Rhaniskey or Rhameskey House
DublinSaggart (Dublin)
I believe Bartholemew Campbell Russell (1791-1874) lived in the big house at Rhaniskey. Is the house still standing?
Trixie1@mac.com
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The house/estate was located in the townland of Keeloges in Newcastle civil parish, it shown as Ranisky on the historic OS Maps. The townland is located less than 1km north of the town of Newcastle and a little over 4.5 km north west of the town of Saggart.
Griffith's valuation shows a number of entries for a Bartholomew Russell in this townland.
A modern aerial view shows what look like industrial buildings and warehouses on the same site, appears to be a transport business, building materials and garden centre. A 3d google view shows what looks like a house on the site, difficult to tell the age from the overhead view - but appears to be on the same site as one of the older buildings - see this link (house is upper right of the building).
Theres' a partial view of the house on Google streetview from the nearby road - see this link
shanew147IrelandXO Volunteer
See attached - c1840 OS map showing 'Raniskey' and the townland name.
shanew147IrelandXO Volunteer
Thank you. My great grandfather,Patrick Weldon, was working as a gatekeeper at the 'big house' Raniskey prior to his marriage where he met Mary Fagan. When they wanted to marry they were forced to marry in the Protestant Church of Ireland but they later snuck away and got married again in the Catholic Church. They were married in May 1861.
Trixie1@mac.com
You can find out if the house is still standing by looking at the information on google maps. What's more, you can see pictures of how the house looks at the moment from a satellite. It's a handy feature; it's how I traveled during the lockdown and chose countries to travel to. Lockdown changed many things in my life; due to spending a lot of time at home, I decided to change the design.
aidaallstott6@…
Hi Bobbi
Patrick Weldon is my 2x great grandfather. Thank you for sharing this information. I'd love to hear anything else that you may know about him or his family.
Kind regards
Janis
Janis
Hello Janis, I have much information about the Weldons. You can email me at trixie1@mac.com. It would be interesting to know how Patrick is your 2x great grandfather. -- Bobbi
Trixie1@mac.com
Thank you so much Bobbi, I certainly will.
Janis
Janis