Guide to Irish Castles, Manors, and Country Houses
of THE PROVINCE OF CONNAUGHT for:
-- Co. SLIGO --
| LOCATION: | NAME: | Orig. OWNER/YEAR | REMARKS | NOTES: |
| ============== | =========== | ============= | ==================================== | ============================= |
| ? | Ardtermon | early 17th C | O'Hart, Gore | ( strong-house ) (north Co. Sligo) |
| BALLINFAD | Ballinafad Castle | late 16th C | Barbe (c1590) | "Castle of the Curlews" ( four massive towers ) |
| BALLYMOTE | Ballymote Castle | early 14th C | de Burgo (c1300), O'Connor, MacDonagh | (also see here) |
| BALLYMOTE | Abbeyville | Phibbs - Fleming 1726 | Built by William Phibbs. Sold to Richard Fleming 1810. | Notes: (1) |
| BALLYMOTE | Temple House | Perceval 1820+ | Notes: (1) | |
| BALLYSADARE | Seafield | Phibbs 1798 | Built by William Phibbs. Demolished. |
Notes: (1) |
| BELTRA | Longford House | Crofton 1782 | Acquired by the Croftons in 1615. Original castle ruined by 1780. Owned 1855 by Sir Maltby Crofton. |
Notes: (1) J.B. Burke, Visitation, 2nd Series, II, 1855, 172. |
| BOYLE | Hollybrook House | Ffolliott - Harloe - Phibbs 1756 | Estate granted to the Ffolliotts in
1659. Passed to the wife of John Harloe who built the house. Passed to William Phibbs in 1775; then back to the Ffolliotts. Derelict. |
Notes: (1) |
| CARNEY | Lissadell House | Gore-Booth 1830+ | Built by Sir Robert Gore-Booth | Notes: (1) Country Life, 162, 1977, 914. |
| CARNEY | Cullamore | Gore-Booth 1833 | Built by Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Bart. | Notes: (1) |
| ? | Castle Dargan | 15th C | MacDonagh | |
| COLLOONEY | Markree Castle | Cooper 1680+ | Rebuilt 18 cent. Enlarged 1802 by
Joshua Cooper. Large library. Now a hotel. |
Notes: (1) |
| INISHCRONE | Iniscrone (aka Enniscrone) |
17th C | MacDonnell, Nolan | ( semi-fortified house ) |
| INISHCRONE | Castle MacFirbis | ? | MacFirbis | ( stronghold ) |
| ? | Inishmurray | ? | ( stone fort or caiseal (St. Molaise) ). | |
| nr MULLAGHROE | Moygara Castle | early 13th C | Cuisin (c1215), O'Gara ( 16th century ) | |
| RIVERSTOWN | Coopershill | Cooper 1755+ | Built by A.B. Cooper 1755-74. | Notes: (1) |
| SLIGO | Hazlewood | Wynne 1731 | Built by Owen Wynne, designed by
Richard Castle. Now a commercial office. |
Notes: (1) |
Notes: (1) -- M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988.
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