Fort Eyre House
A MODERN LIVING EXPERIENCE FOUNDED IN TRADITIONAL CRAFTMANSHIP
Much of the eighteenth and nineteenth century history of Shantalla is connected with the Eyre family, who originally came to Galway from Wiltshire as part of the Cromwellian forces. Two brothers, Edward and John, arrived in the mid-seventeenth century, with Edward settling in the city and John establishing his estate at Eyrecourt.
Rental Opportunity
Ideally located at the junction of Maunsell’s Road and Shantalla Road, Fort Eyre is just minutes from Galway City Centre and close to University College Hospital, NUIG, Taylors Hill and Salthill Promenade.
Fort Eyre is a highly impressive development which has been tastefully restored in keeping with its original features and is now home to a selection of quality tenants. This gated development is comprised of 12 residential units and 1 commercial unit with the residential units ranging in size from c.54 sq m to c.104 sq m and all properties have BER’s ranging from B2 to C1.
The main period house contains 6 apartments and 1 commercial unit. The Bell Tower is a self-contained apartment with 4 one-bed duplex properties nestled close by and surrounded by attractively landscaped grounds.
These properties come fully furnished to a very high standard and are immaculately presented throughout. The development is secured by a coded gate system and CCTV, which ensures secure parking facilities. Properties are heated by gas central heating and rent includes refuse & parking.
As Letting Agents, we operate a stringent vetting process to ensure that quality tenants are secured for each letting. As part of this process, potential tenants are required to complete and submit an application form to our office together with previous landlord and employment references, copies of ID and pps numbers. All properties are registered with the PRTB in compliance with current legislation.
Rental queries should be directed to directpropmgt@gmail.com
Living History
Much of the eighteenth and nineteenth century history of Shantalla is connected with the Eyre family, who originally came to Galway from Wiltshire as part of the Cromwellian forces. Two brothers, Edward and John, arrived in the mid-seventeenth century, with Edward settling in the city and John establishing his estate at Eyrecourt.
Edward was very successful in acquiring lands in and around the town of Galway and both he and his brother were active in public life in the city. Succeeding generations of Eyres continued to expand the family wealth, with lands in Shantalla, known as Kirwan’s Park, in the western liberties of the town, acquired in 1728. There was a decline in the Eyre fortunes with the accession of Edward Hedges Eyre to the property in 1787, as he proved a poor financial manager and fled from his debts, to die in London in 1803.
His brother Robert Hedges Eyre took over the Eyre estates and, despite residing in Macroom Castle, Co. Cork, managed to reactivate his title to many of the Galway lands and redevelop parts of the town. At the time of his stewardship of these lands, it is recorded that Fort Eyre was being leased to his nephew, Edward Eyre Maunsell, whose address from 1817 to the time of his death in April 1864, was given as Fort Eyre. Eyre lands in Shantalla were held by 90 tenants in small plots. O’Donovan described Fort Eyre as ‘a beautiful house … with offices and garden in perfect repair. He dates the house to 1822, but Edward Eyre Maunsell is connected with Fort Eyre as early as 1817, through the correspondence of the surveyor Michael Logan, who prepared a survey of the Eyre lands.
Edward Eyre Maunsell’s nephew Rev. Robert Hedges Eyre Maunsell inherited the Galway estate of his granduncle following Robert Hedges Eyre’s death in 1840. A large proportion of the Eyre lands were put up for sale in 1852.
