Estate: Ferrall (Co Roscommon)

Associated Families

• Nolan/Ferrall (Lugboy)
• Ferrall
• Taaffe (Woodfield)
• Lyster
• Irwin (Leabeg & Beechwood)
• Ormsby (Tobervaddy, Shrulegrove & Grange)
• Hughes (Co Roscommon)
• Kincaid

Description

In the early 19th century John Farrell or Ferrall acquired large tracts of land mainly in county Roscommon, including the Ormsby's Grange estate, parish of Kilbride, barony of Ballintober South and land belonging to the Lysters in the parish of Cam, barony of Athlone. John Ferrall died in 1823 and was succeeded by his nephew, Daniel Henry Ferrall. In 1828 Daniel Farrell was a member of the Grand Panel of county Roscommon. At the time of the first Ordnance Survey Mr Kincaid of Dublin was agent to some of Daniel Farrell's estate. Desmond Norton's book refers to letters concerning the administration of D.H. Ferrall's estates during the Famine period by Stewart and Kincaid, land agents. Joseph Kincaid held two townlands in the parish of Kilcooley, barony of Roscommon at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Daniel H. Ferrall died in 1853 and was succeeded by his four sisters and their descendants, the Nolan, Taaffe, Conmee and Irwin families. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the representatives of Daniel Ferrall held land in the parishes of Cam and Kiltoom, barony of Athlone, Kilcolagh, barony of Frenchpark, Baslick, barony of Castlereagh, Cloonygormican, barony of Ballymoe, Kilglass, barony of Ballintober North, Kilteevan, Kilbride and Roscommon, barony of Ballintober South, Killukin, barony of Boyle and Bumlin, Kilcooley, Ogulla, barony of Roscommon. In June 1859 over 10,000 acres in counties Sligo and Roscommon, belonging to Louisa Bridget Taaffe, wife of Edmond Taaffe, Henry Taaffe Ferrall and John Nolan Ferrall, were advertised for sale. Lands in the barony of Corran, county Sligo, the property of John Ferrall, were offered for sale in December 1859. Unsold parts of the county Roscommon estate were advertised for sale again on 24 June 1862 and again in February 1863. Over 1,200 acres of the same estate in the barony of Castlereagh were offered for sale in May 1867 and 1,800 acres of the Frenchpark part of the estate in April 1868 and February 1869. Again in July 1875 over 900 acres of the Ferrall estate in the barony of Frenchpark was advertised for sale. In the 1870s Major Henry Taaffe Ferrall of Moylurg, Boyle, owned 5,140 acres in county Roscommon. In 1906 Beechwood was occupied by Clare M. Nolan who also held untenanted lands mainly in the parish of Kilteevan, barony of Ballintober South. Over 1,200 acres belonging to Clare M. Nolan were vested in the Congested Districts' Board on 25 June 1912.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Moylurg House (H1190) In 1837 Lewis records Moylurg house as the seat of the "Dick" family. However, local information suggests that this should refer to John Duke. Rev. William Robertson was leasing a property valued at £25 to John Johnston, at Clogher, parish of Eastersnow, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This appears to be Moylurg House which is still extant. Moylurg was the home of Major Henry Taaffe Ferrall in the 1870s.	Clogher	Eastersnow	Boyle	Rushfield 37	Boyle	Roscommon	Lat/Lon: 53.93644 -8.24669 OSI Ref: M838986 Discovery map #33. OS Sheet #10.
Dooneen (H1233) The representatives of Daniel Ferrall were leasing a property valued at £5 together with 200 acres to John Sharkey at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A farm is still extant at this location.	Dooneen	Kilcolagh	Boyle	Kilmacumsy 28	Frenchpark	Roscommon	Lat/Lon: 53.88331 -8.29961 OSI Ref: M803927 Discovery map #33. OS Sheet #15, 16, 9.
Beechwood (H1250) A residence of the Hughes family in the 18th century. The sale rental of 1859 states that Beechwood was for many years the residence of the late Mr Ferrall. Daniel Ferrall of Beechwood was issued with a game licence in 1822. Occupied by Daniel Irwin in the 1850s when the house was valued at £40, by the Tolers in the 1880s and by Clare M. Nolan in 1906. Norton states that the Irwin brothers were nephews of Daniel Ferrall. Beechwood is no longer extant.	Tonlegee	Kilteevan	Roscommon	Kilteevan 86	Ballintober South	Roscommon	Lat/Lon: 53.65092 -8.09831 OSI Ref: M935668 Discovery map #40. OS Sheet #40.
Ballyglass (H1252) Henry Sampey was leasing a property at Ballyglass, barony of Castlereagh, valued at £15, together with 260 acres from the Ferrall estate. In 1837 Lewis recorded Ballyglass as the seat of R. Kelly.It continued in the possession of the Kelly family who had worked for the Sampey estate. In 1894 recorded as the seat of A.W. Sampey. In 1749 the Census of Elphin recorded it as the residence of Terence McDermott. There is still a house on the site at Ballyglass though it may have been modernised, together with extensive yard and walled garden.	Ballyglass	Baslick	Castlerea	Bellanagare 70	Castlereagh	Roscommon	Lat/Lon: 53.81117 -8.38867 OSI Ref: M744847 Discovery map #33. OS Sheet #21.
Bloomfield (H1399) In the possession of John Farrell in 1814 and of H. O'Farrell medical doctor in 1837. In the mid 19th century held by the Reverend Peter Toler in fee and valued at £10. Toler appears to have purchased Bloomfield from the sale of the Cargins Park estate by the trustees of Daniel Kelly.	Bloomfield	Kilcooley	Strokestown	Tulsk 112	Roscommon	Roscommon	Lat/Lon: 53.77032 -8.18808 OSI Ref: M876 801 Discovery map #33. OS Sheet #28.

Archival sources

• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Taaffe & Ferrall, 28 June 1859, Vol 56, MRGS 39/028, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Taaffe & Ferrall, 24 June 1862 & 10 Feb 1863, Vols 65 & 67, MRGS 39/033 & 39/034, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Taaffe & Ferrall, 14 May 1867, Vol 85, MRGS 39/041, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Ferrall & Taaffe, 3 July 1875, Vol 120, MRGS 39/055, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Ferrall & Taaffe, 9 February 1869, Vol 92, MRGS 39/045, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Ferrall & Taaffe,21 April 1868, Vol 89, MRGS 39/043, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: W.B. Scott, solicitor's collection, includes mortgage of the Beechwood estate by Daniel Henry Ferrall to Stewart & Kincaid, 1834. Small Accs. Index 76, D.10,377
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Ferrall, 2 December 1859, Vol 57, MRGS 39/028, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Taaffe of Ballyneglogh, Co Sligo, includes Taaffe of Woodfield, Co Mayo. GO MS 175:323-330
• National Library of Ireland: Survey of Dooneen, barony of Frenchpark, Co Roscommon, the estate of Daniel Farrell by J. Longfield, Mar 1828. 21 F 45 (96)

Contemporary printed sources

Many of these resources are now available online. For a list with Web links please see the Online Printed Sources Links

• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Boyle Union, 111 (Dooneen).
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castlerea Union, 18 (Ballyglass).
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Roscommon Union, 115 (Beechwood)
• BATEMAN, John. The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.162 [Taaffe-Ferrall]
• HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 152
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 64 (Beechwood) & 71 (Bloomfield)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 211 (Beechwood)
• ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Roscommon: Vol.II, 119 (Bloomfield) & 266, Vol III, 64 (Beechwood)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 384-385
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland, [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 58
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 315
• WELD, Isaac. Statistical Survey of the county of Roscommon. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1832. : 651

Modern printed sources

• The Irish Genealogist: Miscellanea: List of persons who had been issued with game licences, published in the Roscommon and Leitrim Gazette, 5 Nov 1822. VII No 2 (1987), 307
• COMER, Michael and Ó MURAÍLE, Nollaig (eds.). BÉACÁN/BEKAN Portrait of an East Mayo Parish. Castlebar: Connaught Telegraph, 1986: Ó MURAÍLE, Nollaig. The Townlands of Bekan. 58
• GORMLEY, Mary (ed). Tulsk parish in historic Maígh Aí. Tulsk, county Roscommon: [the author], 1989. : 145
• NORTON, Desmond. Landlords, tenants, famine: the business of an Irish land agency in the 1840s. Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2006.: 85-129.