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Bushfield House, Co.Tipperary

Bushfield is in Gortnaskehy townland, Kilmastulla par, on the old Limerick-Dublin road, SW of Nenagh, Co.Tipperary.
It is half-way between Ballina-Killaloe to the W and Silvermines to the E.
It is close to Shallee and Greenhall.

Henry Cashell settled at Bushfield before 1762. Maybe as early as 1745.
He died 1762-1763.
His son Francis W. Cashell is living at Bushfield in 1814.
He died 1815.

His nephew Henry G. Cashel inherited Bushfield.
He left Bushfield by 1837. He still owned it, renting it out.
John Philips is renting Bushfield from Henry G. Cashel as at 1837.
Henry Phillips is renting Bushfield from Henry G. Cashel c.1850.
Henry G. Cashel died soon after 1866.

Fennessy bought Bushfield c.1890s, after Phillips.

The Shallee area on 1829 to 1842 map.
Bushfield House, Gortnaskehy, to NW.
Greenhall House, Greenhall, to SW.
Shallee House, Shallee (White) townland, to E.
Shallee House, Shallee Upper and Lower, to S.

Modern map showing Bushfield, Greenhall, Shallee, Garryard, Silvermines, Ballygown South and Cooleen.
Lissenhall is N of this area.
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Greenhall and Bushfield and Shallee and Garryard and Silvermines and Lissenhall.
Note N is in an odd direction.
From p.98 of [Taylor and Skinner, 1777].

Bushfield listed as the seat of Mr. Cashell in [Wilson, 1786, p.159].
See also p.172.

"Francis W. Cashell" is listed as living at Bushfield in [Leet's Directory, 1814].

Bushfield House on 1829 to 1842 map.

Bushfield House on 1887 to 1913 map.
See modern map and satellite.

Street view of entrance.
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Bushfield House. Photos 2006.

The entrance on the Dublin-Limerick road, showing the old farm buildings. Bushfield House behind them.
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Old farm building, with Bushfield House behind it.
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Old farm building. Certainly looks 18th century.
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Old farm building. See full size.

Bushfield House from the farmyard. See full size.

Bushfield House.
This may be later house, or old house heavily modified.
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The garden. See full size and similar shot.

The back. The odd window layout suggests the old house might be underneath.
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This annex at the back looks older than the main block. See full size.

The side entrance gate. See full size.

Video, 2006

Scan from left to right, showing Dublin road in background, farm buildings in background, Bushfield House in its garden, fields.
From here. Hosted at my YouTube account.
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Scan from right to left, showing back of Bushfield House, farm buildings in background, field, and Dublin road in background.
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Bushfield in Landed Estates Database