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House name	Description	Image(s)
Faheens	An O'Donnell residence in the 1830s.
Fahy	Built 1796, a former Paget home occupied by Ernest Knox of the Castlereagh family in the late 1830s. Lackland Chisholm was the tenant at Fahy in 1853.
Fairfield	Valued at £18 and held in fee by Pollok at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Fairfield (Kilgerrill)	In 1837, Lewis records Fairfield as the seat of John O'Brien. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Fairfield was leased by James Thorngate to Daniel Cruise. Taylor and Skinner record Fairfield as a seat of the O'Brien family in 1783.
Fairhill	Built in the late 18th or early 19th century, Fairhill was the home of the Fair family. It became established as a well known guest house for fishermen in the 20th century and is now a modern hotel run by descendants of the Fairs.
Fairy Hill	Thomas Doolan was leasing a property at Fairy Hill, valued at £20, to Charles Cooper at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Fairymount	The home of Edward Mills in 1814. In 1828 Edward Mills of Fairymount was a member of the Grand Panel of county Roscommon. Residence of Mr Lyster at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the largest house in the townland of Fairymount was valued at £1.15s, leased by Anne Lyster to Michael Connolly.
Faltia House	Daniel Mathers occupied Faltia House, barony of Moycarn, at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £9. It was part of a demesne of over 400 acres. The Ordnance Survey Field Name books of 1837 describe it as "a gentleman's place in good repair".
Faragher Lodge	Lodge was the residence of Thomas Hawkes in 1814 and Faragher Lodge of the Reverend Lewis Hawkes in 1837.
Farmhill	Built in 1780 this house became the principle seat of the Gardiner family. It was left by Harriet Gardiner to Susan Pringle who died in 1910. Farmhill then became the parochial house until the 1950s when it was demolished. Only the large walled garden now remains.
Farmhill	Joseph Kelly was leasing a property valued at almost £10 from Charles Kelly at Farmhill, barony of Tiaquin, at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Farmhill/Carradoyne	Dean Arbuthnot, who lived in the house in 1814, was rector of the parishes of Crossboyne and Kilcolman and a brother of Sir Robert Arbuthnot. The Gonne Bells were recorded as resident in Lewis and the Ordnance Survey Field Name Books. The house appears to have been known as Farmhill during the Vesey/Arbuthnot/Gonne Bell ownership and thereafter as Carradoyne House. It was occupied by Thomas Elwood in 1845 and by Lady Lynch Blosse at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. By the 1860s it was the home of the Sheffields and then occupied by Katherine Tynan and her husband Henry Albert Hinckson during World War I.
Farragh	An 18th century house on the Palmer estate, leased to the Waldrons in the early 19th century and occupied by Hector Sunderland at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Farrenmacfarrell	James Ormsby was occupying this property at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £6. McTernan states that the house was built by Thomas Ormsby at the end of the eighteenth century. In 1906, the house at Farranmacfarrell was owned by Alexander Cuffe and was valued at £7. The house is still extant but appears to be unoccupied.
Faughts Cottage	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Phillip Parke was leasing a property at Faughts, barony of Carbury, valued at £7, from John Wynne. This appears to be the house described on the 1st edition OS map as "Faughts Cottage".
Faulties	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Francis Nesbitt was leasing a property valued at £11 from Catherine Warren at Faulties, barony of Mohill.
Faus	Guy Lloyd was leasing a house at Faus valued at £10 to James Acheson at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Feacle/Fighill	The residence of Dennis Keogh in 1814, occupied by R. Keogh in 1837 and by Richard Keogh in the 1850s when the house was valued at £2. The house has been known as Fighill since at least 1837. The old house is no longer lived in.
Fearmore	In 1856 Edward Horsman was leasing a house in the townland of Fearmore from the Clanricarde estate. It was valued at almost £9 at the time.
Fearmore	Occupied by William Roper junior at the time of Griffith's Valuation and by John J. Daly in 1906.
Featherstone Lodge	Rev. John Fetherstonhaugh was leasing a house valued at £6 and over 1700 acres at Toorleitra from the Burke of Marble Hill estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In modern times this area has been extensively planted with forestry.
Fenagh Glebe	Rev. George Beresford held the Glebe at Fenagh, from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £16. The Buildings of Ireland survey states that the house was built c. 1829. It also records that the nearby church, built c.1790, was extended in the 1850s by the Pack Beresford family. Both buildings are still extant and in use.
Fermoyle Lodge	Built in 1875 by the Berridge family as a shooting lodge, now an art gallery. See www.stronachgallery.com.
Fern Hall	At the time of the first Ordnance Survey the Trant family were recorded as the proprietors of the townland of Polranny, barony of Castlereagh, including Fern Hall House. Henry Dillon Trant was leasing it to John Irwin at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at almost £5. Gormley states that this branch of the Irwins was the oldest in the area, having been recorded there in the sixteenth century. The house was not in good repair by the end of the nineteenth century.
Fiddaun Lodge	Melvin writes that John Dennis, the famous huntsman, was born at Fiddaun in 1800. Occupied by Charles O'Rorke in the mid 1850s.
Finisklin House or Seamount	Built as a seaside residence of the Wood family though frequently leased by them to various other families. In the mid nineteenth century it was the residence of Thomas Mostyn Wood and valued at £11. In the 1870s, McTernan notes that it passed to the land agent Richard St. George Robinson, in whose family it remained until the early twentieth century. It is still extant and has been restored.
Finned (Tireragh)	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, George Beatty (or Beattie) was leasing a house valued at £5 and almost 100 acres from the Tottenham estate. McTernan states that he was referred to at the time of the Ordnance Survey as a "middleman for a large amount of property". Later the house passed by marriage to the Boyd family who sold it in the early twentieth century. It is still extant and has been renovated.
Finned House	In 1906 Sir Jocelyn Gore Booth owned buildings valued at £8 at Finned, barony of Carbury. This is likely to be Finned House. This townland was the property of the Gore Booth estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation but the highest building valuation at that time was only £2.
Finnor	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Richard O'Farrell Caddell was leasing a house valued at £8, at Finnor, barony of Boyle, to Michael Barrett.
Fisherhill	Occupied by Major Blake in the early 19th century. Fisherhill and the lands of Carheens, were leased by Richard D'Arcy of New Forest, county Galway to Edward Cheevers of Killyan, county Galway on 23 Mar 1858. In 1879 Robert Ireland advertised for sale his interest in Cheevers lease. Now the home of the McGreal family.
Flanker House	The Walsh estate, including Drumsna House, was advertised for sale in the Landed Estates' Court in 1861. The sale notice describes the dwelling house as "handsome and commodious" with a large walled garden. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Mary Anne Walsh was leasing the house, valued at £22 from Josias Rowley. The accompanying map indicates that it was called Flanker House. In the 1870s several members of the Keogh family, with an address at Flanker House, Drumsna, held property in county Roscommon.
Flower Hill	Flower Hill was being leased by Magdalene Irwin from the Perceval estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £3. The Irwins had a modest house at this location and in the 1820s set about building a larger property. Due to debt and court proceedings it was never finished and remains a roofless ruin.
Flower Hill	Flower Hill was occupied by Anthony F. Nugent at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £28. Flower Hill is still extant and now operates as an equestrian centre. See www.flowerhill.net
Fohenagh	In 1906 Norah Johnston was the owner of buildings valued at £10 at Fohenagh as well as over 500 acres of untenanted land. Various members of the Johnston family had held lands in the area at the time of Griffith's Valuation mostly leased from the Hodson estate.
Fort Browne	By the mid 1850s the house was valued at £2.15s and was occupied by Margaret Burke.
Fort Laurel	Patrick and Hugh Maguire were leasing over 60 acres from the Palmer estate at Ardogelly at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Fort Laurel House was later built at this property. It was renovated in the late twentieth century and is now a family home.
Fort William/Fort Lyster	A house on the outskirts of the village of Athleague, it was the home of N. J. French in 1837. It was valued at £20 and was occupied by Henry West who held the property from Anne Lyster in the 1850s. The house, marked as Fort William on the first Ordnance Survey map, later became known as Fort Lyster. Still valued at £20 and occupied by the representatives of William Jameson in 1906. It was the home of Aileen Cust the first woman veterinary surgeon in the British Isles in the early 20th century. Some walls remain and the entrance gates.
Forthill Cottage	Lewis records a Burke family resident at Forthill in the parish of Kilbeacanty in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the holding was being leased by Michael Diviney from William Gregory. The house was valued at £2 but was vacant at that time.
Fortland	Fortland was originally a Browne property which later passed to the Jones estate. Both Leet in 1814 and Lewis in 1837 record it as a Jones property In the mid nineteenth century it was bought by Richard Graves Brinkley who was leasing it to John Wingfield King at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £14. It was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in 1874 when it was occupied by Mrs. Charlotte Lloyd, presumably a relative of Richard Brinkley's wife, Hester Lloyd. In 1906 it was the property of John L. Brinkley and was valued at £39. McTernan notes that the house was afterwards damaged by fire and partially demolished. Various buildings, including substantial remains of an estate farmyard survive at this site.
Fortland	The Jacksons held this property from the Pratts of Enniscoe. It was described in the 1830s as a plain house ornamented with a few trees and scrubs. Now owned by Billy Cook.
Fortland Cottage	Fortland Cottage was built on part of the Cullen estate in the 18th and was the home of Jane Cullen and her husband G. Gledstanes in the mid-nineteenth century.
Fortland House	John Massy was leasing a building valued at £8 to John Rutherford here in 1856. This is Fortland House which is still extant and occupied.
Fortlawn Cottage	Occupied by William Mulrooney at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Fortview	At the time of Griffith's Valuation occupied by Erasmus Lloyd who held it from William Lloyd.
Fortville	Fortville was occupied by Robert Fair in 1814. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was the residence of Anthony Kyne. Now the home of the Curran Flannery family, the Curran family having lived there since the 1910s.
Fortwilliam	At the time of Griffith's Valuation William Lancaster was leasing a property valued at £25 from the Trench estate at Ardcarn, barony of Moycarn. At the same time Thomas Lancaster was leasing a property to Capt. James Bell. On the 1st edition OS map these houses are locatred in Suckfield townland. A modern house occupied the site at Fortwilliam but there are remains of yard buildings and a walled garden.
Fortwilliam (Castlereagh)	The estate of William W.R. Sandford was leasing the house at Ballyfinegan, barony of Castlereagh, to Patrick Tighe at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £11. Lewis records a house called Fortwilliam in the parish of Ballintober as the seat of P. Teighe in 1837. The Census of Elphin recorded William Compton as resident at Ballyfinegan in 1749.
Fountainhill	The home of a branch of the Jennings family for over a hundred years, now a ruin.
Foxborough	Occupied by Patrick Taaffe at the time of Griffith's Valuation, who was leasing from Christopher French.
French Park	At the time of Griffith's Valuation Frenchpark was owned by Rev. John Ffrench, Lord de Freyne and was valued at £60. In the 1749 Census of Elphin it was the residence of Arthur and Lady French. Members of the French family were buried in the graveyard surrounding the ruins of Frenchpark Priory.
Frenchfort	Frenchfort became a Blake property in 1780 when Michael Blake married Anne Ffrench of Frenchfort. He is described as a resident proprietor in 1824. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house at Frenchfort in the parish of Oranmore was occupied by his grandson, Theobald Blake.
Frenchgrove	A house marked as 'in ruins' on the 1915 edition of the 6 inch Ordnance Survey map. The Irish Tourist Association file describes Frenchgrove as the residence of the Blakes, later of the Frenches and finally of a man named Eager, a Dublin banker. No house of more than £3 valuation was recorded in Griffith's Valuation for the townland of Frenchgrove. A modern house now occupies the site with the remaining evidence of the old building.
Frenchlawn	At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the estate of William W.R. Sandford was leasing a property valued at £12 at Frenchlawn, barony of Castlereagh, to James Glancey. In 1837 Lewis recorded Frenchlawn as the seat of Mrs. French. In 1814 it was the residence of Christopher French. There is still an occupied house at this site.
Friarstown	In 1856 William Leith was leasing Friarstown from John Johnston at which time it was valued at £20. In the 1870s it was the address of Thomas Robert Palmer who owned over 1600 acres in Leitrim at that time. In 1814 it was the residence of Andrew Johnston and Lewis also recorded it as a seat of that family in 1837.
Frybrook House	Frybrook House was built by Henry Fry, who came to Boyle in 1742, and established a weaving industry in the town. It is still extant.
Furbogh House	Furbough was demolished in the later twentieth century. The remains of the garden are still visible.
Furzepark House	This house is noted on the 1st editon OS Map as Furze Park House but it may later have been known as Seafort House. The Ordnance Survey Field Name books describe it as a bathing lodge, belonging to Mr. J. Smith, Loughrea. It was leased by the Blake estate to Martin Morris at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £9. By 1906 the buildings owned by Lord Wallscourt at Treanlaur were valued at almost £2. Substantial ruins of this house are still visible.

Landed Estates Database, 1.2.4 28 Sep 2009