by Thomas C. Dickson at the time of Grifith's Valuation and valued at £27. This house was bought by Kennedy O'Brien in the early 1870s and remained in his family's possession until the 1930s. Buildings are still extant at the site. |
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Raigh Lodge | At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house held by Nathaniel P. Simes in fee, was valued at £6. The premises shown at this site on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s is labelled Clew Bay Hotel. A house is still extant and occupied here. |
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Raleigh House | In 1837 Raleagh was the residence of W. Minhear. James Minhear was occupying this house in the mid 19th century. He held it from the representatives of - Carleton and it was valued at £20.10 shillings. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage notes that Raleigh House, in the mid eighteenth century, was the home of Art O'Leary, about whom the famous poem in the Irish language, ''Caoineadh Áirt Uí Laoghaire'' was composed. Raleigh House is still extant. | |
Rapla | Rapla was a Freeman home in the 18th century and was inhabited for a time by the Otways, Phoebe Otway having married Daniel Freeman of Rapla. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to Rapla as the seat of Mr. Willington. Jonathan Willington, younger brother of John of Killoskehane, was residing at Rapla in 1814 and William Cooper Crawford in 1837. William Cooper Crawford married Sophia Morgan [nee Willington] as her second husband. By the early 1850s John Tuthill was resident holding the house valued at £42+ from William Cooper Crawford. The sale rental of 1850 describes Rapla as a first class house held on a lease for 7 years from the Court of Chancery to John Tuthill. This house no longer exists. |
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Rappa Castle | An old Bourke castle, granted to a Cromwellian soldier named Crofton. It passed into Knox ownership through marriage and was the seat of this influential branch of the Knox family throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as "the pleasant seat of Mr. Knox". At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was held in fee by Annesley Knox and valued at £30. Slater notes it as the seat of Captain Annesley Knox in 1894. Occupied by the Knox family until the early 20th century, the house is now a ruin. |
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Rath | Smith writes in 1750 that Rath was built by Alderman James French of Cork. Rath house was occupied by Michael Greene in the early 1850s and held from Sir Edward Tierney. It was valued at £12. To the north Rath Cottage (Grid Ref R492 147) was held by Sir Edward Tierney in fee and was valued at £14. This cottage is now a ruin and Rath House although still extant is no longer lived in, a new house having been built on the site. | |
Rath (Fenoagh) | In 1850 Jane Bolton was leasing this property to Anne Power when it was valued at £12 15s. A farm still exists at the site. | |
Rath House | In 1851 John Carroll was leasing this property from the Devonshire estate when it was valued at £16. Labelled as Rath House on the later 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map. | |
Rath More House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. Edward Walsh was leasing this property from Daniel Coltsman [Cronin], when it was valued at £17. In 1837 Lewis notes that Rathmore House was the property of D. Cronin but "now occupied by a society of monks". These were Cistercian monks, afterwards located at Mount Mellerey in county Waterford. The Cronins had lived at Rathmore until the early years of the nineteenth century before leasing it to the Order. After the monks departed it was used as the local presbytery and part of it is still extant. Denis Glissane was leasing a house in the same location from the Cronin estate, valued at £8. | |
Rath-healy | In 1786 Wilson refers to Rath-hely as the seat of Mr. Bryan. It was the home of Arthur Hyde Lucas and his son and namesake in the 19th century. Arthur Hyde Lucas is recorded as occupier at the time of Griffith's Valuation, holding the property from John Hyde when it was valued at £20. In 1880 the property passed to Henry John Lucas, nephew of the second Arthur Hyde Lucas. Sold by the Lucas family in the 1920s and still inhabited. | |
Rathanna | Col. Knox Barrett held this property from Jane Mullin at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £20. It remained in the Barret family until the early 1900s when it was sold to the Monahan family who owned it until the 1960s. McTernan writes that it was sold to the Jurys Hotel Group who built the Sligo Park Hotel in front of the original house which was demolished in the 1980s. | |
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Rathanny | A house situated on the estate of the Earl of Limerick, occupied by John Sheeran in 1814 and by T. Bennett in 1837. Thomas F. Bennett was still resident at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £15. |
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Rathanny House | Elizabeth Rowan was leasing a property to Patrick Holohan at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £3. Lewis refers to Rathanny as the residence of Mrs. Rowan in 1837. In the 1830s the Ordnance Survey Name Books noted the house, built c.1730, as the residence of Mrs. Rowan In 1786 Wilson mentions Ratanny as the seat of Mr. Rowan. Bary states that the house was built by the Rowan family in the eighteenth century and lived in by them for much of the early nineteenth century. It was sold in the early twentieth century and is still extant and occupied. |
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Rathbarry Cottage | Rathbarry Cottage was occupied by Major William Love Peard at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The property was held from the Reverend R. Gumbleton and the buildings were valued at £11. Some ruined walls remain at the site. | |
Rathbarry Vicarage/Rectory | Lady Carbery was leasing Rathbarry Vicarage to Rev. H. Stewart at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £20. Labelled as Rectory on the later 25-inch Ordnance Survey map, it is now known as Rathbarry House. |
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Rathbaun | Home of Simon P. Creagh in 1814 and of his son Pierce Creagh in 1837. Occupied by John Hickey at the time of Griffith's Valuation who held the house from Pierce Creagh. The house is no longer extant. | |
Rathbraughan | The 1st edition OS map indicates the house at this location was known as Auburn Cottage. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Edward Smith {Smyth] leasing from William Green and valued at £23. McTernan writes that Smyth was the agent for Lord Palmerston's estate. At times it was leased by members of the Gethin family. It was demolished in the 1980s when Rathbraughan housing estate was built. | |
Rathcarrick | At the time of Griffith's Valuation there were two substantial houses at Rathcarrick, barony of Carbury, both belonging to the Walker estate. John McHutcheon was leasing one property valued at £18 while Amy Eliza Walker was leasing the second, valued at £28. In 1906 John F. Walker was the owner of a house at Rathcarrick, then valued at £63. Rathcarrick house is still extant and has recently been renovated. |
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Rathclare | "Clare Cottage" was originally a residence on the Egmont estate which Hajba writes was leased to the Norcott family. Occupied by Martha Bullen in the early 1850s when the house was valued at £13. A much larger house was constructed in the mid 19th century incorporating the original building. By the end of the 19th century the home of the Burdon family who were still resident in 2002. The property was sold in 2017. . |
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Rathclogh Cottage | A small residence when marked on the first Ordnance Survey map. Occupied by Charles Minchin in 1850, valued at £13+ and held from John Millett. | |
Rathcloheen | Rathcloheen was the home of John Mathew in the first half of the 19th century. The house is situated very close to Thomastown Castle. At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Mathew held Rathcloheen from Lynn Carew and the buildings were valued at £20. "Burke's Irish Family Records" refers to John Smithwick of Rathclogheen, county Tipperary who married Cherry Pennefather in 1823. This house is well preserved and is still used as a residence. |
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Rathcool | Blake Esq was resident at Racool in the 1770s. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe Rathcool as "a castle apparently inhabited. There is another dwelling house attached with a garden". In the mid 19th century Rathcool Castle was occupied by Charles Blackmore and held from the representatives of L. Clutterbuck. The buildings were valued at £16.13 shillings. Charles Blackmore was still residing at Rathcool in the 1870s when he is recorded as the owner of one acre in county Tipperary. Rathcool is still in use as a house. |
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Rathcormac | In 1786 Wilson refers to "Rathcormuck" as the seat of Lord Riversdale. | |
Rathcoursey House (East) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation a house in Rathcoursey East valued at £18 was held by Richard Lyons from the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin. This house is still a residence. |
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Rathcoursey House (West) | Home of the Smith family in the 18th and 19th centuries. John Tynte Smyth lived here in the 1770s. Occupied by John Smith in 1814 and John J. Smyth in the early 1850s. The house was valued at £35 and held from the Marquess of Thomond with 214 acres. It is now run as a guest house. |
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Rathduane | The home of Owen McCarthy in 1814, of J.E. McCarty [Jeremiah Eugene] in 1837 and of Eugene McCarthy at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £20 and held from Sir Broderick Chinnery. Still a McCarthy home in the 1870s. | |
Rathduff | A house occupied by Thomas Kennedy and held from the Reverend John W. Hackett and partners in the mid 19th century when the buildings were valued at £16.15 shillings. | |
Rathellen | McTernan writes that Rathellen was built at the beginning of the nineteenth century as a dower house for the Wood of Woodville estate.. It was purchased by Henry Lyons in 1860 and remained in the Lyons family until the 1940s. It is still extant but unoccupied. | |
Rathfadden Cottage | In1850 this property was leased by Joshua W. Strangeman from the Corporation of Waterford. | |
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Rathfranpark | In 1894 Slater refers to Rathfranpark as the residence of Edmund Knox. At the time of Griffith's Valuation this townland was part of the Palmer estate and leased by Thomas Scott. The house on the property at that time was valued at almost £2. There is still a house at this site. | |
Rathfredagh | This house was erected post Griffith's Valuation. The Irish Tourist Association surveyor dates it to about 1870. It was the home of James Waller O'Grady a grandson of the 1st Viscount Guillamore and of the 3rd Baron Massy. In 1906 Richard O'Grady, eldest son of James Waller O'Grady (born 1867) was living here. The house was valued at £41.15 shillings. Seat of the 8th and 9th Viscount Guillamore and in the mid 1960s the O'Gradys gave this house to the Cheshire Homes Foundation. It opened as the fifth Cheshire Home in Ireland in 1971. http://www.cheshire.ie/centres_rathfredagh.asp |
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Rathglass | In 1814 Rathglass House was the residence of Bernard Rochford. In November 1850 Mark Lynch was occupying the house. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by James M. Bourchier. It is still extant. |
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Rathgormuck Castle | The buildings in the vicinity of Rathgormuck Castle were valued at £10 in 1850 and leased by Walter Mansfield to Thomas Terry. On the first edition Ordnance Survey map the castle is described as "in ruins". | |
Rathgranagher | A house on the Lindsey estate, lived in by Charles Cromie in the late 1830s. It was occupied by John Jackson at the time of Griffith's Valuation, leasing from Thomas Lindsey, when it was valued at £14. A house is still extant there. |
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Rathkeale Abbey | The residence of J. Hewson in 1837 and previously of the representatives of George Lake [Leake] esq. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the Abbey was in the possession of Daniel Griffin who held it from the representatives of William Lake [Leake]. It was valued at £30. Referred to in 1942 as "a substanial well kept mansion" the property of Major Waller. |
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Rathkeery Glebe | Rev. William French was leasing a glebe house at Glebe East, barony of Frenchpark, from Lord de Freyne's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £7. The house no longer survives but an entrance gateway and trees indicate its whereabouts. |
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Rathlaheen House | A pink three storey house, home of a branch of the Vandeleur family in the 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Boyle Vandeleur. Also occupied by Boyle Vandeleur in 1814 and by John Scott Vandeleur in 1837 according to Lewis. It was the centre of the famous Rathlaheen Co-operative in the early 19th century. Following the bankruptcy of John Scott Vandeleur in the 1830s Pierce Creagh occupied the house holding it from the Vandeleurs. It later became a Stoney home. They were resident in 1906. The house is no longer extant. | |
Rathlee | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas Jones was leasing a property valued at £18 at Rathlee, barony of Tireragh, to John Christie. The ''Sligo Directory'' of 1862 indicates that John Christie was a magistrate for the county. McTernan states that this property was associated with the Hewitt family who were connected with the Fitzgerald family through marriage. The Fitzgeralds had acquired an interest in the property at the beginning of the nineteenth century. In 1814 Leet recorded the house at Rathlee as the residence of Michael Fitzgerald. Rathlee is no longer extant but the remains of the walled garden are still visible. | |
Rathluby | By the end of the 18th century Rathluby was in the possession of the Bridgeman family. The buildings were valued at £5 at the time of Griffith's Valuation when Henry Bridgeman occupied the house which he held from Eliza Piercey and it continued to be a Bridgeman home until the end of the 19th century. The house is now a ruin. | |
Rathmagurry House | The 1st edition OS map indicates Rathmagurry House at Rathmagurry in Achonry Parish. At the time of Griffith's Valuation William Gawley was leasing a herd's house valued at £2 from the Knox estate at this location. The house is no longer extant. | |
Rathmaher | Originally a Purcell home which was advertised for sale in May 1850. By the time of Griffith's Valuation this house was owned and occupied by Thomas Wise, valued at £33. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey reported that this house had been built c.1800 by John Purcell originally of Highfort. It was later occupied by Walpole and Smith families. This house is now a ruin. | |
Rathmanna | Thomas Ryan of Rathmanna died in 1835 and is buried in the graveyard of St Mary's Church, Thurles. Rathmanna house was occupied by Thomas Ryan in the mid 19th century and held from Messrs Waller and Doherty on a lease dated 1791 James Doherty to Thomas Ryan. It was valued at £22.17 shillings. In 1865 it was advertised for sale with about 340 acres belonging to Thomas Ryan. Rathmanna a substanial and spacious house was in the possession of Michael Cahill in 1873. A building is still located at this site. | |
Rathmeel | The representatives of William Ormsby were leasing a property valued at £12 at Rathmeel, barony of Tireragh, to Augustus Bolton at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Extensive modern development has taken place in this area. | |
Rathmore | The property at Rathmore was the residence of Major McCann in 1814. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by James McDermott, a family with which it was associated for many years. It had also been recorded as his seat by Lewis in 1837. Earlier, in 1783, Taylor and Skinner recorded it as a seat of the Browne family as did Wilson in 1786. In 1906 it was owned by James McDermott. The house at Rathmore, though smaller than originally, is still extant and occupied. The gatelodge is also extant having undergone extensive renovation. |
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Rathmore House (Kinsale) | Marmaduke Cramer held Rathmore House in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £40. Lewis described it as " a handsome mansion embosomed in flourishing plantations" in 1837 when it was the seat of J. Thomas Cramer. This house is no longer extant. | |
Rathmoyle | Richard Irwin was leasing a property valued at £35 at Rathmoyle, barony of Castlereagh, from George H. Kirkaldy, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This property was also recorded as the residence of Richard Irwin in both 1814 and 1837. In 1749 the Census of Elphin recorded that Arthur Irwin, farmer, resided at Rathmoyle. Gormley states that the property continued in the possession of the Irwin family until 1921. The final distribution of land from this estate took place in 1969 and the house was demolished. | |
Rathneaveen | No house is named on the first edition Ordnance Survey map for this townland, however later maps show Rathneaveen House. It was built in the mid 19th century as Michael Ryan occupied a house valued at £10.15 shillings in this townland at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Michael Ryan of Rathneaveen is recorded in the 1870s and the house is still extant. | |
Rathorp | Lewis records Ratope as the residence of the late J. Foster. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was in the possession of Patrick Geoghegan who held the property from the Marquess of Thomond and 526 acres. The house was valued at £7.10 shillings. A house still exists at the site. |
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Rathowen | In 1786 Wilson refers to a house which he calls "Rathrone", a mile and a half West of Killala, which was part of the estate of the Bishop of Killala. At that time it was occupied by James Rogers, though Wilson indicates it was the property of Rev. G. Rogers, Chancellor of Dromore. Most of the townland was in the possession of William Kirkwood, leasing from Harriett Gardiner, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house is no longer extant. | |
Rathpeacon House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rathpeacon House was occupied by William le Fanu leasing from Richard Thomas when the house was valued at £27. In the 1870s it is recorded as the residence of John Davis. | |
Rathpeak House [Woodpark Lodge] | Owen Lynch was occupying the house at Rathpeak at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £14. Lewis records Woodpark as his seat in 1837. This is also the property listed as his residence in 1814. At the time of the first Ordnance Survey in 1837 the house, known as Rathpeak House, is described as "a fine house, three stories high and in tolerable repair". When the property was advertised for sale in the Landed Estates' Court in 1861 Woodpark Lodge was described as a mansion house which originally cost several thousand pounds to build. There is now no sign of the house and there are modern farm sheds at the stables. Family history sources suggest the house was demolished in the latter years of the twentieth century. |
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Rathpoge | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Sir William Godfrey was leasing this property to William Hickson. No house is marked in this area on the Ordnance Survey map, the only buildings being the Kilcolman farmyard. The buildings on the site were valued at £13. It was still in the possession of the Godfrey estate in 1906 with the same valuation but are no longer extant. | |
Rathroe | Hajba records a lease of Rathroe House from Sir Robert Deane to Denis McCarthy dated 1779. In 1837 another Denis McCarthy was occupying the house and he was also resident in the early 1850s when the house was held from the Reverend Nicholas Chinnery. The buildings were valued at £26.15 shillings. Hajba writes that the McCarthys continued to live in the house until it was sold in the 1930s to Con Meaney TD. The house is no longer extant. | |
Rathronan House | A property granted to John Walsh in 1679. Lewis describes this house as the "elegant residence of Major General Sir Hugh Gough". Viscount Gough was still resident in the mid 19th century when the buildings were valued at £47+ and held from Major William M. Hamerton. This property was in the possession of the Whalley family in the late 19th century. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Rathtermon | Taylor and Skinner indicate Rathtermon as a seat of the Fleming family in 1783. In 1837 Lewis records Rathtermon as the seat of J. Flanagan. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. John Flanagan was leasing a property valued at £10 together with over 200 acres at Rathtermon, barony of Coolavin, to Phillip McDermott. Rathtermon is still the focus of a large farming enterprise. |
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Rathurles | Rathurles was the home of the Brereton family in the 19th century. Occupied by John Brereton in 1814 and T. Brereton in 1837. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as "a modern building". Thomas Brereton was still resident at the time of Griffith's Valuation holding the property valued at £27.15 shillings from Patrick Kernan. Home of Hugh Finch in the 1870s. This house is still extant and occupied. |
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Rathville | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John Blake was the holder of a property at Carrowreagh, barony of Athenry, valued at £10. Rathville House is still extant and occupied. In 2013 it was offered for sale. |
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Ratra House & Stables | Lord de Freyne held a house valued at £4 10s at Ratra, barony of Frenchpark, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1814 Ratra was the residence of Henry Irwin. A house, labelled Ratra, is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. A larger building, on a different site, is labelled Ratra House on the later 25-inch edition [M684939]. Neither of these house are extant now. Offices, the property of Lord de Freyne's estate and valued at £7 10s, were located at Clashcarragh, barony of Frenchpark, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. |
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Rattoo A | Wilson Gun was leasing a property to John Hanlon at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8 10s. This may be the building shown on the Ordnance Survey maps adjacent to the area known as The Paddock and not far from the farmyard. Buildings are still extant at these locations. | |
Rattoo House | At the time of Grffith's Valuation, Rattoo House, in the possession of Wilson Gun, was valued at £20. Lewis refers to Rattoo Lodge as the residence of W.T. Gun in 1837. This would appear to be the house which Bary states was built by Wilson Gun in 1836. The 1st editon Ordnance Survey map, however, indicates "Rattoo House (in ruins)", south west of the Round Tower, which would suggest there was an earlier house also known by this name. In 1906 it was owned by William T.J. Gun and valued at £63. The house remained in the Gun family and their descendents until the early twentieth century when it was sold to the Land Commission by Ella Browne, grand-daughter of Wilson Gun. The Irish Tourist Association Survey, however, still describes it as in her possession "a large straggling building with fourteen bedrooms and fine sittingrooms". It is still extant and occupied. In 2010 it was offered for sale. |
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Ravenswood or Monroe House | Michael Roberts was leasing this property to Ralph Westropp at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £38. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map it is labelled Monroe House but later came to be known as Ravenswood House. Monroe House appears at a different location (W715627) on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map of the 1890s. Ravenswood was occupied by the Westropp family until the twentieth century. |
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Rawleystown Court | Lewis writes that "in the parish of Cahercorney are the remains of Raleighstown, an ancient building erected by the uncle of Sir Walter and afterwards the property of the Croker family, who built a splendid house here, now in ruins". The Ordnance Survey Name Book states that the house was built about 75 years previously by the Crokers and that it was afterwards sold to one of the workmen employed in building it who immediately destroyed it. In 1786 Wilson refers to "Rawlen's-town/Rawleigh's-town" as a seat of the Croker family. The first Ordnance Survey map marks the house as a ruin. | |
Rea | William Talbot Crosbie's estate owned this property at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £5 15s. The original house is not extant now. | |
Redcity | In the mid 19th century William Harney held a house valued at £11+ from Sir John Power in the townland of Redcity. Buildings are still located at this site. | |
Redcliff Lodge / Foildarrig | At the time of Griffith’s Valuation James Hickson held a property, valued at over £21, at Brackloon.On the 1st edition OS map it is labelled Foildarrig. By 1895 it had become known as Red Cliff. Bary states that Hickson built it as a summer residence when he worked as the agent for Lord Landsdowne. It was later owned by the Catholic church and more recently operated as a guesthouse. In 2003 it was offered for sale. | |
Redhill | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Baker was leasing a property valued at £14 at Mullaghroe, barony of Coolavin, from Viscount Lorton's estate. Lewis recorded Redhill as the seat of Andrew Baker in 1837. The house remained in the Baker family until 1912. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Redmondstown | In 1814 Redmondstown was the residence of J. Parson Ducket and in 1837 of a member of the Quinn family. In the early 1850s R.G. Fitzgerald was the occupier, holding the house valued at £16.15 shillings from the Earl of Glengall. This house is still extant and is located in a wooded area. Thomas Albert Quin of Redmondstown owned 612 acres in the 1870s. | |
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. |
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Redwood | Marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map as Moatfield House and on later maps as Redwood. Moate-field, Burris-a-kane, was the home of William Clarke in 1814. In 1841 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as "Moat Field, a good dwelling house the residence of Miss Clarke". In the mid 19th century Robert Daly held a house valued at £15 and 324 acres in Redwood from Lord Bloomfield. Redwood is still extant. | |
Redwood House | Redwood was the home of the Bloomfield family in county Tipperary, occupied by Major Bloomfield in 1837. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books mention that Redwood was "a commodious house, at present occupied by a party of the constabulary and also the residence of Mr. Ryan, under-agent to Maj. Bloomfield". It is marked as a police station on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. At the time of Griffith's Valuation. Phillip Crawley held the property from Lord Bloomfield and the house was valued at £15. Redwood House later became a Trench home, valued at £18.15 shillings in 1906. It no longer exists. | |
Reeks View | Rev. William de Moleyns was leasing this property from Lord Ventry's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £4 15s, on a holding of 140 acres. It appears on the 1893 edition of the Ordnance Survey map as Reeks View. It is still extant. | |
Reen Lodge | Leased by Robert White from the Bantry estate in 1852 when the house was valued at £10+. Noted by Leet as the residence of Rev. William Hodnett in 1814. In the later half of the nineteenth century it seems to have been occupied by the Leonard family. Documents in relation to it exist in the Bantry Estate papers. The Irish Tourist Association survey in the 1940s refer to it as owned by Mr. Regan. It is still extant and occupied. | |
Reenadisert Court | Leased by Robert Warren from the Bantry estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at almost £6. It was originally a seventeenth century fortified house built by the O'Sullivans and is now in ruins. A second property, Reenadisert Cottage (W000531), appears on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s but this has now disappeared. |
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Reenmeen Cottage | Leased by Robert White from the Bantry estate in 1852 when it was valued at £11+. Named as Reenmeen Cottage by Lewis who notes it as the seat of R. White in 1837. Buildings still exist at the site. A house named Glengarriff Cottage (V939564) appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Map in this townland but is not visible on the later 25-inch map. | |
Reenmore House | Rev. John Day was leasing a property valued at £12 15s from the Lansdowne estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This may have been the conjoined property labelled Sound House and Fir View on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map. On the 25-inch map of the 1890s, Sound House has become known as Reenmore House. The are still extant buildings at the site. | |
Reenydonagan House | Leased by Roger O'Sullivan from the Kenmare estate in 1852 when it was valued at £12. Lewis notes it as the seat of D. O'Sullivan in 1837. The house is still extant and operates as a guesthouse. |
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Regaile | In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books record Rev. Mr. Joice as the occupant of Regeale. The Reverend Robert Armstrong occupied the house at the time of Griffith's Valuation holding it from Richard Phillips. The buildings were valued at £20.18 shillings.A house is still extant at Regaile. | |
Rehill | Rehill was occupied by William Fennell in 1814 and 1837 but by the time of Griffith's Valuation James Mulcahy was resident, holding the property from the Earl of Glengall. The buildings which included a house, offices and corn mill were valued at £62. Sold in 1853 to Robert Murdock and leased by him to Edward Mulcahy. A building is still located as this site. | |
Renmore House | The residence of Patrick Marcus Lynch and his descendants on the outskirts of Galway from the early 19th century, leased from the Governors of the Erasmus Smith Schools. It was valued at £35 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house was sold circa 1924 and became a tuberculosis sanitorium. It is now part of a Health Service facility. |
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Rennies Cottage | Built by Luke Joseph Shea in the 1830s, he held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £28 with an adjacent mill. A building is still extant at the site. | |
Renny | This house, overlooking the River Blackwater, may have been part of the Widenham estate which passed to the Smyths. The site had earlier associations with the poet Edmund Spenser. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to "Rinny, the seat of Mr. Nagle, which was formerly part of the estate of the immortal Spenser". In 1814 the Reverend C.P. Wallis was the occupant. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was occupied by Henry Smith who held the property in fee, the buildings were valued at £23. Henry Smyth advertised the house and 541 acres for sale in May 1851, all it required at that time was a "small outlay in paint and paper to make it at once fit for occupation". In 1885 Walford noted Renny as the seat of John Blackburne. Hajba writes that the last occupant was Captain [Pepper] Roberts. The Earl of Listowel demolished the house following the Captain's death in 1900 though many of the buildings shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map had already disappeared by then. | |
Renvyle | The house at Renvyle was inhabited by the O'Flahertys in 1811 and was described by Henry Blake in his ''Letters from the Irish Highlands''.The Blakes went to live at Renvyle in the early 1820s and an additional storey was added in the mid 19th century. Run as a guest house in the 1880s, it was bought by Oliver St John Gogarty in 1917. Badly burnt in 1923 he rebuilt it as a hotel. |
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Rich Hill | The residence of the Howley family in the 19th century, held by them in fee and valued at £39 in the early 1850s. Rich Hill was also the childhood home of Captain William O'Shea. |
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Rich Hill | A house occupied by Thomas George French at the time of Griffith's Valuation, valued at £20 and held by him in fee. | |
Richfordstown House | Thomas Lucas was leasing this property from the Smith-Barry estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £26. It was the seat of Jasper Evans Lucas in 1814. In the 1870s John R. Lucas was the owner of the property. There is now a large farming enterprise here, as well as a house which may have replaced the earlier house. |
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Richmond | Located in the town of Fermoy, Richmond was occupied by H. Smyth in 1837 and by George Walker. It was the residence of the Furlong family in the second half of the 19th century. In the 1920s they sold the house to the Loreto Sisters. Still part of the convent complex at the beginning of the 21st century. |
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Richmond | The home of the Mannix family in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Occupied by S. Oliver in 1814 and by R. Mannis [Mannix] in 1837. [Henry Mannix was resident in the early 1850s when the house was valued at £27 and held from Jonas Morris.] A house is still extant at the site. | |
Richmond | Bence Jones writes that this was a fortified house onto which a three storey house was built in 1733. The house was later altered and expanded. Richmond was the seat of the Gason family in the 18th and 19th centuries, originally known as Killashalloe. Occupied by Richard Gason in 1814 and in 1837 and held by him in fee in the early 1850s when it was valued at £46. This house remained in Gason possession until 1956 when the roof was removed and the farm was sold in 1962. Part of the facade of the Ulster Bank headquarters at George's Quay, Dublin, was constructed from blocks of stone from Richmond House (''The Irish Independent'', 16 March 1999) . | |
Richmond House (Affane) | Maj John H. Alcock was leasing this property from Henry Dennehy at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £29. Lewis also noted it as his seat in 1837. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage indicates it was also linked with the Villiers Stuart family. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Richmond Villa | This house valued at £16 in the mid 19th century was occupied by the Westropp family from at least 1814, although a Mrs Wallace was in residence in 1837. The Reverend Fitzgerald records a Mr William Wallace as resident in the 1820s and that the house was built about 70 years previously. It was situated on the Tomkins estate. | |
Richmount | Richard Sealy held this property in perpetuity in the early 1850s when it was valued at £45.Lewis also notes it as his seat in 1837. It had been a residence of the Sealy family since the early eighteenth century. The site is now occupied by Bandon Grammer School. | |
Rickfield (Skull) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Robert Swanton was leasing this property from the Connor estate when it was valued at £6 5s There are still buildings at the site. | |
Rickfield Cottage (Skull) | Hugh Swanton was leasing this property from the Connor estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £5. Buildings are still extant at the site. | |
Riddlestown Park | The seat of a branch of the Blennerhassett family, built circa 1730, it passed by inheritance to the Knight of Glin. In 1786 Wilson wrote that it was was the seat of Mr. Blennerhasset. Described by Lewis in 1837 as ''the ancient mansion of Gerald Blennerhassett'' on the banks of the Deel. It was held in fee by Gerald Blennerhasset at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £22. Passed to the Knight of Glin in the early 20th century and then sold. It is still extant. |
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Rigsdale House | Not named on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but labelled Rigsdale House on the 25-inch map, published in 1899. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was described as "herd's house" and being leased by the Wheatley estate to the representatives of Benjamin Roberts. It was valued at £10 at the time. In the early 1940s the Irish Tourist Association survey noted that " there is no trace of the old residence of the family. Richard Bird lives in modern residence of Rigsdale". It is still extant and part of a farming enterprise. |
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Rinagry Cottage/Rinagry House | The residence of a junior branch of the Gortnaraby family, described at the time of the first Ordnance Survey as "a neat thatched cottage built in 1807". Rinagry was leased by Edward S. Perry from John Ormsby at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at more than £10. An enlarged building is labelled Rinagry House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. It is no longer extant. | |
Rindaly Cottage | In 1906 the Ashley estate owned a property at Creevymore, barony of Carbury, valued at almost £9. At the time of Griffith's Valuation this property had been in use as an agriculturalist's house on the Palmerston estate, and leased to John Lynch. McTernan notes that Lynch acted as resident agent and land steward for the estate. A second house, adjacent to the first, was leased, at the time of the Valuation, to Rev.Malachy Brennan and valued at over £8. | |
Rindaly Cottage | Rev. Malachy Brennan was leasing a property valued at almost £10 at Creevymore, barony of Carbury, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This appears to be the house known as Rindaly Cottage and was leased from Lord Palmerston's estate. | |
Rindifin Cottage | In 1786 Wilson refers to Rhyndifen as the seat of Prendergast Smyth. Lewis records Rhyndifin as the seat of the Blaquiere family in 1837. It was occupied by Mary Moloney at the time of Griffith's Valuaiton, leasing from the Knox estate and was valued at £4. The entrance gateway is extant and a house still occupies the original site. |
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Rineen | The property at Rineen was leased to Daniel O'Dea by Henry Comerford at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was valued at £26 and included a mill. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it was built c.1804 by Count de Basterot. It is now a ruin. |
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Rineroe [Fort Union] | The house at this site is labelled Rineroe on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey maps but as Fort Union on the later 25-inch map of the 1890s. It was held by John Christy from the Dunraven estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £24. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Ring Arundal | Jasper Lucas was leasing a house and extensive mill complex from the Smith-Barry estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when its combined value was £23. The mill is not present on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. The house is still extant. |
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Ring Cottage | A house marked as Ring Cottage on the first Ordnance Survey map and occupied by Uniack Mackey in the early 1850s, when held from the Marquis of Thomond and valued at £10. Still extant and now known as Ring House. |
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Ring House | Ring House was being leased by Henry Austin to Henry B. Beamish at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8 10s. There is still a house at the site. |
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Ring House | Lewis records J. McCarthy as proprietor of Ring in 1837. Thomas Taylor was resident in the early 1850s holding the house valued at £16 from the Marquis of Thomond. Thomas Taylor of Ring owned 76 acres in the 1870s. The house is now an ivy covered ruin. | |
Ring View | Ring View was being leased by Robert Baily from the deVesci estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £18 10s. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Ringabella | Samuel Hodder held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £25. Lewis refers to it as the seat of S.A. Austin in 1837. In 1942 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that had been a residence of the Austins but was then owned by the McCarthy family. Ringabella is still extant and occupied. | |
Ringmahon Castle | The proprietor of Ring Mahon Castle in 1837 was J. Murphy. James Murphy occupied the house valued at £68 in the early 1850s and held the property from William Crawford who held from the Chattertons by lease dated 1797. This property was still in the possession of the Murphy family at the end of the 19th century. | |
Rinneen House & Mills | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, James Swanton was leasing a house valued at £9 at Carrigtishane from Rev, M. Townsend. A mill in the same location (W183333), held by Messers. Swanton, Goold and McNamara, was valued at £56. Information locally suggests that James Swanton built the house. Local sources claim the house was later used by the Catholic Church as the priest's house. It is now a ruin which was offered for sale in 2009. The mill buildings, now disused, are still extant. |
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Rinroe House | Rinroe was leased from the Wingfield estate by John Boyd at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8. It later became a residence of the Ormsby family, relatives of the Ormsbys of Glen, and remained in that family until the 1960s. Earlier, in 1786, Wilson refers to it as "Bunro, the seat of Mr. Leech". The house is still extant. | |
Rinville House | Lewis records the house at Rinville as the seat of T.L. Athy in 1837. Earlier in 1814 it was the residence of Phillip Athy. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was valued at £48 and was occupied by Randal Athy. A second property in the townland of Rinville West was leased by the Athy estate to Patrick Blake. In 1906 Rinville was owned by Edmond J. Athy and was valued at £43. It is now an ivy covered ruin. Part of the demesne lands are a public park maintained by Galway County Council. A gate lodge is still extant but unoccupied. A graveyard for the Oranmore area has been established on part of the demesne lands. |
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Rinville Lodge | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Patrick Blake was leasing a house valued at £12 at Rinville West, barony of Dunkellin, from Randal Athy. This appears to be the house known as Rinville Lodge on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. By the 1890s it had become known as Bay View the name by which it is still known. |
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River Lawn | In 1839, he Ordnance Survey Name Books describe River Lawn house as "a commodious house, the property of William Poe, in the occupation of E. Radford esq". At the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £10 it was leased by Augustus H. Going from William Poe. It is still extant and occupied. |
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River View | River View was recorded as a seat of the Lopdell family by Lewis in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation it was owned by the representatives of Vicisimus Knox and was being leased by the Vereker estate when it was valued at £5. It is now in ruins. | |
River View | A mid 19th century house, marked on the first Ordnance Survey map. At the time of Griffith's Valuation this house valued at £27 was occupied by John Able and held from the Reverend Edward Croker. |
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River View (Bandon) | Held by Thomas Gash from the Devonshire estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £30. A house still exists at the site. |
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River View (Dunmanway) | Rev.John Meade was leasing this property from William Norwood in 1851 when it was valued at almost £10. Adam N. Meade of Riverview, Dunmanway, owned 529 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. In 1894 Slater records Riverview as the seat of Rev. George Deacon. A house still exists at this site. | |
River View (Knigh) | James Kingsley was leasing this property from the Farrar estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10+. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to River View House as "a commodious dwelling house, the residence of John Tuthill, esq.". Buildings are still extant at the site. | |
River View [Donaghpatrick] | This house was occupied by James Kearns in the 1850s, leasing from the Duke of Bedford's estate, when the house was valued at £8. It is still extant and occupied. |
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River Ville [Mulkear] | Built circa 1800 and the seat of Arnold Hill circa 1840 this house was occupied by Samuel F. Dickson at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held by him from William D. Farrer with 206 acres, The buildings were valued at almost £16.The house is labelled River Ville on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Mulkear on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Riverdale House | John Heard was leasing this property from the Stawell estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10. In 1837, Lewis refers to "Riversdale" as the seat of T. Bailey. It is still extant and occupied and is now known as Riversdale House. |
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Rivers | In 1786 Wilson refers to Rivers as the seat of Brooke Brasier. Only the remains of a driveway and estate buildings are visible on the 1st edition Ordnance survey map of the 1830s. | |
Riversdale | Matilda Shanley was leasing Riversdale House at Corrachole to William Lawder in the 1850s when it was valued at £12. In 1837 Lewis records it as the seat of the Shanley family. It is still extant and operates as a farm guesthouse. |
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Riversdale | In the 1830s the house is described as "on rising ground and in good repair" Held by James Kelly in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £22. The original house is no longer extant. | |
Riversdale | Built by the Massys in the early 19th century and occupied by Hugh Massy in 1837 and held by him in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £30+. Lynch writes that this house was bought from the Massy Dawsons by John Noonan in 1922, who ran it as a hotel. |
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Riversdale | A house occupied by Patrick Hyland at the time of Griffith's Valuation, held from Usher Beere and valued at £15+. | |
Riversdale | This house was built after the first Ordnance Survey. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas S. D. Robinson is recorded as the occupier of a house valued at £15 in the townland of Ballynavin. He held the property in fee. Thomas S.D. Robinson was still living at Riversdale in the 1870s. This house continues to be used as a residence. |
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Riversdale (Kenmare) | George Mayberry, MD, was leasing Riversdale from the Lansdowne estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12 5s. Bary states that the house was in the Mayberry family until the early twentieth century when it was pruchased by the Representative Church Body who owned it until the 1960s. It is now an hotel. |
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Riversdale House | John R. French was leasing a house valued at £25 at Kilateasheen from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners at the time of Griffith's Valuation. There is no substantial house marked on the 1st edition OS map. This house is still extant and known as Riversdale House. |
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Riversfield | A house located on the Coote estate, occupied by Thomas Weldon in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £20. John H. Weldon of Riversfield owned 68 acres in county Limerick in the 1870s. Occupied by Mr and Mrs Watt in 1943. It is still extant. | |
Riversfield (Upper Ormond) | In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books record Riversfield as " a neat house, the residence of Mr. John Ardill". He was leasing it and the adjoining mills from Mrs.Otway Cave's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the buildings were valued at £17+. A house and farm buildings are still extant at the site. | |
Riverston | Weir writes that John Tymons was resident here in 1799. James Lysaght occupied the house in 1814 and Jonas Studdert in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Riverston was the home of Mrs Anne Bolton who held the house from James Timmins, a minor. | |
Riverston | Leets records Riverstown, Nenagh, as the home of Wills Crofts. In 1806 John Bennett of Cork city married the only daughter of Wills Crofts of Riverston, county Tipperary (''Freeman's Journal'' 12 June 1806). In 1837 John Bennett was the proprietor of Riverston. At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Bennett held the property from the representatives of Peter Holmes and the house was valued at £55 and the nearby mill at £54. The home of a member of the Poe family in the 1870s. |
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Riverstown | An early 18th century house with fine plasterwork by the Francini brothers, the seat of the Browne family for two and a half centuries. The Brownes were still occupying the house in 1837 but John Carmichael is recorded as the occupier in the early 1850s when it was valued at £32.10 shillings. Restored in the 1960s by the Dooleys with help from the Irish Georgian Society. |
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Riverstown | The home of the Hackett family in the 19th century, occupied by Simpson Hackett in 1814 and in the 1830s and 1840s. Thomas Hackett was resident in the early 1850s and held the property from the Earl of Rosse. The house was valued at £29+. The Hacketts were still resident in the 1870s. This house is still extant and occupied and situated on the border of counties Tipperary and Offaly. In 2013 it was offered for sale. |
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Riverview | At the time of Griffith's Valuation held by James Browne in fee and valued at £14. It is described as "in ruins" on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. | |
Riverview | Rev. Michael Field was leasing this property from the Frewen estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10. It was burnt in June 1921 during the War of Independence when it was the residence of Col. Francis Godley. Now a ruin. | |
Riverview (Kilculiheen) | Joshua Williams was leasing Riverview from Richard C. Pope in 1849 when the house was valued at £37 10s. There is still an extant house at the site. | |
Riverville (Currans) | Charles Blennerhassett held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £9 15s. Lewis records Riverville as the seat of Richard Marshall in 1837. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Books record Riverville as the residence of Richard Marshall c.1840, describing it as "a thatched house of oblong shape". Bary states that the house was a seat of the Marshell family and believed to have been built by them in the eighteenth century. They remained there until the 1840s. Later in the nineteenth century it was associated with the Spring family It is still extant and occupied. | |
Rivoli | Weir describes Rivoli as a late 19th century house to which James Shannon's family moved from nearby Derry House in the second half of the 19th century. It was a home of the Hunt family in the early 20th century. | |
Roadstown | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Charles O'Connor was leasing the property at Roadstown, barony of Corran from Rev. William Hearne and Capt. Starke, when it was valued at £6.Lewis also records it as the seat of the O'Connor family. In the eighteenth century Roadstown was associated with the Fleming family some of whom are buried in the churchyard of Emlaghfad, near Ballymote. Roadstown House is still standing but derelict. The house and farm were sold in 2005. |
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Roan | Dennis Duan was resident here in 1814 and Robert Purcell in 1814. He held the property valued at £18.15 shillings from Matthew Jacob. This house had later associations with the Bianconi family and is still a family home. |
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Roaring Water Cottage | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John F. Townsend was leasing this property to Frances Long, when it was valued at £8. Lewis mentions Roaring Water House as the residence of J. O'Sullivan in 1837. The house is still extant and occupied. | |
Robe Villa | A town house on the River Robe, home of the Kenny family for 200 years, sold by them in the early 1980s to the Ballinrobe Rugby Club. |
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Rochemount | The residence of a junior branch of the Roche family in the 19th century. Occupied by Francis Roche in 1814 and by John Webb Roche in 1837 and the early 1850s when the buildings were valued at £30. He held the property in fee. In 1894 Slater notes Rochemount as the seat of Francis W.A. Roche. There are still buildings extant at this site. | |
Rochestown | Rochestown came into the possession of the Barton family through the marriage in 1798 of Dunbar Barton and Elizabeth Riall. In 1837 Lewis describes Rochestown as the seat [of their son] S. Barton. Samuel Barton was resident in the early 1850s holding the house valued at £37 from a member of the Beamish family. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records the remodelling of the house in 1867 by the Wise family, the design by Sir Thomas Newman Deane. The house was valued at £55 in 1906 and occupied by Francis H. Wise. Damaged by fire in 1918 and completely destroyed by fire in February 1923. |
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Rock Castle | Frederick Oldham was leasing this property from Godfrey Baldwin at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12. By 1865, it was part of the estate of Robert Forster, an insolvent, and was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in July of that year and again in January and November, 1866. The sale notice indicates that the lands were held on a lease, dated 1858, from the Earl of Bandon's estate to Thomas Poole. Noted by Leet as the seat of Edward Beecher in 1814. Though there are buildings extant at the site they do not appear to be occupied. | |
Rock Castle Mill | John and James Gillman were leasing this property to John Hazel at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8 and the mill at £52. In 1837 Lewis had noted it as the property of Mr. Heazle. It does not appear on the later 25" Ordnance Survey Map, suggesting perhaps, that it had ceased operations by the end of the nineteenth century. | |
Rock Cottage | 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. | |
Rock Cottage (Barnahely) | William Warren was leasing this property to Richard Foott at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £11 5s. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Rock Cottage (Passage West) | Catherine Parker was leasing this property from Thomas Boland in 1850 when it was valued at £36 10s. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Rock Cottage (Skull) | James O'Callaghan was leasing Rock Cottage from the Earl of Bandon's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £11. In 1837 Lewis had recorded it as the residence of J. O'Callaghan. James O'Callaghan owned over 450 acres in the area in the 1870s. Operated as a guesthouse in the later twentieth century and offered for sale in 2009. |
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Rock Farm | The home of John Cantillon in 1837 and in the early 1850s when it was valued at £16 and held from Warren Hastings Rowland Jackson. | |
Rock House | Noone states that this house was built by an Oxford barrister Thomas Birch, post 1838. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was held in fee by George Clive when the buildings were valued at £30. It is still extant and now serves as guest accommodation. |
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Rock House | Edward Gillman held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £24. Lewis records the property as the seat of J. Gillman in 1837. It was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in June 1851. In the late 1770s it was occupied by a member of the Baker family. There is still an extant house at this site. | |
Rock House (Ardmore) | Richard Usher was leasing this property from the O'Dell estate in 1851 when it was valued at £18. Though the building is still visible it is not named on the later 25-inch Ordnance Survey map. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it may once have been three houses that were amalgamated into one property, possibly in the early nineteenth century. It is still extant. |
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Rock Island House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Thomas Notter held this property in fee when it was valued at £16 10s. In 1837 Lewis recorded it as the seat of J. Notter. Leet refers to Rock-Island as the residence of Henry Alleyn in 1814. It is still extant. |
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Rock Lodge | This house was the home of Samuel Harding from at least 1814 to the mid 19th century. He held the property from the Earl of Clare. At the time of Griffith's Valution, it was occupied by Michael Harding and valued at £10. Home of the Behan family at the end of the 20th century. | |
Rock Lodge | A house on the Donoughmore estate, occupied by R. Carleton in 1837 and by Henry Osborne Seward at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £25. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Rock Lodge (Gaultiere) | Andrew Meade was leasing this property from Lord Waterford's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £14 12s. It is named Rock Lodge on both the First and latre 25-inch editions Ordnance Survey maps. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Rock View | Rock View, Cashel, was occupied by John Lane in 1814, by Sam Cooper in 1837 and by Mrs Margaret Matthews in the early 1850s. The buildings were valued at £18.16 shillings and held from General Hall. This house, located close to the road between Golden and Cashel, is still occupied. |
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Rock View /Airmount House | Thomas Pope was leasing this property to Rev. Martin Flynn in 1850 when it was valued at £31. It is labelled Rock View on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map but as Airmount House on the later 25-inch edition. Later the property of the Mahony and MacDonald families. |
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Rock Ville (Passage West) | Mrs. Anne Taylor was leasing Rock Ville from the Parker estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £25. Lewis refers to it as the seat of J. Taylor in 1837. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Rockbarton | Also known as Mount Prospect, Fitzgerald describes Mount Prospect as the "magnificent seat and demesne of the present Chief Baron". Lewis describes Rockbarton as the "elegant mansion of Lord Guillamore". It was occupied by John Low at the time of Griffith's Valuation who held it from the Viscount. It was valued at £75. By 1906 the value of the house was reduced to £60 and it was then occupied by Lord Fermoy. The Irish Tourist Association surveyor records the sale of this house to Mr Barry in 1922. It remained in his possession until it was demolished in 1941 and the fittings sold to a Limerick builder. He writes that it was one of the "showplaces of Ireland" with a grand staircase of marble and that it had been renovated at a cost of £70,000 circa 1912 by the Honourable Nigel Baring who was married to a daughter of Lord Fermoy.The house is now a ruin. | |
Rockborough | Rockborough was the home of T. Mitchel Browne in 1837. Situated on the Hedges estate it was occupied by John G. Browne in the early 1850s, when it was valued at £25. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that it had formerly belonged to the Brownes but was then the home of the Twomey family. This property is still extant. | |
Rockbrook | Rockbrook was originally a Phibbs property. It later came into the possession of Abraham Martin of Cleveragh who leased it to the Cogan family and later to the Lougheed estate. It was occupied by John Lougheed at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £3. Johnston states that the estate was divided by the Land Commission in the 1920s and that the house was sold by Mrs. Lougheed in 1938. It burnt down in 1945 and only the ruins remain today. | |
Rockenham | In 1850 Thomas Parsons Boland was leasing this house to Noble Johnson, when it was valued at £100. Lewis refers to it as Johnson's seat in 1837. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it was built by the Johnsons in the 1820s. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Rockfield | An early 18th century residence of the FitzGeralds, their first home in the parish of Turlough. In 1786 Wilson refers to this house as Rockfield Lodge, a seat of Charles Lionel Fitzgerald. It is visible but not named on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but most of the buildings have disappeared by the publication of the 25-inch map of the 1890s. | |
Rockfield | Another Mitchell house in the townland of Castlestrange, occupied by D. Merry in 1837 and by David Wakefield in the 1850s. It is not shown on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Rockfield was the home of Christopher and Mary Anne Irwin in 1749. | |
Rockfield | In 1837 Lewis noted that "Rockville" was the property of the representatives of the late John Drew. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Whorland was leasing a property valued at £5 10s from the Drew estate. The property was offered for sale by Alicia Wherland in the Landed Estates Court in July 1862 and again in July 1872. In 1906 Rockfield was owned by Bertram Morrogh Bernard and was valued at £11. Bary mentions it as a house associated with the Sealy family. Buildings are still extant at the site. | |
Rockfield | The residence of Edward Fitzgerald in the first half of the 19th century, held by him from Captain Richard Gloster at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at over £11. | |
Rockfield | Situated on the estate of Edward C. Villiers, this house was the home of a branch of the Blennerhassett family in the mid 19th century. It was named Rock View on the first Ordnance Survey map. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book refers to Rockview as a "plain thatched cottage built in 1819". On the later 25-inch map the house is labelled "Rockfield House". Slater, in 1894, refers to it as the seat of R.B. Blennerhassett. In 1906 Rockfield was described as a mansion house and valued at £22. It was occupied by Richard A. Blennerhassett. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Rockfield | A Nash home in the first half of the 19th century, occupied by Christopher Nash at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from John James Nugent. The buildings were valued at £7. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that this property had once belonged to a family called Badham but was afterwards acquired by the Nashs and that "the present house was probably built by the latter family". A house and substantial farm are still extant at Rockfield. | |
Rockfield | Marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map, this house was occupied by Henry French at the time of Griffith's Valution and was described as a herd's house. It was valued at £4 and was located on the estate of Lord Oranmore and Browne. Now derelict it was last occupied by the Dillon family. |
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Rockfield (Modelligo) | Pierce Hely held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £33 10s. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to "Rockville" as the seat of Mr. Hely. The house is still extant and occupied. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage notes its association, not only with the Hely family, but also that of English and Grove-White. |
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Rockfield House | Melvin states that throughout the 18th and 19th centuries the house at Rockfield was occupied by Burkes, Brownes, Blakes and Concanons. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Patrick J. Blake and was valued at £26. In 1837 Lewis recorded it as the home of M. Browne. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to it as the seat of Michael Browne. In 1906 it was owned by Richard A. Nugent when it was valued at £27. The Encumbered and Landed Estates Court sale notices give the impression that the house was sometimes known as Rockville. Though the house no longer survives the gate lodges are still occupied. |
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Rockfield Tower | At the time of Griffith's Valuation held by Tobias Delmege from Lord Southwell and valued at £9. This house is still in use as a residence. |
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Rockfleet Castle | An O'Malley castle, owned by the Arbuthnots at the end of the 18th century. By the time of Griffith's Valuation, the townland was in the possession of William B. Stony, leasing from Captain A.W. Wyndham. The castle ruin is still extant. |
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Rockford | The original house was marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map but it was enlarged and altered sometime after the first Ordnance Survey. Another house also known as Rockford House was built to the south east of the original house in 1881 for Theobald Richard Wolfe, Grid Ref R855 821. It remained in the possession of the Wolfe family until 1943. Rockfort (sic) was the residence of Jeoffrey Kingsley in 1814 and of J. Wolfe in 1837. In 1823 John Wolfe married Frances Elizabeth Kingsley, an only child. John Wolfe held the house valued at £18 and 232 acres from the representatives of General Chowe in the early 1850s. The Wolfes were still resident in the 1870s. |
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Rockforest | A home of Bindon Blood throughout the first half of the 19th century and later of his son, Bagot Blood, who died in 1897. It was held in fee by Bindon Blood at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12. The house shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map was replaced by a later house a short distance away. A house is still extant at this site. | |
Rockforest | The seat of the Cotter family from the mid 18th century and occupied by them until the 20th century. Wilson, writing in 1786, describes it as "a most beautiful improvment, highly wooded, situated on the Blackwater, the seat of James Laurence Cotter". Occupied by Mrs J.R. Cotter, sister-in-law of the 3rd Baronet, in the mid 19th century when the buildings were valued at £18. By 1906 its value had risen to £38.15 shillings. Only half of the house now survives, the Irish Tourist Association Survey of 1942 noting that "the greater part of the building had been knocked down". For sale in 2012 through Savills. |
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Rockforest | Originally a Hutchinson property, incorporating the old castle of Knockballymaher, which passed to Edward Corker Minchin following his marriage in 1848 to Sarah Anne, only child by his first marriage of William Henry Hutchinson. Stephen Minchin was the occupier at the time of Griffitih's Valuation holding the property from Edward Minchin. The buildings were valued at £16. ''Burke's Irish Family Records'' states that Rockforest was sold in the Encumbered Estates' Court in 1852 and the Minchins emigrated to New Zealand. It appears to have been bought by William Gibson, father of Captain William Gibson who was residing at Rockforest, Roscrea in the 1870s. This house is now demolished but the outbuildings and stables still remain intact. |
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Rockforest Lodge | This house was the residence of Pierse Creagh in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Henry O. Seavers occupied this house, valued at £24 and held by him in fee. This house is still inhabited. In 2010 it was offered for sale. see http://www.michaelhdaniels.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=propsearch |
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Rockfort | Valued at £4 in the mid 19th century when it was occupied by Thomas Bourke who held from David Ruttledge. The Westport Estate Papers contain two 17th century maps of Levallyroe in the possession of Gerald Dillon and held from the Blakes. The Malones also had an interest in Levallyroe and Boleyboy. | |
Rockfort House | This house was the property of John Hornibrook at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at almost £9 and unoccupied. The house is still extant. He was also the owner of the nearby Rockfort Mill [W526587], valued at almost £13 and leased to Johanna Hurley. The latter property is labelled "disused" on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. |
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Rockgrove | A house valued at £18.10 shillings was held by John Good from John Carney at Rockgrove in the early 1850s. John Good is also recorded as resident in this house by Lewis in 1837. | |
Rockgrove | The seat of the Dring family in the 18th and 19th centuries, valued at £50 in the early 1850s. Bence Jones writes that it was sold by the Drings in the early 20th century, valued at £80 in 1906, and was restored in the 1970s. The house is now used as offices. |
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Rockhill | Occupied by John Burne in 1814 and described as a tolerably good farmhouse at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. Occupied by E. Hodson in 1837 and by Thomas Wilson who held it from James Wilson in the 1850s. Thomas Wilson was still resident in the 1870s. |
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Rockhill House | The earlier house at Rockhill was the residence of Daniel Higgins in 1814. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was occupied by Dominick D'Arcy and was valued at £9. A new house appears to have been built in the latter half of the nineteenth century and, in the 1870s, it was the seat of Lionel D'Arcy. Rockhill is stil extand and well-maintained. |
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Rockingham | Sir Robert King, Viscount Lorton, built Rockingham House around 1810 and the family moved there from King House in Boyle. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Rockingham was valued at £180. In 1903 Rockingham became the county residence of the Lord Lieutenant Lord Dudley. It was destroyed by fire in 1957 and subsequently demolished. Only some of the servants' tunnels as well as other estate buildings remain. The site is now occupied by Lough Key Forest Park. |
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Rockingham House (Waterford) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Richard W. Morris was leasing this property from Mrs. Elizabeth Hassard, when it was valued at £65. The building at this site now is named Rockenham Court. | |
Rockland House | Rockland House, now the Athenaeum Hotel, was leased by the Ray family to William Snow at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was valued at over £52. The hotel history indicates it was built in the early nineteenth century by the White family who had major shipbuilding interests in Waterford at that time. See www.athenaeumhousehotel.com for more information. | |
Rocklands | A house occupied by various agents to the Earls of Lucan, including Ellison, Davis and Larminie. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Ellison. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was occupied by Neal Davis, holding from the Earl of Lucan, and valued at £15. The site appears to be occupied by a larger modern building. | |
Rocklands (Oranmore) | Rocklands was occupied by George Ingham in the 1850s when it was valued at £13. In 1906 it is recorded as the property of Isabella Ussher and was still valued at £13. The house is still extant and occupied. |
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Rocklawn | The OS Name Books give the name of this house as Rockland and state that it was the residence of the Browne family though they claim that the townland of Pollaghrevagh was the property of Lord Clanmorris. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by James French and was valued at £12. By 1906 it was owned by Richard French. Rocklawn House is no longer extant. It is described as "in ruins" on the 1933 printing of the 6" OS sheet for Galway. |
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Rocklow | Taylor and Skinner records Rocklowe as the residence of Lowe Esq in the 1770s. Rocklow was the home of Benjamin Frend and his wife, Eliza Gough, in the first half of the 19th century. Benjamin was resident there from at least 1814 to the 1850s. Griffith's Valuation records that it was held from Hugh Barton and was valued at £37+ in the early 1850s. This house later belonged to the Massys and is still in use as a residence. |
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Rockmills Lodge [Rockmills House] | The lodge was the residence of Colonel Richard Aldworth in 1814. Hajba writes that it was built as a shooting and fishing lodge by Colonel Richard Aldworth in 1776 and that he left the property including the mills to his wife's nephew, Charles Deane Oliver (grandson of Robert Oliver of Cloghanodfoy). Occupied by Mrs Sarah Oliver in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held by her from the representatives of Bond Lowe. The buildings were valued at £25 and she was leasing a flour mill and other buildings valued at £170 to P.L. Lyster. This property was advertised for sale in June 1856. The house was burnt in May 1921 during the War of Independence when it was the residence of Charles Deane Oliver. In 1942 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that it had been rebuilt by the Walsh family and was then (1942) occupied by the Casey family. It is still extant. The mills are now in ruins. |
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Rockmore or Blakeland Lodge | . This property is named as Blakeland Lodge on the 1st edition OS Map and in the Ordnance Survey Name Books.It appears as Rockmore on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by William Kelly and valued at £15. In 1906 it was the property of Raymond Kelly and was still valued at £15. It is still extant and has recently been renovated. |
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Rocksavage | The home of Waldrons and Ormsbys in the 18th century.In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Waldron. The residence of Jeffrey French in 1814 and occupied by Mr Smith at the time of the first Ordnance survey and by Samuel Hodson who held it from William Longfield in the 1850s. Occupied by Robert O. Longfield in 1906. A modern house now occupies the site but some old farm buildings still remain. |
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Rocksavage | This house was not built at the time of the first edition Ordnance Survey circa 1840. Built for John Craven Mansergh [in the 1850s] on land that formerly belonged to the Martin family. In 1942 the Irish Tourist Association Survey reported that Rocksavage was the residence of Dr. Foley. This house, situated close to the Awbeg River just south of Castletownroche, is still extant. | |
Rockshire House | Leased by Samuel Grubb from Richard C. Pope at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £62 10s. In 1837 Lewis refers to Rockshire as the seat of the Hon. Mrs. Greene. The building is still extant and occupied as apartment accommodation. |
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Rockstown | Marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map this house was occupied by William Nally at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from the Lynch Blosses. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage notes its connections with P.W. Nally, a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and a well-known late nineteenth century athlete influential in the founding of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The house is now a ruin. |
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Rockstown House | A building valued at £18 at the time of Griffith's Valuation, occupied by Chartres Brew Maloney and held from James Kelly. Chartres Brew Molony, second son of Patrick Molony of Cragg married his cousin Alice, daughter of James Barry of Rockstown, in 1841.Rockstown Castle was inherited by James Kelly's grandson, Basil James Kelly, in the 20th century and was left by him to his nephew Derrick Morley in 1945. It is still extant |
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Rockvale | Originally a D'Arcy home, built in the 1780s. Rockvale was the home of J. D'Arcy in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was occupied by John Mullins and valued at £7. 10 shillings. Mullins was leasing from the Marquess of Thomond. It is labelled Rockvale House (Constabulary Barracks) on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s and is now a ruin. |
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Rockvale | Lewis refers to this recently erected mansion of Samuel George Beamish. In the early 1850s it appears to be unoccupied and valued at £12, the land was held by Michael Kelleher from S. G. Beamish. This house no longer exists. | |
Rockvale | Reverend M. Moore was the proprietor of Rockvale in 1837. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books note it as the seat of Rev. A. Armstrong and describe it as " a commodious dwelling house". Francis J. O'Neill was the occupier in the early 1850s. He held the house, offices and flour mills, valued at £61 from John F. Waller. A house is still located at this site. | |
Rockvale (Castletownroche) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Leslie O'Callaghan was leasing this property from Eustace estate when it had a valuation of £8. In 1942 the Irish Tourist Association survey noted that the ruins of what had been a Nagle property were still visible to the rear of Rockvale. The Survey also recorded that Leslie O'Callaghan, who "had lived there about 100 years ago" had been killed in Cork and that the property had come into the ownership of the Annesley estate. It was later sold to the Patterson family and the house is still extant. |
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Rockvalley | At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Boucher was leasing this property from Maurice Studdart when it had a valuation of £11 15s. Lewis refers to it as the seat of W. Molloy in 1837. The house is still extant and occupied. It has undergone extensive conservation and in 2016 it was offered for sale. |
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Rockview | In the possession of the O'Loghlens for most of the 19th century. John Kerin occupied the house in 1814, R. O'Loghlen in 1837 and Bryan O'Loghlen at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A house is still extant at this site. | |
Rockview | A 2 storey house on the Croker estate, built in 1837 for £400, it was occupied by George Peacock circa 1840 and in the early 1850s when it was valued at almost £12. There is still an extant house at the site. |
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Rockview | David Cagney was the lessor of several properties in Crookhaven at the time of Griffith's Valuation. One of these was Rockview, leased to Frederick Monks and valued at £11. In 1837 Lewis had noted Rockview as the seat of Florence McCarthy. It is not marked on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. | |
Rockview (Ballygunner) | In 1848, James Shannon was leasing this property from the Roberts estate when it was valued at £15 3s. The original house does not appear to be extant. | |
Rockview (Clashmore) | Leased by Richard Bayley from the Villiers-Stuart estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £7. It is labelled Rockview on both the 6-inch and 25-inch Ordnance Survey maps. There is still an extant house at the site. | |
Rockview (Decies) | Joseph N. Power was leasing this property from Sir Edward Kennedy's estate in 1851 when it was valued at £14 10s. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s it is named as Rockview. The house is still extant. | |
Rockview (Dorrha) | In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Rockview House as "a good mansion house, the residence of Captain Corrigan". By the time of Griffith's Valuation this house was occupied by John Hemsworth, leasing from Mary Nunn and representatives of Richard Donovan. The buildings were valued at almost £7. Rockview House is still extant. |
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Rockview (Inch) | In 1837 Lewis refers to the "very pretty residence of Mr Fitzgerald" proprietor of the extensive limestone quarries at Carrigacrump. The house was named Rockview on the first Ordnance Survey map. Teresa Fitzgerald was the occupier in the early 1850s holding the property from Colonel William H.M. Hodder, the buildings were valued at £15. Teresa Fitzgerald (nee Coppinger of Rosmore) married James Fitzgerald and they had a son Maurice and daughters Teresa, Mary etc see ''The Barrys of County Cork''. Margaret Fitzgerald of Carrigacrump owned 83 acres in the 1870s. Her estate at Rockview was advertised for sale a number of time in the mid 1870s. There is still an extant house at the site. | |
Rockville | Home of the Lloyd family in the 18th and 19th centuries. Valued at £45 in the 1850s. Sold in 1917 to George Frayne of Ballaghderreen. Demolished in the second half of the 20th century. |
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Rockville | The family home of the Radley family in the 18th and early 19th century. Occupied by Cornelius Ahern and held from the representatives of Henry Longfield at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The buildings were valued at £9.15 shillings. | |
Rockville | At the time of Griffith's Valuation occupied by Michael Mockler and held from the representatives of Matthew Hendly, the buildings were valued at £26. The Mocklers advertised the sale of their interest in July 1851 and July 1853. The sale rental records the lease of Rockville by Ferguson Hendley to the Reverend James Mockler for 3 lives in July 1841 and that £2,000 had been spent on the house. Caroline Bourke occupied a mansion house with 37 acres in the townland of Licklash in 1906. It was valued at £60. In the 1870s Michael Bourke of Lecklash owned 37 acres. This house later became a summer home of Sir Oswald Mosley. Also known as Isleclash House. |
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Rockville | The Barrys were inhabiting Rockville by the mid 18th century. William Barry was resident in 1814 and his seventh son Thomas Barry in 1837. In the early 1850s Garret Barry was occupying this house which he held from Sir William Clarke. It was valued at £15.15 shillings. | |
Rockville (Carbury) | Edward Homan was leasing two properties, both valued at over £4 and described as Bathing Lodges, at Culleenamore, from Samuel Barrett, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. One house is noted on the OS 1st edition sheet as Rockville and the second as Bocage. | |
Rockville (Loughkeen) | The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Rock Ville House in the parish of Loughkeen as the residence of Mr. S. Lloyd in 1841. At the time of Giffith's Valuation, a house in this townland valued at £10 was occupied by William Kent, leasing from Jane Downs. On the 25-inch map of the 1890s this house is labelled Carrig Cottage. It is still extant. | |
Rockwell | The main residence of the Lynch family throughout the 19th century, valued at £13 in the mid 1850s. |
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Rockwell | Wilson refers to Rockwell as the seat of Andrew Roe in 1786. In 1814 and 1837 John Rowe/Roe was living at Rockwell. By the time of Griffith's Valuation John Bushe was the occupant, holding the property from the Court of Chancery. The buildings were valued at £40.16 shillings. John Bushe was the resident in May 1856 when the estate was advertised for sale. The buildings were altered and added too in 1865 after the arrival of the Holy Ghost Fathers who started a school. This school still operates as one of Ireland's well known boarding school. http://www.rockwellcollege.ie/missionstatement.html |
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Rockwood | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Hester Cullen was leasing a house valued at £10 at Deerpark, barony of Rosclogher to Thomas Davis, MD. A house still exists on the site of the original Rockwood House. | |
Rockwood | John Galway is recorded as the owner of Rockwood at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £20. In 1906 Rockwood House was owned by Robert W. Holmes and valued at £20. It was occupied by the Holmes family until after WWI. It was later the property of the Fox family. It was restored in the mid-1980s and is now extant and occupied. |
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Rodeen | A Falkiner residence from at least 1837. It was the home of Joseph Falkiner who held the property in fee. He was one of the eleven sons of the Reverend R.D. Falkiner of Mount Falcon. The house was valued at £22. It was advertised for sale in July 1860, Mrs Anne Falkiner and Richard J. Falkiner were the tenants. The house came on the market again in May 1867, part of the 105 acres for sale at Rodeen, the estate of Octavius La Touche. This house is still in use as a residence. |
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Roden House | In 1841 the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe Roden House as "a good dwelling house". C.W. Hemsworth is noted as the proprietor. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was occupied by Thomas R. Deane, leasing from Thomas Hackett, when the buildings had a valuation of almost £3. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates this property to 1784. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Roesborough | Occupied in the 1770s by Sadler Esq. In 1786 Wilson states that it was the seat of James Roe. Occupied in 1814 and 1837 by James Roe and in the early 1850s by his son George who held the property in fee. The house was valued at £32.15 shillings. The representatives of Richard Sadlier were the tenants of Roesborough in 1873. This house is now a ruin. |
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Roo | The original Roo House was a single story L-shaped building. Only a small portion, which has been incorporated into farm buildings, now remains. Tradition indicates that it was leased by Bishop Nicholas Archdeacon sometime in the early 19th century. In the 1830s it was the residence of a Mr. Sellers. The house and over 100 acres was leased by the Curtin family from the Gregory estate in the 1840s but the Gregorys were later obliged to sell this part of the estate. A two-story house, now derelict, was erected on the site in the early 20th century. The property is still held by the Curtin family. |
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Rooaun Lodge | At the time of Griffith's Valuation occupied by John Morton and held by him in fee, valued at £3. A house at Rooaun valued at £18 was occupied by T.A.F. O'Flaherty in 1906. | |
Rookwood | The house, located on the border between counties Galway and Roscommon, was built in the late 1720s by a branch of the Ormsby family of Tobervaddy. Jane Ormsby married Robert Waller. Both Wilson and Taylor and Skinner record that Rookwood was occupied by Major Waller in the 1780s. The house was later leased by the Thewles family. Edmund Kelly purchased the lease of Rookwood from his cousin, James Thewles, in 1800. The house was occupied by the Taaffes in the early 19th century and by the Kellys from the 1830s. In 1900 Dr Charles E. Crean of Ballyhaunis bought Rookwood and sold it to the Land Commission in 1922. The house was intermittently occupied until the 1940s and gradually became derelict. |
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Rosanna | Rosanna was the home of the Webb family in the 19th century, occupied at the time of Griffith's Valuation by Hannah (widow of the Reverend Dr John Webb) valued at £75 and held from St John Jeffreys. A building is still located at this site. | |
Rosbrien | A home of a branch of the Quin family descended from John Quin, second son of Thady Quin (1645-1726). Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to Rosbrien as the fine seat of Mr. Quin. It is labelled Rossbrien House on both the 1st and 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey maps but is no longer extant. | |
Rose Hill | Rose Hill is recorded as the home of John Lopdell in 1814. | |
Rose Hill | A house beside the River Shannon occupied by P. O'Callaghan in 1837 and by James O'Grady in the mid 19th century who held it from Mrs O'Callaghan. It was valued at £11. Weir writes that his successor was Henry O'Grady who died in 1902. The house is now a ruin. | |
Rose Hill | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Alexander McNab held Rose Hill House valued at £15 with 120 acres from the Marquess of Thomond. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage shows a house at this location dating from the 1890s. |
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Rose Hill | Occupied by William Rumly in 1814 and Lewis records T.H. Rumbley residing at Ballinacorra Lodge in 1837. Mountiford Longfield was the occupier in the early 1850s. Held by him in fee and valued at £15. This house is no longer occupied. |
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Rose Hill (Sligo) | McTernan writes that this was originally the residence of Thomas Reed and known as Lakeview. It passed to his son-in-law, Vernon Davys, in the early 1830s. After the 1840s it was leased to a succession of tenants. It was demolished in the 1980s to make way for modern housing. | |
Rose Lodge | William Warren was occupying this property at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when he seems to have been a joint lessor with Richard Warren. It was valued at £11 at the time. Now a ruin. | |
Rose Ville (Clonmel) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Mrs. Anne Murray was leasing this property from Abraham Grubb when it ws valued at £33. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage states that it was designed by Tinsley for the Murray family. Rose Ville has been in use as the Loreto convent since 1881. |
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Rosebank | Thomas Marmion was leasing this property to Avisa Clarke at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £11 10s. The house at this site is labelled Russagh Cottage on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Rosebank on the 25-inch map of the 1890s.The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage states that the current house was built by the O'Donovan family in the 1860s as a dower house for Liss Ard House nearby. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Rosebank House | Rosebank House was built as a dower house for Liss Ard, possibly in the 1860s. It is still extant and occupied. | |
Roseberry House | Described as 'an excellent two story slated house' in 1850. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was held in fee by William Bodkin and valued at £15. This house is no longer extant. | |
Rosehill | Built by Sir Samuel O'Malley in the early 19th century but a ruin by the time of the first Ordnance Survey. Occupied by Mr P.Gibbons in 1814. | |
Rosehill | The house at Rosehill is included in the sale of the estate of Denis Boland of Gort, in the Land Judges' Court, in the 1880s. It appears on the 1st editon Ordnance Survey map but is not marked on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. An old entrance gateway survives. |
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Roseland Cottage | Rev. John Day was leasing this property to James Mitchell at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £9. Bary writes that nothing is remembered of the house now except its name. | |
Rosemeade/Lisheen | At the time of Griffith's Valuation this property was leased by Matthew Rosengrave to Patrick Carrick and valued at £21. It was accompanied by over 200 acres. In 1814 Lisheen was the seat of Jer. Rosingrave. The house is labelled on both the first and 25-inch editions of the Ordnance Survey map as Rosemeade but today is known as Lisheen. It is still extant and occupied as a farm house. |
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Rosemount | A house occupied by S. Penrose in 1814, by W. Hawkes in 1837 and Joseph R. Harding at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held the property from John L. Westropp and the buildings were valued at £25. There is still an extant house at the site. |
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Rosemount (Caher) | In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Rosemount as a house in good repair, the residence of Robert Franklin. He is also listed as the occupier at the time of Griffith's Valuation, leasing from the Barton estate when the buildings had a valuation of £10. Robert Franklin of Rosemount is listed in Slater's Directory of 1846. The house is no longer extant. | |
Roseneath Cottage | A villa style house built circa 1820, occupied by Robert Rogers in the early 1850s, valued at £27 and held from Patrick A. Shannon. |
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Rosepark House | Tradition suggests that Francis Blake Forster let Clooneene (Ashfield) and built a house which he called Rosepark, after his wife, Rose Ffrench. Rosepark House is recorded by Lewis in 1837 as the seat of the Hugo family. It was leased by Michael Kane to George Crowe at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was then valued at £12. Apart from some estate walls there is no evidence of this property now. | |
Roseville | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Henry Beamish was leasing this property to Bernard Beamish, when it was valued at £16. Henry Beamish was also the owner of a flour mill [W381539] in the same townland, leased to William Norwood, and valued at £150. The mills do not appear on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Roseville is still extant. | |
Roseville (Tallow) | Leased by William Parker from the Devonshire estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £20 10s. It is also recorded as his address in the 1870s. Roseville is still extant and occupied. |
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Roseville Cottage | John Powell was in possession of two properties at Scrahane at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. Roseville Cottage, valued at £8 was vacant while the second property, was leased to Capt. John Kenny. Bary states that the house may have built and used by Lord Kenmare for one of his agents. It was still extant in 1994 but unoccupied and possibly in danger of demolition. | |
Roskeen | The home of the Power family which was held from the Kingston estate. Pierce Power occupied the house in 1837 and John Power in the early 1850s when the buildings were valued at £24. Arthur Irwin was the occupier of this house in 1906 and it is still lived in. |
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Roslea Cottage | A house built after the publication of the first Ordnance Survey map. It was leased by Hugh Kivilican from the Brinkley estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £3. It is still extant though in need of restoration and in 2012 was offered for sale. |
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Rosleague | This townland appears to have been leased to the Ffrenches of Castlefrench, county Galway by the D'Arcys of Houndswood and Gorteen, county Mayo on 31 Oct 1800. In the 20th century Rosleague House was leased for a time to Miss Robinson, the former head of the French School, Bray, county Wicklow. Sold by the Brownes to the O'Briens who sold on to the Foyles. The house now functions as the Rosleague Manor Hotel. http://www.rosleague.com/ |
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Rosmindle | An O'Malley house occupied by a Mr Garvey in 1814, it was in ruins by the time of the first Ordnance Survey. | |
Ross | In 1786 Wilson refers to Ross as the seat of Mr. Martin, It was held in fee by James Martin at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £20. On the shore of Ross Lake, the childhood home of the author, Violet Florence Martin is now open to the public for part of the year. Home of Claude Chevasse in the 20th century and later restored by the McLaughlin family, who reside there. |
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Ross | Home of the Pearse family in the 18th century, in 1786, Wilson refers to the house as the seat of Mr. Pearce. Ross was occupied by John Blake in 1814. In 1822 a new house was built at a cost of £2,500 and was the residence of T. Westropp in 1837. Thomas Westropp was the fifth son of Ralph Westropp of Clonmoney and Attyflin. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Ross was the residence of John Digan who held the property from Anne Westropp [widow of Thomas]. Buildings valued at £23 and some untenanted land at Ross were the property of Ambrose Hall in 1906. It is still extant. |
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Ross Abbey House (Rosscarbery) | Rev. John Hamilton was leasing this property from Elizabeth Jago at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12. This house no longer exists. | |
Ross Beg | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Edward Carleton was leasing over 200 acres and a house valued at £5 from the Crofton estate at Ross Beg. | |
Ross Cottage | The Earl of Kenmare’s estate included a forester’s house on Ross Island, marked on the 1st edition OS map as Ross Cottage. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation it was valued at £7 5s. In 1906 it was still part of the Kenmare estate and with the same valuation. The building is now in ruins. | |
Ross Cottage/House (Dorrha) | In 1841 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Ross Cottage as "an elegant built cottage, the residence of Mr. Smyth", the proprietor of which was R. Hemsworth. The house is labelled as "Ross House" on both the 1st and 25-edition Ordnance Survey maps. By the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was occupied by Thomas Hernon, leasing from John J. Hemsworth and the buildings were valued at almost £8. The house is still extant and occupied. |
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Ross Hill | Ross Hill House was the home of George Ross Lewin and his descendants until the end of the 19th century. He was the second son of Harrison Ross Lewin of Fort Fergus, High Sheriff of county Clare in 1755. The house is still inhabited. |
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Ross House | Ross House was built by Lewis O'Donel, a son of Lewis O'Donel of Killeen, Crossmolina, county Mayo and a first cousin of the first Sir Neal O'Donel, baronet. The house was inhabited by Captain and Mrs William Houstoun at the time of Griffith's Valuation. They later moved to Doolough and Delphi in the barony of Murrisk. The house was purchased by Middleton O'Malley about 1880 and Slater records it as his residence in 1894. It is now the home of Mrs Meike Blackwell, whose mother-in-law was an O'Malley. | |
Ross House | Originally a Coastguard residence, bought by Thomas Young Prior in the late 1840s. Extended by the Tullochs and used as a dower house for Shanboolard. The house was sold by the Congested Districts' Board to Dr Alfred Irwin and it was in the possession of the Irwin family for most of the 20th century. Now owned by Neville Figgis. |
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Ross Lodge | Occupied by Anthony Blake in the second decade of the 19th century and by Walter John Blake in the 1830s. It was leased by Walter Blake from Anthony Blake at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £9. Named as Ross Lodge on the first edition Ordnance Survey Map the house seems to gone by the time of the 25-inch map in the 1890s. This may be the property referred to by Wilson in 1786 as "The Lodge, beautiful seat"of a Mr. Shaw. | |
Rossanrubble | A small building is shown in this townland at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. Jonathan Pim was the owner of the townland at the time of Griffith's Valuation but there were no buildings with substantial valuation. A house labelled Rosbarnagh Lodge is shown on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s and this building is still extant. | |
Rossdohan | In 1906, Samuel T. Heard, MD, owned this property at Rossdohan, barony of Dunkerron South, when it was valued at £27. Bary states that this house was built in 1875 by Thomas Heard, a surgeon who had retired from India. He died in the early 1920s and the house was burned around that time. There are remains of a later house still visible on the island. |
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Rosserk | Captain Green resided here in the 1830s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Capt Augustus Bolton was occupying a property valued at £10. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s a different building, adjacent to a large corn mill and located at G243252, is labelled Rosserk House. Buildings are still extant at this site. | |
Rosshill | Rosshill House was the home of the Bermingham family in the 18th century and was noted by Wilson in 1786. It gradually declined during the 19th century and only one wing of it was still standing in 1865. The Guinness family of Ashford Castle bought Rosshill and much of the surrounding locality. No part of the house now remains but a portion of the stable block is still extant. |
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Rosslevan | This house, close to the town of Ennis, was the residence of Francis Swyny in 1814. Rosslevan was occupied by Michael Kerin at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held the property from the Reverend James Rynd. Rosslevan would appear to have been the home of the Davis family for some time in the 19th century. Members of the Davis family emigrated to Australia and called their new home Rosslevan. The sale rental of January 1875 records that the house had been "improved lately" and had eight bedrooms and three sitting rooms. Weir writes that Edward O'Brien, third son of the 14th Baron Inchiquin lived in the house before it was burnt in 1922. It is now a ruin. |
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Rossline House | John Noonan held this house valued at £14.15 shillings from Sir Edward Tierney in the mid 19th century. A house and farm are still extant at the site. | |
Rossline Lodge | Hajba writes that this house was originally built as a hunting lodge for the Earls of Egmont. Patrick Keller held this house valued at £12.10 shillings from Sir Edward Tierney at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is still occupied. | |
Rossmanagher Cottage | The house in the townland of Newpark is named Rossmanagher Cottage on the first Ordnance Survey map. This was another D'Esterre home, occupied by Richard K. D'Esterre at the time of Griffith's Valuation, valued at £10 and held from Caleb Powell. The remains of a building are still extant at the site. | |
Rossmanagher House | A D'Esterre home, occupied by Lieutenant Colonel William O'Brien in 1837 and by Solomon Frost in the mid 19th century, when it was valued at £7. Historians and archaeologists believe that this building, some of which still survives, dates to the sixeenth or seventeenth century. | |
Rossmore | Rossmore East was part of the estate of James Murphy at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests that the current house was built circa 1860s. The Ordnance Survey Name Books record a house and large gardens in the 1830s, which may be the herd's house, valued at £1 10s, leased by Thomas and Edward Narry in 1856. |
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Rossmore | Rossmore was the home of the Shelton family in the 18th and 19th centuries, occupied by J. Shelton in 1814 and 1837. The Reverend Grantley Shelton was resident in the early 1850s. The house was held from the Conyers family and was valued at £25. In 1894 Slater refers to it as the residence of Deane Shelton. | |
Rossmore | Rossmore was a Coppinger home in the 19th century, the residence of Thomas Coppinger in 1814 and 1837. Thomas Francis Coppinger is recorded as the occupier at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the property, valued at £19, was held from Sir William Clarke. | |
Rossmore (Kilmeen) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Jeremiah Collins was leasing Rossmore from the superioress of the Presentation Convent in Cork. The house was valued at £13 at the time. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey referred to Rossmore as a "substantial farm dwelling", a description which is still valid. | |
Rossmore House | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Benjamin Barton was the lessor of a property valued at over £13. He also held lands from the Marquis of Waterford's estate in the parish of Rossmore, barony of Decies without Drum. |
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Rossport House | Sources suggest Ross Port was built in the 1830s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, in the later 1850s, it was leased by Samuel Bournes from the Carter estate which was described as "in chancery" at the time. Some ruins and other buildings remain at the site. | |
Rossyvera | Occupied by William Butler Stoney in the 1850s and held from Captain A.W.Wyndham, who bought Rossyvera from the Marquess of Sligo in 1853. Later the home of Sir Owen O'Malley and in the late 20th century the Irish residence of the former American Ambassador to Ireland Walter Curley. |
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Rostellan | Seat of the Marquess of Thomond, occupied by him in in 1786 (Lord Inchiquin. It was at £79 in the early 1850s. Bought by Dr T.A. Wise after the Marquess's death in 1855, a lithograph of the house is included in the sale rental. Subsequently purchased by Sir John Pope Hennessy and mentioned by Slater as the residence of Lady Pope Hennessy in 1894. Occupied by Charles J. Engledew and valued at £112 in 1906. The Irish Tourist Association survey noted in the early 1940s that the roof and fittings had recently been removed and the land taken over by the Land Commission. No trace of the house remains now. |
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Rosturk Castle | Enlarged and extended by Robert Vesey Stoney in the latter half of the 19th century. It was noted as his residence by Slater in 1894. The property was sold in the late 1970s to Dr Healy of St Luke's Hospital, Dublin. |
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Rough Hill | The home of the Harmon family from the late 18th to the late 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Samuel Harman occupied the house valued at £12 and held from Sampson French. Buildings are still extant at the site. | |
Roughgrove | Leased by Benjamin Hosford from the Alcock estate at the time of Grifith's Valuation, when it was valued at £30. It was included in the sale of Hosford's estate in the Encumbered Estates Court in January 1851, when it was noted that it was "a handsome mansion house, occupied by John Ottley who had spent considerable sums on improvement". Both Lewis, in 1837, and Leet, in 1814, refer to it as the seat of Maskelyne Alcock. This is possibly also the property noted by Wilson in 1786 as Ballygarvy. It is no longer extant. | |
Roughty Lodge | According to Bary, Roughty Lodge was owned by Capt. Massey Herbert in the 1820s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was being leased by Mrs. Elizabeth Herbert, nee Orpen from John Dunscum and was valued at £9. It is still extant and in 2009 was offered for sale. |
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Roughwood | Leased by Joseph Bullen to William Bullen at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £2 10s. Offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in August 1855, when the sale notice indicated the property was on lease from the Kearney estate. This house is no longer extant. | |
Roundhill | The house and demesne at Roundhill were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1855. The sale notice indicates that the property was being leased by the Bowens to the Earl of Bandon's estate. Leet refers to Roundhill as the residence of Rev. Kenny in 1814. The building is now in use as part of Bandon Grammer School. |
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Roundhill House | This house was the home of Travers Esq in the 1770s. The representatives of Robert Travers were leasing this property to Timothy Crowley at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £198 including the nearby mill complex. Both buildings are still extant. |
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Roury House | Occupied by William Bleazby at the time of Griffith's Valuation on lease from the Townsend estate and valued at £12 5s. In 1885 Walford refers to the seat of William J. Bleazby as Bleazby Hall. A house still exists at this site. | |
Roxborough | 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. |
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Roxborough | Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to Roxborough as the seat of "Mr. Irvine". The residence of John Irwin in 1814 and of A. Brown in 1837. In the 1850s occupied by John Gaynor, when the house was valued at £20. The property is now a ruin. | |
Roxborough | Occupied by William Westropp in 1814 and Lewis refers in 1837 to the ''fine mansion and demesne'' of the Honourable J. P. Vereker. The Ordnance Survey Name Book refers to the rebuilding of Roxborough by Major Vereker in 1832 at the expense of approximately £1200. Viscount Gort held Roxborough in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £40. The house was advertised for sale in June 1852 and again in June 1853. Possibly bought by the McMurrays who were certainly resident by 1862. In 1894 Slater refers to it as the seat of A. Crawford. Now a more modern house appears to be located at this site. |
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Roxborough | Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to "Rocksborough" as the seat of Mr. Ball. The residence of Bent Ball in 1814 and of - McSweeny in 1837, this house was unoccupied in the early 1850s when it was valued at £22. The immediate lessor was Sir A. Brooke. The house has disappeared by the time the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map was published in the 1890s and the Youghal branch of the Great Southern & Western railway constructed close by. | |
Roxborough (Molahiffe) | Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to Roxborough as the seat of Francis Chute. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the townland was part of the estate of Reverend George Chute and Roxborough House was occupied by a Mrs Kenny and valued at almost £7. It is still extant and used as a farmhouse. | |
Roxton | One of the main homes of the Blood family from the mid 18th century. Wilson refers to it as the seat of W. Blood in 1786. The residence of the Reverend Frederick Blood in 1814, of Thomas Blood in 1837 and held in fee by his son, Frederick William Blood, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. By the 1870s Roxton was the home of William Darling Wilson. In ruins at the end of the 20th century. | |
Royal Victoria Hotel | Christopher Gallway was leasing this property to Thomas Finn at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £65. This appears to be the Royal Victoria Hotel. In the early 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that the Victoria Hotel "once the finest hotel in the district" had been converted into a farmhouse "about 130 years" and that there was an expectation that it was to be converted into a golf clubhouse. The site is now occupied by the Castlerosse Hotel, opened in 1960. |
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Ruanard House | Weir writes that this house was originally built by the Westropps. It was occupied by Captain J. Walsh in 1837 and by Jonas S. Welsh in the mid 1850s when it was valued at £16. Situated on the Massy estate it remained in the possession of the Walsh family until the early 20th century. A house is still extant at the site. | |
Runnamoat | Runnamoat was occupied by Bryan Fallon in 1749 and noted by Wilson as a seat of the Fallons in 1786. It was the residence of James Fallon in 1814. Acquired by James Balfe, tenth son of Walter Balfe, the house passed by marriage to the Chichesters who leased it to Richard Kelly in the 1850s, when it was valued at £70. Occupied by Raleigh Chichester Constable in 1906. This house is sometimes referred to as Runnimead. Burnt in the 1920s. | |
Rush Hill | Home of the Devenish family in the 18th and 19th centuries, held from Sir Gilbert King. Funding received from the Heritage Council in 2005 for the restoration of this house. http://www.iol.ie/~oldbuilders/oldbuilders/rushhill/rushhill_01.htm. A detailed history and account of ongoing improvements to Rush Hill can be found at the blog www.irishaesthete.com tagged as Rush Hill. |
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Rusheen House | In 1786 Wilson refers to Rusheen as the seat of Mr. Crosbie. The 1st edition Ordnance map of the townland shows both Rusheen House and the site of "Rusheen Old House". At the time of Griffith's Valuation Stephen Sandes was leasing this property from the Crosbie estate. It included a herd's house valued at £1 5s. Bary writes that there were several marriages between members of the Crosbie and Sandes families in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The house is no longer extant. | |
Rushfield | At the time of the first Ordnance Survey Mr. A. Irwin is noted as the occupier of one of two ''gentlemen's seats' at Tullyvohaun, barony of Boyle. In 1814 it was the residence of John Irwin. This property was valued at £8 and was occupied by William Phibbs at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A substantial farm still exists at the site. | |
Rushfield House | Occupied by Patrick Shiel at the time of Griffith's Valuation .Labelled Rushfield House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. There is still a house at the site. | |
Rushmount | Located on the Mountcashell estate this house was occupied by Daniel Gearan in the early 1850s, when it was valued at £19. It remained in the possession of the Gearan/O'Geran family for the rest of the 19th century. |
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Rushy Park or Rusheen Park | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. Samuel Leonard was leasing this property to Thomas O'Connor, when it was valued at £9 15s. Bary writes that this house was in the Leonard family in the early nineteenth century. It was demolished in the early twentieth century and a new house constructed at the site. | |
Russaun (Russane) | Russaun, sometimes spelt Russane, appears to have become part of the Gregory estate, though occupied by the Bagot family, by the mid-19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was leased by William Gregory to John Bagot. However, in 1837 it was recorded by Lewis as the residence of the Lahiffe family. It is still extant and occupied. |
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Russell Villa | An early 19th century house built on the Dromoland estate, the home of the Russell family in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is still extant. | |
Russelstown | At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Hewston occupied Russelstown House, valued at £20, and held from Lord Stanley. |
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Ryecourt | Seat of the Rye family in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Colonel Rye. Lewis writes in 1837 that “the plantations around Rye Court are very extensive and beautiful”. The buildings were valued at £66 in the early 1850s. Ryecourt was burnt in June 1921 during the War of Independence. The family built a smaller house in the garden and continued in residence at Ryecourt into the 1970s. Ryecourt House was demolished but some of the farmyard complex remains. |
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Ryefield | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Andrew Cummins was leasing a house at Ryefield valued at £17 to John Dowd. It was occupied by John Cummins, agent to Nicholas Cummins at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. | |
Ryehill | Ryehill House was built in the early part of the 19th century and was still occupied in 1906 by a member of the Roche family. Unroofed in the mid 1950s only the impressive gateway and yard buildings still remain. |
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Ryninch | Lewis records J. O'Brien of Ryninch and Jeremiah O'Brien held a house valued at £10 and 115 acres from Francis Spaight in the mid 19th century. There were quarries in this townland. | |
Ryves Castle [Castle Jane] | Ryves Castle, previously known as Castle Jane, was the home of the family of this name in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It is referred to as Castle Jane by Wilson in 1786 when he notes it as the seat of Mr. Ryves. By the 1830s however William H. Ryves of Ryves Castle appears to have moved to live in Brighton, as the birth of many of his children is recorded in the Limerick newspapers as having taken place there. In 1826 Fitzgerald records Ryves Castle as the residence of John Lowe. Lewis referring to the parish of Knocklong, notes that Thaddeus R. Ryan was resident at Castle Jane and that there was a vault of the Lowe family located in the grounds of Ryves Castle, that family having previously been its proprietors. For the parish of Ballyscanlan he records Ryves Castle as the residence of P. [T?] Ryan. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was valued at £29 and occupied and held in fee by William H. Ryves. In 1906 it was valued at £31 and was occupied by Thomas J. Franks. Later owned by Mr D. Fleming, this house is now demolished. |