At
http://www.coonan.com/listing/2782213/ , it says that Cornaher House, in Cornaher, County Westmeath, near Tyrellspass, was scheduled to be auctioned, at Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co Kildare. It was most recently a bed and breakfast. It began as one of the core Lowe estates, then passed to the Vignoles family in the early 19th century, and they built a nice Georgian mansion on it.
I wonder if anyone can tell me who auctioned it, and who bought it. I need some historical information on the place.
I need some historical information. Deeds prove that my ancestors owned 158 acres there. Though in 1854 the estate was 666 acres, the current "Cornaher Farm" is described as "approximately 160 acres", leaving me wondering if my ancestors actually owned the mansion, though they were farmers. In addition to the mansion there are facilities for rearing cattle on the farm, and I think it was a working farm of some sort in addition to a bed and breakfast.
I want to contact the sellers or the owners to find out if my Lowes owned it and what more information is known about them than is in the deeds, which do not include how or when they got the property there.
Thanks!
Yours,
Dora Smith