Guide to Irish Castles, Manors, and Country Houses
of THE PROVINCE OF CONNAUGHT for:
-- Co. ROSCOMMON --
| LOCATION: | NAME: | Orig. OWNER/YEAR | REMARKS | NOTES: |
| ============== | =========== | ============= | ==================================== | ============================= |
| ATHLEAGUE | Mount Talbot | Talbot 1760+ | Remodelled ca. 1820. Burned 1922. |
Notes: (1) |
| ATHLONE | Mount Plunkett | Plunkett 1806 | Built by George Plunkett. Ruined. |
|
| BALLINTOBER | Dundermot | O'Conor Don - Kelly 1750+ | Notes: (1) | |
| ? | Ballintober Castle | 14th C | O'Connor Don (c1300) | |
| BOYLE | Frybrook | Fry 1750+ | Notes: (1) | |
| BOYLE | King House | King 1710+ | The Kings were Earls of Kingston. Ruined. |
Notes: (1) |
| BOYLE | Rockingham | King 1810 | Built by Gen Robert King, 1st Viscount
Lorton; designed by Nash. Demolished. |
Notes: (1) J.B. Burke, Visitation, 2nd Series, II, 1855, 46. |
| CASTLEREA | Castlerea House | Sandford 1750+ | Demolished. | Notes: (1) |
| CASTLEREA | Clonalis | O'Conor Don 1720+ | Large archive in house.; as well as library.
|
Notes: (1) Montgomery-Massingberd, Field Book, 1988. |
| CASTLEREA | Mantua House | Dowell - Grace 1747+ | Built by Oliver Grace incorporating a
Dowell house; Grace married the daughter of John Dowell. |
Notes: (1) |
| ELPHIN | Clooncahir | Crofton 1820+ | Owned in 1837 by Rev A. Crofton. | Notes: (1) |
| ELPHIN | Cloonyquin | French 1750+ | Notes: (1) | |
| FRENCHPARK | French Park | French 1729 | Built by John French, designed by
Richard Castel. Ruined. |
Notes: (1) |
| KNOCKCROGHERY | Scregg | Kelly 1750+ | Notes: (1) | |
| LECARROW | Ringdown ( aka St. John's Castle ) |
13th C | ? | |
| ? | Rinndown | 13th C | de Marisco | |
| ROSCOMMON? | Roscommon Castle | 13th C | de Ufford (1269/1280), O'Connor, Malby (1580s) | |
| ROSCOMMON | Donamon Castle | Caulfeild 1460+ | O'Finaghty, Burke, Caulfield Now owned by a missionary Society. |
Notes: (1) |
| STROKESTOWN | Strokestown Park | Hales - Pakenham - Mahon 1696+ | Remodelled in 1819. | Notes: (1) |
| TULLY | ? | 17th C | ? | ( strong-house ) |
Notes: (1) -- M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988.
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