Mayo Country Houses

1750c – Claremount, Claremorris, Co. Mayo

Built in the 18th century, this house was the home of George Browne, third son of the 1st Earl of Altamont,

1777 – Brabazon Park House, Swinford, Co. Mayo

Swinford was established in the late 1700s by the Brabazon family. Originally from Leicestershire in England and had been living on their estate near Ballinasloe in County Galway until they were dispossessed during the Cromwellian wars.

1785 – Moore Hall, Co. Mayo

Architect: John Roberts

Also known as Moorehall, the house was constructed between 1792 and 1795. The Moores were originally an English Protestant family but some became Catholic when John Moore married the Catholic Jane Lynch Athy of Galway,

1790s – Newport House, Co. Mayo

An historic Georgian house built over several periods, in gardens and park adjoining the town and overlooking the Newport river. Originally constructed in the late 18th century,

1811 – Castlemacgarrett House, Claremorris, Co. Mayo

After the house of 1694 was destroyed in a fire in 1811, part of the current house was constructed. It was later extended in 1907 by Richard Orpen.

1831 – Belleek Manor, Ballina, Co. Mayo

Architect: John B. Keane

Five-bay two-storey over basement country house, begun 1825 and completed 1831, erected for Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Francis Arthur Knox-Gore (1803-73).

1838 – Cranmore House, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo

Architect: George Papworth

Built in 1838 by Alexander Glendenning Lambert, who was an agent for the Knox family, and had connections with the Glendenning Banking Family.

1860s – Grove House, Mill St., Westport, Co. Mayo

Tudor revival residence, believed to have been built on an earlier house, originally set in its own large garden, now part of a busy street-scape.

1875 – Creagh, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo

Architect: Samuel Ussher Roberts

Creagh House was built by Colonel Knox in 1875, ‘beautiful manor house to the right of the French chateau lately occupied by his predecessor’

1877 – Errew Grange, Co. Mayo

Architect: J.F. Fuller

By his marriage with an heiress Ellen Farrar, Granville Knox, was able to purchase Errew in Co Mayo.