placenamesAghamore
Achadh Mór
Mannin, within Aghamore electoral division, preserves an early eighteenth-century house associated with the Dillons and Beytaghs.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Achadh Mór · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Aghamore · English · main form
Place & story
Captain Dillon’s house
Mannin House was built for Captain Gerald Dillon, who died in 1720. The architectural inventory records a two-storey farmhouse overlooking the ruined Mannin Castle and the largely dry lake. Its associated estate features include a dovecote and remnants of a gate lodge. Later family connections included the Beytaghs, also recorded as Beatty. [2]
Domestic craftsmanship
The symmetrical house has a central doorway approached by limestone steps. Inside, the inventory recorded carved timber door surrounds, a wooden staircase and shuttered windows. Upstairs rooms retained chimneypieces and timber ceilings, including vaulted examples. These surviving fittings accompany the exterior's stone doorcase and regularly arranged windows, documenting domestic craftsmanship within the old estate house. [2]
A place in Carolan’s travels
The University of Galway's Landed Estates database identifies Mannin as a regular stopping place for harper Turlough O'Carolan, who composed tunes honouring the Dillons and Betaghs. At Griffith's Valuation, Margaret Mary Beatty owned the townland, which included a house assessed at £5. The database places Mannin explicitly within Aghamore electoral division. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Aghamore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Mannin House, NIAH 31309205 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mannin, property98 · University of Galway, Landed Estates
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.