Guide to Irish Castles, Manors, and Country Houses
of THE PROVINCE OF CONNAUGHT for:
-- Co. MAYO --
| LOCATION: | NAME: | Orig. OWNER/YEAR | REMARKS | NOTES: |
| ============== | =========== | ============= | ==================================== | ============================= |
ACHILL ISLAND |
(Kildownet) |
16th C |
O'Malley |
( Tower-house ) |
? |
MacDonnell (c1490) |
( south Co. Mayo ) |
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| BALLA | Ballinafad | Blake 1827 | Built by Maurice Blake. | Notes: (1) |
| BALLINA | Belleek Manor | Knox-Gore 1825+ | Built by Francis Knox-Gore. | Notes: (1) |
BALLINA |
14th C |
Earls of Arran |
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| BALLINA | Castle Gore | Gore - Cuff 1580+ | Deel Castle belonging to the Bourke
family passed to the Gores, Earls of Arran who named it
Gore Castle. Passed to James Cuff M.P., who built a new house near the castle in 1790. Destroyed in 1798. |
Notes: (1) |
| BALLINA | Greenwood Park | Knox 1780+ | Built by Major John Knox - cp. Netley Park built by his brother. Ruined. |
Notes: (1) |
| BALLINA | Netley Park | Knox 1816 | Built by Capt H.W. Knox. Demolished. |
Notes: (1) |
| BALLINA | Rappa Castle | Knox 1750+ | Demolished 1937. | Notes: (1) |
| BALLINROBE | Ballinrobe | Kenny 1740+ | Built by Courtney Kenny. | Notes: (1) |
| BALLINROBE | The Neale | Browne 1737+ | Built by Sir John Browne M.P., father
of 1st Lord Kilmaine. Demolished. |
Notes: (1) |
| BALLYCURRIN | Ballycurrin Castle | Lynch 1828 | Built by Capt Peter Lynch, replacing an earlier Lynch house built ca. 1680. | Notes: (1) J.B. Burke, Visitation, 2nd Series, II, 1855, 19. |
| BALLYGLASS | Clogher House | Lynch - FitzGerald-Kenney 1790+ | Notes: (1) | |
| BALLYGLASS | Moore Hall | Moore 1795 | Built by George Moore. | Notes: (1) J. Hone, The Moores of Moore Hall. London, 1939. |
? |
13th C |
Mac Jordan |
( central Co. Mayo ) |
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| BELMULLET | Bingham Castle | Bingham 1820+ | Ruined. | Notes: (1) |
CAHER |
Loughmask |
15th C |
MacWilliam Burke |
( Tower-house ) (bawn) |
? |
( aka Rockfleet Castle ) |
O`Malley |
( Tower-house ) |
|
? |
15th C |
O'Malley |
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? |
O'Flaherty, MacWilliam Burke |
( aka Kilboynell Castle ) |
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| CASTLEBAR | Castlebar House | Bingham 1660? | Binghams, Earls of Lucan. Burned 18 cent. Burned again in 1798. |
Notes: (1) |
| CASTLEBAR | Turlough Park | FitxGerald 1750+ | Owned by G.R. FitzGerald - eventually
hanged. Abandoned by the family 1865. Ruined. |
Notes: (1) |
| CLAREMORRIS | Castle MacGarrett | Browne 1694 | In the Browne family since 1564. Built by Geoffrey Browne on site of a Prendergast castle. Burned 1811; replaced by Dominick Browne, Lord Oranmore. Large library. |
Notes: (1) F.O. Morris, Series of Picturesque Views, vol. VI, 1866+ |
| CLAREMORRIS | Bloomfield | Ruttledge 1730+ | Refaced ca. 1769. Demolished. | Notes: (1) |
| CLAREMORRIS | Claremont | Browne 1760+ | Built by Col Dominick Browne | Notes: (1) J.B. Burke, Visitation, 2nd Series, II, 1855, 4. |
| CLAREMORRIS | Newbrook | Bingham 1770+ | Burned 1837. | Notes: (1) |
CONG |
13th C |
de Burgo, Guinness (c1228) |
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| CROSSMOLINA | Knockglass | Paget 1750+ | Notes: (1) | |
| HOLLYMOUNT | Hollymount House | Vesey - Lindsey 1750+ | Ruined. | Notes: (1) |
| HOLLYMOUNT | Milford | Miller 1720+ | Notes: (1) | |
LOUGH CARRA |
13tH C |
de Staunton, MacEvilly |
( hall-house ) |
|
| KILLALA | Castlerea | Knox 1780+ | Home of L.E. Knox M.P. founder of the Irish Times in 1859. | Notes: (1) |
| KILLALA | Killala Castle | Stock - Verschoyle 1600+ | Ruinous by 1787; repaired 1796. Occupied by General Humbert, but the learned Bishop Joseph Stock and his library were not disturbed. When Bishop James Verschoyle died in 1834 the see was joined to Tuam. |
Notes: (1) |
| KILLALA | Summer Hill | Bourke 1750+ | Ruined. | Notes: (1) |
(east of) MOUNTHENRY |
Moyne |
late 15th C |
? |
( Tower ) |
| NEWPORT | Newport House | O'Donel 1740+ | Remodelled twice. | Notes: (1) |
| NEWPORT | Ross House | O'Malley 1800+ | Notes: (1) | |
SHRULE |
Shrule |
? |
MacWilliam Burke |
( tower-house ) |
| WESTPORT | Westport House | Browne 1731 | Built by John Browne, 1st Earl of
Altamont . Enlarged 1778. Library added in 1816, but destroyed by fire 1826. New library built. Current owners: The Marquess and Marchioness of Sligo. |
Notes: (1) Notes: (2) D.E. Browne, Westport House and the Brownes. Ashbourne, 1981. D. Guinness, Irish Houses, 1971, 249. |
Notes: (1) -- M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988.
Notes: (2) -- It was designed by Richard Castle (a German architect), for John Browne, later the Earl of Altamont. The Brownes were a Catholic family and supported James II, an allegiance that was to cost them the larger part of their new-won estates. Col. John Browne (1636-1711), the grandfather of the builder of Westport, founded the Westport estate out of O'Malley territory, and his wife, Maud, was the GGGdau. of Grace O'Malley, the legendary pirate queen. Westport stands on the site of an old O'Mally Castle, whose dungeons may still be seen. His grandson, another John Browne, married Anne Gore in 1729 and soon after set about building the house. John Browne was made Baron Mount Eagle in 1760, Viscount Westport in 1768, and received the Earldom abt. 1771.
Owing to the crippling rates on the house and land at Westport, Lord Sligo, who had built himself a sm. house on the property, following a joint discussion with his son, the Earl of Altamont, it was decided to open the house to the public...
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