Guide to Irish Castles, Manors, and Country Houses
of THE PROVINCE OF LEINSTER for:
-- Co. LONGFORD --
| LOCATION: | NAME: | Orig. OWNER/YEAR | REMARKS | NOTES: |
| ============== | =========== | ============= | ==================================== | ============================= |
| BALLYMAHON | Castlecor | Harman 1770+ | Built by Rev Cutts Harman, Dean of Waterford. Now a convent. | Notes: (1) |
| BALLYMAHON | Ledwithstown | Ledwith 1710+ | Derelict. | Notes: (1) |
| BALLYMAHON | Mosstown | Newcomen - Kingstone 1670+ | Acquired by the Kingstone family by 1798 - Alexander C. Kingstone. | Notes: (1) |
| BALLYMAHON | Newcastle | Sheppard - Harman - Parsons-Harman - King-Harman 1710+ | Passed to the Harmans by marriage 1691; Lawrence Parsons-Harman 1784. Now a hotel. | Notes: (1) |
| CLOONDARA | Brianstown | Achmuty 1731 | Built by Samuel Achmuty. Fire 20 cent. | Notes: (1) |
| EDGEWORTHSTOWN | Edgeworthstown House | Edgeworth 1710+ | Built by Richard Edgeworth M.P.; enlarged by Richard Lovell Edgeworth 1775+, writer on education. | Notes: (1) |
| EDGEWORTHSTOWN | Lisard | More O'Ferrall 1780+ | Demolished. | Notes: (1) |
| EDGEWORTHSTOWN | Newtown Bond | Bond 1740+ | Notes: (1) | |
| KILLASHEE | Middleton | Harman - Montfort 1750+ | Built by Wesley Harman. Bought 1764 by Henry Montfort. | Notes: (1) |
| LISRYAN | Coolamber Manor | Blackall 1820+ | Built by Major Blackall. | Notes: (1) |
| LONGFORD | Carriglass Manor | Newcomen - Lefrow 1650? | Orig. for the Bishops of Ardagh. Left to Trinity College, Dublin in 17 cent. Leased to the Newcomen family in 18 cent. Bought by Chief Justice Lefroy who rebuilt the house 1837+. Library. | Notes: (1) J. Summerson, The Country Seat, 1970, 185. |
| LONGFORD | Farragh | Bond 1750+ | Enlarged by Willoughby Bond 1811-33. | Notes: (1) |
| LONGFORD | Mount Jessop | Jessop 1750+ | Demolished. | Notes: (1) |
| NEWTOWNFORBES | Castle Forbes | Forbes 1830+ | Replaced an earlier house destroyed by fire. | Notes: (1) |
Notes: (1) -- M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988.
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