Oakport, Boyle, Co Roscommon 

Oakport, Boyle, Co Roscommon 

Mark Bence-Jones. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London.

p. 228. “(Goff/LGI1912; King, Kingston, E/PB) A two storey house with two adjoining five bay fronts’ one having a  large round-headed window in both storeys at one end.” 

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Oakport was the home of the Reverend William French, fourth son of John French of French Park, in the early 18th century. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, Oakport House, the property of Thomas William Goff, is recorded as “unoccupied”. A house is still extant at the site.