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Estate: Paget

Associated Families

Description

The Paget estate was mainly in the parishes of Crossmolina and Kilfian, barony of Tirawley, county Mayo but they also held land in the parish of Kilglass, barony of Tireragh, county Sligo. Quinn writes that they sold some of their estate in 1851. In July 1853 the demesne and lands of Fahy and Ellagh with Glendavoolagh mountain, the estate of Thomas and James Paget, were advertised for sale. Fahy was held from the Earl of Arran. Lands at Kinnard, leased by the Pagets to the Simpson but latterly in the possession of Hannah Dempsey, were offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in June 1874. In 1876 the Pagets owned 2473 acres in county Mayo and 354 acres in county Sligo.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Kinard Lodge (H155) The Ordnance Survey Name Books record Kinnard Lodge as the property of the Paget family in 1837. It appears that it, like other houses in the area, was used as a summer bathing lodge. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was occupied by James Paget and was valued at £9. A second house in the townland was occupied by Henry Simpson, leasing from James Paget, and was valued at £6. Kinard Lodge is still extant and occupied.	Kinard	Kilglass	Dromore West	Kilglass 16	Tireragh	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.21766 -9.07166 OSI Ref: G301304 Discovery map #24. OS Sheet #16.
Knockglass (H252) The main residence of the Paget family in the 19th century. Afterwards it passed into the possession of Patrick Rowe and later served as the home of the Church of Ireland Bishop of Tuam, Achonry and Killala. In 2011 it was offered for sale.	Knockglass	Crossmolina	Ballina	Ardagh 14	Tirawley	Mayo	Lat/Lon: 54.12468 -9.29720 OSI Ref: G152 203 Discovery map #23. OS Sheet #29.
Fahy (H253) Built 1796, a former Paget home occupied by Ernest Knox of the Castlereagh family in the late 1830s. Lackland Chisholm was the tenant at Fahy in 1853. The original house is no longer extant.	Fahy	Kilfian	Killala	Kilfian East 99	Tirawley	Mayo	Lat/Lon: 54.17948 -9.29892 OSI Ref: G152 264 Discovery map #23. OS Sheet #21.

Archival sources

Mayo County Library: Irish Tourist Authority. Topographical and General Survey, 1941-1945. File Mayo North 1-16, parish of Crossmolina (Knockglass)
National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Dempsey/Paget, 26 June 1874, Vol 115, MRGS 39/053, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
National Library of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (Burke), Paget, 12 July 1853, Vol 17

Contemporary printed sources

GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Dromore West Union 28
GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Ballina Union, 37 & Killala Union, 37
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: 360
LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 180 (Fahy) & 255 (Knockglass)
M'PARLAN, James. Statistical survey of the county of Mayo. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1802: 101
ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Mayo: Vol III, 43 & 101 (Knockglass), Vol IV, 276 & 308 (Fahy)
ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Sligo: Vol I 446 & 461
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 352
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 311 & 323

Modern printed sources

Email: info@landedestates.ie. Landed Estates Database, 1.2.7b2, 18 May 2011, Phase II beta