Estate: Little

Associated Families

• Knox (Castlereagh)
• Fawcett (Ballykinlettragh)
• Little

Description

At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Reverend Francis Little, held 2 townlands in the parish of Doonfeeny, barony of Tirawley, county Mayo, previously part of the Knox of Castlereagh estate. In 1819 he had married Jane Fausett sister of John Fausett. In 1867 this small estate was put up for sale in the Landed Estates' Court by John and William Little. The Irish Times reports that it was sold to Col. Knox Gore for over £4000.

Houses

none

Archival sources

• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Knox, 24 Nov 1853, Vol 25 , MRGS 39/011, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Little, 3 May & 5 July 1867, Vols 85 & 86, MRGS 39/041 & 39/042, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Solicitors' Papers re Moy and other fisheries, Co Mayo and associated families of Gore, Browne, Ormsby, Jones, Atkinson, Little, Clarke, Orme, FitzGerald and Clive, 1611-1957. Acc. 1165

Contemporary printed sources

Modern printed sources

• Irish Times: Landed Estates Court Sales reports, 6 July 1867, p.4
• BOWEN, Desmond. Souperism: Myth or Reality, A Study in Souperism. Cork: Mercier Press, 1991: 198

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