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Country house

Muckloon Or Moorehall, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Country house, Muckloon Or Moorehall, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Muckloon Or Moorehall
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Moore Hall
Latest-edition OS map
Moore Hall (in Ruins)
Coordinates
53.71339, -9.22640
SMR number
MA100-154----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In forestry, situated on elevated ground overlooking the N end of Lough Carra. This house, five-bay, three storey over basement, was built between 1792-95 by George Moore. It was designed by the Waterford architect, John Roberts. The now ruined house was burnt down in 1923 during the Civil War.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 14 July 2015

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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