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House name	Description	Image(s)
Ballagh	In 1814 James O'Connor was residing at Ballagh. Described as a good dwelling house at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. Occupied by Denis O'Conor in the 1850s, held from Theobald Dillon and valued at £6. In 1906 James D. O'Connor occupied Ballagh, valued at £17.
Ballagh	The residence of John Kelly in 1814.
Ballaghawbeg	Richard Irwin's estate owned a herd's house valued at £2 together with over 400 acres at Ballaghawbeg, barony of Castlereagh, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The Census of Elphin in 1749 recorded that Charles O'Conor, farmer, held this property at the time.
Balleighter	In 1814 Ballyeighter was the residence of Anthony Donnellan. Lewis records Balleighter as the seat of P. Donnellan. By 1855 it was being leased by Lord Clonbrock's estate to Martin Coolahan and was valued at £8. The Coolahans continued to own the property until the mid-20th century when it was divided by the Land Commission who also demolished the house. There is no trace of Balleighter now.
Ballina	Occupied by Henry Blake at the time of Griffith's Valuation and by Martin J. Blake nephew of Martin Joseph Blake of Ballyglunin, Member of Parliament for the borough of Galway.
Ballina	Occupied by Malachy Fallon in 1814. Occupied by John Duignan in 1906.
Ballinaboy House	A mid 19th century house, home of the Morris family.
Ballinafad	Bence Jones states that the house was built in 1827 and was sold to the African Missionary Brothers circa 1908 by Lieutenant Colonel Llewellyn Blake of Ballinafad and Cloghballymore, county Galway. It is recorded as his seat in 1894. The Irish Tourist Association File states that the house was donated to the African Missionary Brothers by Colonel Blake and that a new wing was added in 1932. For sale in 2005.
Ballinakill Lodge	A house built in the early 1840s for the Graham family. Occupied by Minnie Graham in 1906. In 1907 it was accidently burnt and never rebuilt.
Ballinamore	This house was the home of the Ormsby family in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1938 the Ormsbys sold Ballinamore to a Scottish order of nuns, the Order of St John, who used the house as a school. The building was donated to Western Care in the 1970s. It now functions as a nursing home.
Ballinamore House or Curraghboy Lodge	The residence of Martin ffrench held by him in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £35. The house is noted on the 1st edition OS map as Curraghboy Lodge. In 1906 the owner was Michael Neary.
Ballinderry	The house was burnt in the early 1920s and nothing remains except the farm buildings, which are accessed through a stone archway dated 1843. Recorded as the seat of John Phillip Nolan, M.P.in 1894.
Ballinderry (Comyn)	Lewis records Ballinderry as the seat of J. Comyn in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was being leased by Andrew Comyn from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and was valued at £16. Recorded as the residence of Col.John Comyn in 1894. In 1906 it was the property of Andrew N. Comyn. Ballinderry House is still extant and is now operated as a luxury country house hotel. See www.ballinderrypark.com.
Ballindoon House	Ballindoon or Kingsborough House in the townland of Kingsborough was built c.1820. An earlier house, known as Kingsborough, stood on the site.At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John Gethin was in possession of the house at Kingsborough which was valued at £20. In 1906 Percy Gethin owned the property then valued at £22. The house is still extant.
Ballinduff Lodge	A Skerrett home in the 18th and 19th centuries and now a ruin. The old castle stands close by the house.
Ballinglen Cottage	Leased from the Knoxes of Castlereagh, barony of Tirawley. Occupied by Susan Pringle in 1906.
Ballinlass	William Kelly was residing at Ballinglass, parish of Killeroran, in 1749. Occupied by Nicholas D'Arcy from the 1830s to the early 1850s and by Malachy Fallon in the mid 1850s.
Ballinlough	Rev. Robert Blundell was leasing a property valued at £16 at Ballinlough, parish of Kiltullagh, from the Sandford estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
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Ballinrobe Castle	A Bourke castle, restored by James Cuffe in 1752 and sold to the War Office in 1821 for use as a military barracks.
Ballintava	In 1906 Samuel Barret owned the mansion house at Ballintava which was valued at almost £14. House extant and appears to be in the process of renovation.
Ballintober	The house is no longer extant but it was positioned behind the present house, where the red corrugated roofed building now stands.
Ballinvilla	The home of the Crean family in the 19th century. The house no longer exists.
Ballinvilla	The home of the Kearney family in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Ballyara or Ballyhara	The original Ballyara Castle was formerly associated with the O'Hara family. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Patrick Mullarkey was leasing a building valued at £3 at Ballyara, barony of Leyny, from the Ffolliott estate.
Ballyargadaun	In 1906 Charles O'Farrell was the owner of a house valued at £4 at Ballyargadaun, barony of Leitrim, county Galway. This may be the gatelodge at the entrance to the Dalystown demesne or may be buildings associated with the plant nursery in the same townland. {Grid Reference is for gate lodge]
Ballybanagher	A Nolan family home, now a ruin. In 1894 Slater recorded it as the seat of Christopher R. Browne.
Ballybaun	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Lord Clonbrock owned a mill, gate house and other buildings valued at £35 in the townland of Ballybaun, parish of Ahascragh.
Ballybaun	Occupied by John Kelly in 1837 and by John Mahon at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The sales rental of 1863 includes a lithograph of Ballybaun, which was described as 4 storeys high. The house was occupied by the Mahon family until 1916 when it was taken over by the Congested Districts' Board.
Ballybride	James O'Farrell was leasing over 180 acre and a herd's house from Louisa Pelly at Ballybride, barony of Roscommon, at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Ballybroder	In 1814 Ballybroder was the seat of Henry Burke. Ballybroder was recorded as the property of Mr. Burke in the 1830s. In 1855 Patrick Burke was leasing the house at Ballybroder from Peter Dolphin. In 1906 Eleanor M. Burke is recorded as the owner when the house was valued at £10. The house at Ballybroder is still extant and in reasonable repair but unoccupied.
Ballybroony	An 18th century house, occupied by Fallon in the late 1770s and by Perkins from the early 19th century. Lived in until the early 21st century and for sale in 2006.
Ballycarron	A house dating from the early 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Isadore Andrew Lynch, who sub leased it from Henry Charlton. Later occupied by members of the Craven and Connor families.
Ballyclery	The house at Ballyclery is described as a caretaker's house for the St.George estate. It was valued at £8 in 1855. An occupied house still exists at this site but may have been modernised.
Ballycorban	In 1856 Matthew White was leasing a house valued at £10 at Ballycorban, in the parish of Ballynakill, barony of Leitrim, county Galway from the Burke of Marble Hill estate.
Ballycummin	A house valued at £8 when occupied by Roderick J. Hanley, who held it from Laurence Murray, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Described by Lewis in 1837 as the former seat of the Earl of Roscommon and at that time occupied by Lieutenant Rodrick J. Hanly.
Ballycurrin	A house built in 1828 on the shore of Lough Corrib to replace an older one, it was burnt in 1921. Slater recorded it as the seat of Charles Lynch in 1894. In 2007 this house was being renovated and offered for sale.
Ballydangan	At the time of Griffith's Valuation James Thorngate was leasing a property valued at £6 at Ballydangan, barony of Moycarn, to James Miller. There is no house marked on 1st edition OS map at this location. Modern houses appear to have been built on the site.
Ballydonagh	Lewis records Ballydonagh as the seat of F. Madden in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was occupied by Francis Madden leasing from the Haughton estate and was valued at almost £4. Substantial ruins still remain at this site.
Ballydonelan Castle	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Ballydonnellan Castle was occupied by John D. Mahon and was valued at £62. It is described as "in ruins" on the 1933 edition of 6" map.
Ballyduff House	David La Touche was leasing a property valued at £8 to John A. La Touche, at Tomloskan, barony of Carrigallen, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The house is not marked on the First ed. Ordnance Survey map but does appear on the later 25-inch series. This house is still extant and has been restored.
Ballydugan	Rev. Michael Burke was the owner of Ballydugan at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £24. In 1906 Michael H. Burke owned the mansion house at Ballydoogan then valued at almost £27. It was burnt in 1922 but rebuilt, with modifications, in 1929. Much of the family and estate archives were destroyed in the fire of 1922. Ballydugan is still extant and occupied.
Ballyeighter	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Martin Coolahan was leasing a house valued at £8 together with 160 acres from the Clonbrock estate.
Ballygaddy	Occupied by Kirwan esq in the 1770s and by Thomas Lally in 1814 and from the 1830s by John Daly, who held it from Nesbitt Kirwan.
Ballygeagin House	In 1837 Lewis lists Ballygaggen as a residence of the Butler family. Timothy Killeen was renting the house in the townland of Ballygaagin, barony of Kiltartan, from Robert J. Lattey in 1855 when it was valued at £10.
Ballygilgan Gate Lodge	In 1906 Sir Jocelyn Gore Booth held over 800 acres of untenanted land at Ballygilgan as well as a house valued at almost £9.
Ballyglass	James Mahon, a brother of Ross Mahon of Castlegar, was residing at Balliglass in 1749. The OS Field Name Books record it as the residence of George Clarke in the 1830s. A herd's house valued at £5 and over 250 acres of the Mahon estate were located at Ballyglass in the parish of Ahascragh at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Ballyglass	Henry Sampey was leasing a property at Ballyglass, barony of Castlereagh, valued at £15, together with 260 acres from the Ferrall estate. In 1837 Lewis recorded Ballyglass as the seat of R. Kelly.It continued in the possession of the Kelly family who had worked for the Sampey estate. In 1894 recorded as the seat of A.W. Sampey. In 1749 the Census of Elphin recorded it as the residence of Terence McDermott. There is still a house on the site at Ballyglass though it may have been modernised, together with extensive yard and walled garden.
Ballyglass House	Ballyglass House was in the possession of the Rev. William Gillmor at the time of the sale of lands in November 1854. There were two substantial houses in Ballyglass townland at the time of Griffith's Valuation in 1856. One, valued at £16, was leased from John Wynne by Rev. Gillmor, while the second was being leased from him by James Duncan. McTernan notes that it was purchased from Gillmor by Peter O'Connor and used by members of that family up until the twentieth century. Slater records it as his seat in 1894. It is still extant and occupied.
Ballyglunin	An 18th century house with 19th century additions, occupied by the Blake family for over 2 centuries.
Ballygowan	A Prendergast home in the 19th century, now in an advanced state of disrepair.
Ballygreighen	In 1906 Henry E. King owned over 350 acres of untenanted land and buildings valued at £10, at Ballygreighen, barony of Tireragh. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Andrew Finnegan was leasing a property valued at £8 from the King estate at Ballygreighen.
Ballyheeragh St Leger	Bought by the Tierney family in the early 20th century and still occupied by them.
Ballyhowly	A Ruttledge family home in the 19th century, there is a lithograph of the house included in the sales advertisement of the Oranmore and Browne estate 1854.
Ballykinlettragh	Leased from the Binghams of Bingham's Castle, barony of Erris.
Ballylahan	A property held by Pat McLaughlin from Sir William H Palmer in the early 19th century and by the Atkinsons at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Quinn writes that it was repossessed at the time of the expiration of their lease.
Ballylee Castle	Lewis records the Carrig family as residennt at Ballylee Castle in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Patrick Carrick was leasing a herd's house, old castle and land from William Gregory at Ballylee, barony of Kiltartan. The property was valued at £5 at the time. In the early century Ballylee Castle was bought and renovated by the poet, W.B. Yeats. After falling into disrepair again it was acquired by the Office of Public Works and is now open to the public.
Ballymacgibbon House	The home of the Fynn family in the 18th and 19th centuries, now an ivy covered ruin.
Ballymacurly	Andrew McDermott was farming at Ballymackeriley, parish of Cloonygormican in 1749. Occupied by Michael Nolan in 1837 and in the 1850s and held from Hugh O'Byrne.
Ballymantan/Ballynamantan	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Ballynamantan was leased by Edward J. Hunt to Francis J. Davys. It was then valued at £15. Lewis records the house as the seat of Lombard Hunt. This house is still extant and occupied.
Ballymartinbeg	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Jane Plunket held the house, offices and cornmill valued at £16 from the representatives of Gunning Plunket. Occupied by Martin McDonnell in 1906 and valued at £11. A house at the site has been recently renovated.
Ballymore	In 1837 Lewis recorded Ballymore as the seat of R. Rathbourne, who continued to reside there until the 1880s. Griffith's Valuation shows that Richard Rathbourne held it from the Clanricarde estate. This may be the house noted by Slater as part of Lord Clanmorris's estate in 1894. Ballymore is still extant and occupied together with an extensive range of outbuildings.
Ballymore	Alex Popham was leasing a house valued at £17 to Andrew Irwin at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1814 Ballymore was the seat of Edward Elwood. In 1837 Lewis recorded it as the seat of Rev. J. Elwood. It is described as " a mansion in the possession of the late Rev. Elwood's family" at the time of the first Ordnance Survey.
Ballymore Castle	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Ballymore Castle was occupied by Thomas Seymour. This house continued to be the seat of the Seymour family until at least 1906 and was noted by Slater as the seat of Walter G. Seymour in 1894. It is still extant and occupied.
Ballymurray	The Crofton family are originally recorded as 'of Ballymurray'. Ballymurray is the next townland east of Mote Demesne. A house at Ballymurray was occupied by Captain E. W. Kelly in 1837 and by Edmund Kelly in the 1850s, who held the house, valued at £9, from the representatives of James Daly. William Curtis was residing in Ballymurray in the 1870s.
Ballynagar/Ballinagar	Lewis records Ballynagar as the seat of A. Nugent in 1837. . At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was the property of John Aylward and was valued at £10 but the estate is recorded as in Chancery. In 1894 it was also the seat of John Lewis. There is still an occupied house at this site
Ballynahinch Castle	Built in the 18th century for the Martin family, bought by the Law Life Assurance Society in 1852 and sold to the Berridge family in 1872. In 1926 it was bought from the Berridges by the Indian prince and cricketeer Ranjitsinhji and continued in his ownership until his death in 1933. The castle has been used as a hotel since 1946. http://www.ballynahinch-castle.com/
Ballynahivnia	Lord Dunsandle is recorded as the lessor of 161 acres and a complex of buildings, including a mill, valued at £18, in the townland of Ballynahivnia, in 1855. The substantial remains of a tower house, together with the foundations of the mill building remain at the site, close to Riverville Bridge.
Ballynalacka Lodge	In the sale rental of 1852 there is reference to the erection of a shooting lodge at Ballynalacka by the 'late proprietor'.
Ballynamanagh	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Thomas Redington was leasing a house valued at £4 at Ballynamanagh, barony of Dunkellin, to John Caven. It was accompanied by almost 100 acres. Kelly noted that it had been the property of Mr.Burke of Carheen for over 100 years but was later in the possession of the Redington estate. This house is still extant and occupied.
Ballynamuddagh	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.
Ballynashee Lodge	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Michael Keogh owned Ballynashee Lodge, valued at £22. In 1906 George Keogh was the owner of the mansion house at Ballynashee valued at £22. Lewis also records this house as a seat of the Keogh family in 1837.
Ballynew House	In the 18th century Ballynew was the home of a branch of the Miller family of Milford, near Kilmaine, county Mayo. In 1777 Robert Miller of Ballynew married a Bridget Young of Harristown, county Roscommon. Ballynew became a Bourke home in the 19th century through a Miller/Bourke marriage.
Ballyoughter	Occupied by John Goldsmith at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held the house valued at £8 and 60 acres from Marcus McCausland. Another John Goldsmith was residing in Ballyoughter a hundred years earlier at the time of the Elphin Census.
Ballyturin	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Ballyturin House was the residence of John Bagot. In 1906 John C. Bagot was the owner of the house which was valued at £17. It was located in a commanding position overlooking rolling countryside. In May 1921, an RIC man (District/Inspector Cecil Blake), his wife and two British Army officers (Capt Cornwallis and Lt McCreery) were killed in an ambush by South Galway/East Clare Irish Volunteers at the gates of Ballyturin House. Margaret, Mrs Robert Gregory of Coole Park (Lady Gregory's daughter-in-law) escaped without injury. Ballyturin is now a ruin.
Bangor Lodge	Built on the western edge of the town of Bangor by Major Denis Bingham. It was described in the Ordnance Survey Field Name Books as a newly erected shooting lodge.
Barbersfort	Originally a Bermingham residence, sold to the Ruttledges in 1816 and recorded as the seat of Mrs. Rutledge in 1894. Burnt down in the 1920s apparently by accident. A new house was built on part of the site which adjoins the old farmyard. Now the home of the Dunlevy family.
Barleyhill	Ruane dates the house from about 1748 with alterations in the 1770s and 1790s. He states that the house and 170 acres were occupied by George Harkin at the time of Griffith's Valuation, however the Valuation records Bernard McManus as the occupier of the house valued at £15. Quinn records that Bernard McManus had gone to live at Brownstown in 1856. The Aitken family have lived at Barleyhill for over a hundred years.
Barna	The seat of Marcus Lynch in 1894 and the family were still resident in the early 20th century. The house is still extant surrounded by an apartment development.
Barnaboy	Francis O'Grady was leasing a property at Barnaboy, barony of Frenchpark, valued at £4 15s together with 179 acres of land from William Longfield's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Barnavihall	At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Connolly was leasing this property, valued at £8, together with over 250 acres, from R.W. Greene.
Barranagh	A house close to the sea on the Mullet peninsular.
Bartragh Island	A Kirkwood family home in the 19th century.
Battlefield	McTernan notes that Battlefield was built for the Knott family in the early nineteenth century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation James Knott occupied the property, then valued at £20. Both Leet in 1814 and Lewis in 1837 record Battlefield as a residence of the Knott family. In the later nineteenth century the house passed into the ownership of the Robinson family, descendents of the Knotts. with whom it remained until the 1940s. It was sold and subsequently demolished.
Baunmore	Yard buildings, gates and walls still remain.
Beaufield House	Bowfield House was occupied by E. Howley in the 1830s. No house of more that £1 valuation was recorded in the townland of Carrowcrom at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Beech Abbey	Originally a Begg residence, Beech Abbey in the mid 1850s was occupied by William Acheson, who was the main tenant of the Babington lands in the parish of Aughrim. Valued at £2.10 shillings.
Beech Hill	Beech Hill was built in the mid to late 18th century. In 1814 Beech Hill was the residence of Bernard Mahon. It was offered for sale by them in 1851 and it was owned at the time of Griffith's Valuation by Edward C. Villiers and was valued at £26. In 1906 Beech Hill House was still valued at £26. It is now derelict.
Beechgrove	A Brannick family home, still extant but unoccupied.
Beechmount	Occupied by John Cogan at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Beechwood	A residence of the Hughes family in the 18th century. The sale rental of 1859 states that Beechwood was for many years the residence of the late Mr Ferrall. Daniel Ferrall of Beechwood was issued with a game licence in 1822. Occupied by Daniel Irwin in the 1850s when the house was valued at £40, by the Tolers in the 1880s and by Clare M. Nolan in 1906. Norton states that the Irwin brothers were nephews of Daniel Ferrall.
Bekan	The exact location of the Burke's house in the village is not known.
Belclare	At the time of Griffith's Valuation all of Belclare was held by Pinkerton and Thompson who had a large milling business there, including 3 houses valued at £26, £13 and £18. The Livingstones must have bought out Pinkerton and Thompson. Belclare Lodge is marked on the OS map of 1838 but the Livingstone's house was apparently further inland. Buildings were demolished at Belclare in the late 20th century to make room for building developement.
Belhavel	Belhavel was the home of Hugh Lyons Montgomery, built during the Famine. The family took up residence there in 1850. Slater refres to it as the seat of Hugh Lyons Montgomery in 1894. The Irish Tourist Association survey in the 1940s records that "every stone was taken away to build houses throughout the district". An earlier castle also in Belhavel is reputed to have been built by the first Montgomery to settle in the area in the seventeenth century.
Bella	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Arthur O'Connor was the lessor of a caretaker's house, valued at £2 10s, as well as 136 acres. Lewis recorded Bella as the residence of E. French in 1837. An entrance gateway named Flynn's Cottage is visible here now!
Bellamont House	Archaelogical research would appear to indicate that Richard Coote had a fortified house at Collooney known as Bellamont House. A later structure in the town, also known as Bellamont House, is not associated with the Coote family
Bellanagare Castle	Bellanagare was the home of the O'Conor family including the well-known historian Charles O'Conor. He later built Hermitage House some distance away and Bellanagare Castle is now in ruins.
Bellavary	Charles Goodwin lived in the house in the late 1830s. The Landed Estates' Court rental records that Bellavary House was leased to Standish O'Grady McDermott by William Malley on 10 Feb 1859 for 21 years. It later became a Royal Irish Constabulary barracks and burned down in 1920.
Belleek Castle/Ballina House	Edward J Howley held Belleek Castle and demesne on a lease originally granted by James O'Hara 2nd Lord Tyrawley to Vaughan Jones for 999 years, dated 25 Mar 1739. He was residing at Belleek in the 1830s. The Castle was leased to the Pery family in the late 1860s. It is now known as Ballina House.
Belleek Manor/Abbey	Built in 1831 in the Gothic style. The seat of Maj.-Gen Saunders Knox-Gire in 1894. It was sold in 1940 to the Beckett family who resold it to Mayo County Council. It became a santorium but now functions as the hotel known as Belleek Castle.
Belleview Cottage	Robert Whiteside was leasing the property at Lisnalurg, known as Belleview Cottage from the Wynne estate, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was valued at £8.
Belleville	Built in the late 18th and early 19th century. The only part of the house remaining is the tower.
Bellevue/Lisreaghan	Belview was the main seat of the Laurence family in east Galway. In the 1850s it was valued at £42 and was occupied by Walter Laurence jun. In 1906 it was the property of Rev. Charles Lawrence. It is no longer extant but a famous gateway, erected in support of the Volunteers of 1782, is still visible.
Bellew's Grove	Slater refers to Bellew's Grove as a seat of Lord Grey de Ruthin in 1894. It was held by Mrs. Bellew at the time of Griffith's Valuation and valued at £30.
Bellfield Cottage	Bellfield Cottage, valued at £6, was the residence of Michael E. Murphy at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Bellgrove House	Described in the Ordnance Survey Field Name Books as a small house with a demesne of 115 acres. Occupied in 1837 by O. Irwin and the residence of John C. Davis at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Demolished in the mid 20th century.
Belmont	Home of the Blakes in the late 18th century and first half of the 19th century. Recorded as a steward's house at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was held by James D. Meldon from the Bishop of Tuam.
Belmont	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Mary Anne Walsh was leasing a property valued at £17 to Hugh Byrne at Drumsna, barony of Leitrim. In June 1883 Gerald F. Walsh offered for sale the property in Drumsna known as Belmont.
Beltra Rectory	This house, part of the Irwin estate, was on perpetual lease from the Cooper estate. It principally functioned as the local rectory. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the property was occupied by Rev. St.George Knox and was valued at £13.
Belville	An Orme home in the first half of the 19th century. Described in 1942 by the Irish Tourist Association surveyor as a large house near the church at Ballyglass, formerly owned by the Orme family and "purchased some years ago by Mr MacDonald, Kilfian. It has remained unoccupied...", due to a popular belief among the local people that the house was haunted.
Belville (Kilmacshalgan)	According to McTernan, Belville was built by Peter Rutledge on the occasion of his marriage to Catherine Ormsby in 1808. The house was occupied in the 1830s by James Rutledge. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was occupied by Margaret Ormsby Ruttledge, leasing from the Cooper estate and was valued at almost £4. By 1876 it was the seat of Robert McMunn who owned 582 acres in county Sligo. It was partly demolished in the twentieth century.
Benada	Built by Daniel Jones around the turn of the nineteenth century with a much admired demesne. It was held in fee by Rev. Daniel Jones at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £17. In 1858 it was transferred to the Sisters of Charity who ran a girls' school and orphanage there. In the twentieth century it became a secondary school and continued in that role until 2004 when it was sold to a private developer.
Benlevy Lodge	A lodge situated close to the shore of Lough Mask and to the Lynch's house at Petersburg. Ocuppied by J. Blake in 1837 and by the Reverend E.G.O'Grady at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The remains of the lodge are still visible.
Benmore	In 1778 this was a Daly property. In 1824 Mr. O'Connor was listed as a non-resident proprietor in county Galway. The OS Name Books record the proprietor of Benmore as Hugh O'Connor with a Mr. Dowdall acting as his agent in the 1830s. In 1855 Valentine O'Connor Blake was leasing 584 acres and buildings valued at £8 in the townland of Benmore, parish of Grange, barony of Loughrea, to Denis Deely.
Bermingham/Birmingham House	An 18th century house which was originally the seat of the Bermingham family, Barons Athenry and Earl of Louth. Occupied by Richard D'Arcy in 1814 and uninhabited in 1837. It was leased to John Irwin Dennis the following year and bought by him in 1851 from Clifford Trotter. Since then the house has been the home of the related families of Dennis, O'Rorke and Cusack Smith. The house and demesne were advertised for sale early in 2007. The Clonbrock Estate Papers, Collection List 54 in the National Library contain early 19th century rentals of the Bermingham estate.
Bettyfield	Recorded as the seat of Sir John Conroy or O'Mulconry in the Ordnance Survey Field Name Books. Arthur O'Connor was the main tenant in the townland of Shankill at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Bettyville	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, a house at Cloonlahan, barony of Longford, valued at £5 together with over 300 acres was held by Michael McDermott.
Bingarra	Occupied by James Clarke in the mid 1850s and advertised for sale in Nov 1855.
Bingham Lodge	The main residence of this branch of the Bingham family located beside the sea.
Bingham's Castle	Early 19th century building, abandoned by the Binghams circa 1925, now a ruin.
Binghamstown House	Built 1796 by Major Denis Bingham and let to Dean Lyons in the 1820s, still owned by a descendant of the Bingham family in the mid 1990s.
Birch Grove	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas Brabazon was leasing a property valued at £10 at Beagh, barony of Moycarn, county Roscommon, to Ellen O'Shaughnessy. In 1837 Lewis records Birch Grove as the residence of J. O'Shaughnessy. Referred to as the residence of J.J. O'Shaughnessy in 1894.
Blackrock	In 1906 the house at Blackrock was owned by John W.L. Birchall and was valued at £10. Arthur J.V.L.Burchall was occupying the house at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was also valued at £10. There is still an occupied house at this site.
Blake Hill	A house on the estate of the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, occupied by the Blakes of Menlo in the late 18th century/early 19th century. Thomas Blake of Brendrum, county Galway, married Mary Lynch, granddaughter of Sir Roebuck Lynch Blosse 2nd baronet and they were the parents of the 9th and 10th Blake of Menlo baronets. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the most valuable house in the townland of Breandrim was a herd's house of £4.15 occupied by C. B. Kenny. Old yard walls remain at this site.
Blake's Lodge	Built prior to 1838, this house may have been a sporting lodge or steward's house of the Blakes. Robinson writes that only the orchard walls remain.
Blindwell	A Kirwan home, a fireplace still marks the site of the house which was demolished in the early 20th century. In the 20th century this property was owned by the Websters, Nolans and now by the Fair family. Part of Blindwell also belonged to the Agricultural Institute.
Bloomfield	Johnston states that Bloomfield was once part of the Phibbs estate before passing into the ownership of the Martins of Cleaveragh. In 1814 it was occupied by William White. James Martin owned the property at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at almost £6 and leased to Joseph Robinson. It remained in the Robinson family until the twentieth century and was demolished in 1948.
Bloomfield	Built circa 1776, it was the seat of the Ruttledge family, including Robert Ruttledge in 1894. Sold to the Land Commission in 1924 and later abandoned following a fire.
Bloomfield	In the possession of John Farrell in 1814 and of H. O'Farrell medical doctor in 1837. In the mid 19th century held by the Reverend Peter Toler in fee and valued at £10. Toler appears to have purchased Bloomfield from the sale of the Cargins Park estate by the trustees of Daniel Kelly.
Boathaven Lodge	Like Oldhead House, a summer residence, owned by the Browne family, Marquesses of Sligo, and let to various persons.
Boeeshil House	At the time of Griffith's Valuation William Shanley was leasing a property at Boeeshil, barony of Carrigallen, incuding a house and corn mill, valued at £20, from the Percy estate. There are three mills shown at the site on the 1st edition 6" OS map, including a corn, bleach and flax mill. Lewis records this property as belonging to the Gerard family.
Bohagh Lodge	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Robert Glancey was leasing a house valued at £6 and over 500 acres at Bohagh, barony of Castlereagh from Travers R. Blackley.
Bookeen Glebe	Burton Persse was leasing this house to Rev. Robert Graham at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In the nineteenth century, the house was used as the residence of the incumbent at Bookeen Church. It was later purchased by the Aitken family who had served as Land Agents for the Clancarty estate at Coorheen, outside Loughrea. A renovated stone house existed at this location in 2006.
Bopeep Lodge	A Blakeney property that was leased to H. French in the 1830s and to Robert French in the 1850s.
Boyhill House	Richard Persse was leasing a house valued at £5 from Burton Persse at Boyhill, barony of Athenry at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1906 it was still the property of Burton Persse who also held almost 300 acres of untenanted land in the locality.
Brabazon Park	Built by George Brabazon in 1777. Sold to the Sisters of Mercy circa 1920s by the Congested District Board, who ran a domestic economy school there for many years. It was demolished in the later twentieth century to make way for the building of a health care facility. Part of the demesne is now Swinford Golf Course.
Brackernagh Lodge	A house valued at £18 at Brackernagh, parish of Kilcloony, barony of Clonmacnowen, was being leased by the Clancarty estate to Miss L. Trench at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This is most likely the house which appears on the 6-inch OS map as Brackernagh Lodge.
Branchfield (Duke)	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Alexander Duke was leasing property valued at £8 with almost 300 acres, at Branchfield, barony of Corran, from Jemmet Duke. Lewis records Branchfield as the seat of Rev. William Duke in 1837.
Breaghwy Lodge	A house known as Breaghwy Lodge was the estate home of the family in the early 19th century. This building was later replaced by a large Victorian house was the seat of D.A Browne in 1894. It now functions as Breaffy House Hotel,
Bredagh/Breda	A sale notice in the Landed Estates Court includes the house and lands at Bredagh as part of the Cruise estate. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Cruise was leasing 88 acres in this townland from Robert Ridge but there is no house on the property.
Breeogue	Matthew Walsh was leasing this property from the Earl of Erne's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at almost £6. Breeogue House is still extant and occupied.
Brees/Brize	The original castle was the home of the Moore family in the 17th century. A house was later built which was the home of the Coghlan family in the early 19th century and was occupied by John and Mathew Anderson at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Brick Field	At the time of Griffith's Valuation William Phibbs held a property valued at £6 at Knockbrack, barony of Corran. In 1906 this property was valued at £11.
Bridgemount House (Drum)	The home of the Acton family in the 19th century and the seat of G.H.Acton in 1894.
Brierfield	The Hawkes family built a chapel of ease at Brierfield in 1720. Brierfield was their main residence in the 18th and 19th centuries. Sold to Cox Cotton in the late 19th century, no longer extant.
Broadlands	The home of the Knox Gore family, let to Patrick C Howley in the 1830s and to John Knox, of the Rappa Castle family, at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Brook Lodge	The Ordnance Survey Field Name Books refer to Brook Lodge in the south of the townland. No demesne marked on the first Ordnance Survey map.
Brookfield House	Arthur Loftus Tottenham was leasing a house valued at £14 to James Tate here in 1856.
Brookhill	Brookhill was situated on church land held by the Gonnes, who leased the house to the Kirwans in the late 1770s. Occupied by the Lambert family from the 1790s to the 1940s when it was sold to Gerald Maguire, a solicitor in Claremorris. Now the home of the Noone family.
Brookhill (Rossinver)	Brookhill is described as the residence of Capt. Johnston in 1835. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was occupied by Johnston Sharpe and valued at £10. In 1894 Slater notes that it was the seat of Capt. Forbes Johnston. It is the only Johnston residence still extant.
Brooklawn	Occupied by James Taaffe in 1814. The residence of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Achonry in the mid 19th century. Still extant but not occupied. This house is now situated in county Roscommon.
Brooklawn	In 1837 this house was the residence of a branch of the Blake family. At the time of Griffith's Valuation this house was leased to Michael McDermott by Thomas J. Blakely.
Brooklawn	A Blake home occupied by John Griffin in 1814. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Charles Blake held the townland of Fartamore from James Lynch. Still extant but unoccupied.
Brooklawn or Clooncoe	Lewis records Brooklawn as a seat of the O'Brien family in 1837.Brooklawn House in the townland of Clooncoo, parish of Cloone, was part of the Clements estate but is described at the time of the first Ordnance Survey as the seat of a Mr. Crawford. It was also known as Clooncoe House.
Brooklodge	This property was leased to Christopher French by Ambrose Deane on 16 June 1775 for 1 life and 99 years. He built a house which later became a Blake residence held from the Skerretts, who had inherited it from the Deanes. The house is now a ruin.
Brookville	Lewis records Brookville as the seat of Martin White in 1837.
Brownestown	This house is marked 'in ruins' on the Ordnance Survey 6 inch map, 1917 edition. The Irish Tourist Association file describes the house as a 3 storey T shaped plain residence, uninhabited for about 60 years.
Brownhall	Described as a handsome, commodious building in the Ordnance Survey Field Name Books.
Brownville	This house was originally known as Eyreville and was leased by the Martins to the Eyres in the latter half of the 18th century. In 1808 it was sold to James Valentine Browne and the name of the house was changed to Brownville. In the later 19th century it was the home of Dr McCormack, the Bishop of Galway.
Bunnacranagh	Luke Colleran was leasing a property valued at £12 at Bunnacrannagh, barony of Leyny from the Knox estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In the twentieth century part of this premises served as the post office for the village of Curry nearby. There is still an extant house at this site together with the other remains of estate architecture. Part of the property was being offered for sale in 2007.
Bunnybeg/Bonnybeg	Lewis records Bonnybeg as a seat of the Lawder family in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was owned by William Lawder and was valued at £10. There is no trace of this house visible now.
Bunnyconnellan Cottage	The residence of the O'Dowds of Bunnyconnellan until the sale of their estate in 1854 when it was bought by Charles Downing and leased to Henry McLoghry. The Irish Tourist Association file refers to Oaklands House owned by Mr McAndrew in which some of the old O'Dowd house was probably incorporated.
Bunowen Castle	Originally the site of an O'Flaherty castle and occupied by the Geoghegans. Their descendant John Augustus O'Neill built a new castle residence at the foot of the Hill of Doon which he was unable to complete. Bought by the Blakes of Towerhill in 1852 and used as a summer residence. It is now a ruin.
Bunowna	In 1906 John L. Brinkley was the owner of a property at Bunowna, barony of Tireragh, valued at £7. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, James McMunn, MD, had been leasing this property from the Brinkley estate, when it was valued at £8.
Bunreagh	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Thomas Cox was leasing a house at Bunreagh, barony of Boyle, valued at £10 from the Lloyd estate.
Burke's Court	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Garrett Burke was leasing a house valued at £7 at Cloondadauv, parish of Ballinakill, barony of Leitrim, from the Clanricarde estate.
Burkeville	Burkeville was offered for sale in the Encumbered estates court in July 1852. At the time, Maurice Bennett was the tenant of this "fine commodious dwelling house".
Burnbrook	A house with mills closeby on the river.
Burrishoole Lodge	Described by the Irish Tourist Association surveyor in 1942 as a house of no more than 100 years old, an "example of pseudo or imitation Tudor architecture" and the home of Ernie O'Malley.
Bushfield	The original house, now a ruin, was sometimes known as Creaghduff. Creaghduff was occupied by Burke esq in the 1770s. Thomas Ruttledge of Bloomfield made his will at Bushfield in 1797 and died there in 1805. Bushfield was the home of Arthur Knox and his wife Barbara nee Lambert. Their daughter Elizabeth married Annesley Knox of Rappa Castle. Barbara married secondly Charles White and sublet the house to Robert Fair, son of Robert Fair of Fortville. Robert Fair of Bushfield had an only daughter Jane who married Thomas Ruttledge of Bloomfield and their second son took the surname Ruttledge Fair. A new house was built in the 1920s and is the home of the Delaney family.
Bushy Park	Occupied by Edward McDonnell in 1814. Two generations of the Martins lived in this house in the 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was occupied by Robert J. Martin and was valued at £12.
Bushy Park	Early 18th century house, used as a school for the sons of Protestant clergyman. Occupied by Andrew Lyster in 1814. The residence of James Barlow in the 1830s and in the mid 1850s. Bushy Park became the home of the ffrench family in the 1860s, who bought out the property in the early 20th century. Dr Noelle Davies, author and poet, was a 20th century member of the ffrench family. This house is now the home of Laurence and Helga Mullins.

Landed Estates Database, 1.2.4 28 Sep 2009