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Quinsborough House, Co.Clare

Quinsborough House, townland of Parteen, St.Patrick's par, Co.Clare (near Ardnacrusha, just across the Shannon N of Limerick city).
Sometimes "Quinborough".
Also written "Quinsboro".




Quinsborough House, when the Rahilly/Humphreys family lived there (1898 to 1909).
P106 listing says photo c.1908.
This is [P106/498(1)]. See larger and full size.
See wider print of same picture, but poorer quality. Image 7115 in Humphrys glass negatives. Light-adjusted. See original.
Wider print shows what looks like flagpole on LHS.




Quinsborough House, Co.Clare, is on land leased by Henry Widenham in 1712.
The house was built 1767 by his grandson George Quin.
It was inherited by his Taylour descendants.
They changed their surname to Quin 1813.
Quin sold the house to the Honan (NOT Horan) family by deed dated 27 Apr 1832 [Deed, 1898].
KILQUANE in [Lewis, 1837] says it was then the residence of Martin Honan.
Honan is listed there in [Griffiths Valuation, 1852].

It was bought by Ellen Mangan 1898 after the death of her husband Richard Rahilly.
Ellen and her dau Anna Rahilly lived there.
Her other dau Nell Humphreys and her family moved in with them when her husband Dr. David Humphreys took ill, apparently moved in 1900.
David died 1903.
Ellen died 1903.
See Childhood photos at Quinsborough.
The family left Quinsborough and moved to Dublin, c.Mar 1909.
Think they didn't sell Quinsborough immediately.
Aodogán once met the occupant of Quinsborough, who said he had title deeds that showed "your aunt" [Anno] "still owned Quinsborough in 1920".
The family must have kept Quinsborough, leased it to new occupants, only sold it when built Ailesbury Rd 1920.

The house survives today.





1763 map of lands of George Quin at Parteen.
Quinsborough House was built here soon after, in 1767.
N is to left. See full size. See rotated so N is up.
See title. Posted here.



Quinsborough on p.99 of [Taylor and Skinner, 1777].



Quinsborough on p.101 of [Taylor and Skinner, 1777].



Quinsborough House on 1829 to 1842 map.



Other copy of same map.
From [CCL].



Quinsborough House on 1887 to 1913 map.



Quinsborough House, when the Rahilly/Humphreys family lived there (1898 to 1909).
Image 5686 in Humphrys glass negatives. See larger and full size. Light-adjusted. See original.
See similar shot. Image 6536 in Humphrys glass negatives. Light-adjusted. See original.



Quinsborough House, when Rahilly/Humphreys family lived there.
Think this is the photo used as a postcard in [P102/97(2)].
See larger and full size. Image 5785 in Humphrys glass negatives. Light-adjusted. See original.
See other copy.
See other scan.
See similar shot. Image 7491 in Humphrys glass negatives. Light-adjusted. See original.
See similar shot. Image 7053 in Humphrys glass negatives. Light-adjusted. See original.



Quinsborough House, when Rahilly/Humphreys family lived there.
See larger and full size. Image 6507 in Humphrys glass negatives. Light-adjusted. See original.



Quinsborough House, when Rahilly/Humphreys family lived there.
See larger and full size.
Image 6062 in Humphrys glass negatives. Light-adjusted. See original.



Quinsborough House, when Rahilly/Humphreys family lived there.
See larger and full size.
Image 6054 in Humphrys glass negatives. Light-adjusted. See original.



Quinsborough House, when Rahilly/Humphreys family lived there.
Note flagpole on LHS.
The wings (servants' area, kitchen, pantry, dairy, etc.) exist at this time (they are 18th century) but are hidden by trees here.
See larger and full size. Image 5856 in Humphrys glass negatives. Light-adjusted. See original.
See other copy.



Quinsborough House.
From some unknown publication. P106 listing says c.1908. Maybe sales brochure.
Note flagpole on LHS.
The elaborate porch is still there.
This is [P106/497].
See larger and full size.



Quinsborough House.
The elaborate porch is gone.
This is [P106/513(34)].
See larger and full size.
See other shot in [P106/513(35)].



Quinsborough House. Photo 1938.
See larger and full size.



Quinsborough House for sale, maybe around 1960.
See full size.



Quinsborough House. Photo 1978.
See full size.
This is a colour-restored version made using MyHeritage In Color. See original.



Quinsborough House, 2006.
See full size.



Quinsborough House, 2006.
Photo courtesy of Richard Humphreys. See full size.
See other shot.



Quinsborough House, 2006.
Photo courtesy of Richard Humphreys. See full size.
See other shot and other shot.




Location of Quinsborough House.
Video 2006.
From here. Hosted at my YouTube account.
Download AVI file.




Front door



Dick, Emmet, Sighle.
Front door of Quinsborough.
Must be 1903 (by Emmet's age).
See larger and full size. Image 5932 in Humphrys glass negatives. Light-adjusted. See original.
See copy in [P106/1004].
See other scan.
See other scan.



Same spot (front door of Quinsborough), 2006.
See full size.
See alternate shot.



Similar shot to above.
See larger and full size. Image 6471 in Humphrys glass negatives. Light-adjusted. See original.



Dr. David Humphreys in the porch (before 1903).
Note doorbell. Note the columns of the old porch.
See larger and full size.
See also version in [P106/470].




Interior



Room at Quinsborough, when the Rahilly/Humphreys family lived there (1898 to 1909).
This is [P106/499].
See full size.



Probably interior at Quinsborough.
Image 4131 in Humphrys glass negatives.
See larger and full size.




The grounds



This looks like the fence at the front of the house.
See larger and full size. Image 6089 in Humphrys glass negatives. Light-adjusted. See original.



A walk at Quinsborough, when the Rahilly/Humphreys family lived there (1898 to 1909).
This is [P106/500(1)]. See larger and full size.
See back.
See other version in [P106/500(2)].
See other copy. Image 5828 in Humphrys glass negatives. Light-adjusted. See original.



The gate lodge at Quinsborough, think 1908.
This is [P106/501(1)]. See larger and full size. See back.
See other copy. Image 6174 in Humphrys glass negatives. Light-adjusted. See original.
See other version in [P106/501(2)].
See other version in [P106/501(3)].





Quinsborough House, Co.Clare (rear)






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