placenamesAnnabella
Two buildings called Annabella House preserve separate histories of estate residence and education on Mallow’s western side.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Annabella · Irish · main form · validated name
- Annabella · English · main form
Place & story
The lost estate residence
The Landed Estates database traces an Annabella residence from Courthorp Clayton in 1750 to the Hoare and Purcell families. Elizabeth Purcell held it from the Earl of Limerick at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. The database records the house’s demolition in the later nineteenth century, distinguishing this lost residence from the later building sharing its name. [2]
A house designed for teaching
The Annabella House on Shortcastle Street dates to about 1860 and was designed as a school. The architectural inventory describes its irregular arrangement of two parallel blocks, with a smaller single-storey section to the front. Sash windows, a columned classical doorway and decorative iron entrance gates give this educational building the appearance of a substantial Victorian residence. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Annabella. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Annabella House, Landed Estates property3278 · University of Galway Landed Estates database
- Annabella House, Shortcastle Street, NIAH20815059 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.