Monaghan country houses

1703 – Gola House, Co. Monaghan

Unusual house, similar to another in the county at Anketell. An unpopular family, the owners of Gola had been planted by King William in the 1660s.

1720s – Castle-leslie, Glaslough, Co. Monaghan

Described by Evelyn Shirley in “The History of the County of Monaghan”, published in 1879, as a brick house added to an earlier castle of Sir Thomas Ridgeway.

1780s – Camla Vale, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

After World War II, when nearby Rossmore Castle developed a severe case of dry rot, the 6th Lord Rossmore and his family were forced to leave the castle and take up residence in Camla Vale,

1780s – Glenburne House, Rockcorry, Co. Monaghan

Large three bay Georgian residence with curved central entrance bay. Used as a residence for land agents for the Dartrey estate.

1781 – Anketell’s Grove, Emyvale, Co. Monaghan

The third Anketell’s Grove (the other two being replaced by each subsequent house on different sites) was originally built in 1781.

1799 – Hope Castle, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan

Architect: Robert Woodgate

Also known as Blayney Castle after the plantation castle nearby (from which the town gets its name),

1814 – Newbliss House, Newbliss, Co. Monaghan

An early 19th century house of two storeys with a five bay main front. The enclosed porch features two Ionic columns.

1820s – Cornacassa House, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

A dignified smaller classical house with a lower service wing. Described in Lewis as “Cornacassa, of Dacre Hamilton, Esq., pleasantly situated in a highly cultivated and well-planted demesne”.

1827 – Lough Fea, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan

Architect: Thomas Rickman

Designed for the Shirley family by the historian Thomas Rickman and which is his only Irish commission,

1830 – Ballybay House, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan

Architect: John B. Keane

Ballybay House, residence of Henry Edward John Leslie C.M.G., M.V.O; (1880-1966), a member of the British diplomatic mission to Rome,