Estate: Bagot (Bagotstown, Ballyturin & Aghrane/Castlekelly)

Associated Families

• Cuff (Baron Tyrawley)
• Bagot (Bagotstown, Ballyturin & Aghrane/Castlekelly)
• Ouseley
• Kelly (Aghrane Castle/Castle Kelly)

Description

This family were first established at Bagotstown, county Limerick in the 13th century. They later held land in counties Laois and Offaly. It was through a marriage with a member of the Cuff family that a junior branch of the Bagot family of county Offaly came to possess an estate in the barony of Ballymoe, county Galway. Catherine Cuff, a granddaughter of Thomas Cuff, a brother of James Cuff, Lord Tyrawley, married John Lloyd Bagot in 1775. Griffith's Valuation records Thomas Neville Bagot and his son John Lloyd Bagot owning townlands in the parishes of Drumatemple and Kilcroan. The Bagot estate was further expanded by the acquisition of the Castlekelly estate in the barony of Killian. Bateman notes that there much litigation between Mr. Bagot and his sister-in-law, afterwards Mrs. Roberts, on the issue. By the 1870s John Lloyd Bagot owned 6,900 acres in county Galway and 104 acres in county Roscommon, his brother Christopher Neville Bagot owned 12,396 acres in county Galway and another brother Bernard William Bagot of Carrownure, Lecarrow, owned 686 acres in county Roscommon. John Lloyd Bagot married Anna Georgina Kirwan of Ballyturin, parish of Kilbeacanty, barony of Kiltartan, county Galway. Their son John owned 1,072 acres in county Clare in the 1870s. By 1906 John Bagot held over 600 acres of untenanted demesne land in Ballyturin as well as the mansion house. 281 acres of the Bagot estate was vested in the Congested Districts' Board in February 1916.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Russaun (Russane) (H592) Russaun, sometimes spelt Russane, appears to have become part of the Gregory estate, though occupied by the Bagot family, by the mid-19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was leased by William Gregory to John Bagot. However, in 1837 it was recorded by Lewis as the residence of the Lahiffe family. It is still extant and occupied.	Russaun	Kilbeacanty	Gort	Kiltartan 101	Kiltartan	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.05718 -8.77117 OSI Ref: M483010 Discovery map #52. OS Sheet #123.
Ballyturin (H593) At the time of Griffith's Valuation Ballyturin House was the residence of John Bagot. In 1906 John C. Bagot was the owner of the house which was valued at £17. It was located in a commanding position overlooking rolling countryside. In May 1921, an RIC man (District/Inspector Cecil Blake), his wife and two British Army officers (Capt Cornwallis and Lt McCreery) were killed in an ambush by South Galway/East Clare Irish Volunteers at the gates of Ballyturin House. Margaret, Mrs Robert Gregory of Coole Park (Lady Gregory's daughter-in-law) escaped without injury. Ballyturin is now a ruin.	Ballyturin	Kilbeacanty	Gort	Kilbeacanty 100	Kiltartan	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.05189 -8.75466 OSI Ref: M494004 Discovery map #52. OS Sheet #123/129.
Durrow (H939) In 1786 Wilson refers to "Durra" as a seat of Mr. Bagot. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Francis Hurley was leasing a property valued at £7 together with over 100 acres, from the Bagot estate at Durrow, barony of Ballymoe. A house is still extant at the site.	Durrow	Drumatemple	Glennamaddy	Ballymoe 82	Ballymoe	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.69502 -8.45573 OSI Ref: M699 718 Discovery map #39. OS Sheet #2.
The Hermitage (H940) The original house, named Hamlet Cottage, was beside the road and is marked on the 1838 Ordnance Survey map. A new house was later built and is labelled The Hermitage on the 25-inch Ordnance Map of the 1890s. A house is still extant at the site.	Lisnageeragh	Kilcroan	Glennamaddy	Ballymoe 82	Ballymoe	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.68411 -8.48892 OSI Ref: M677 706 Discovery map #39. OS Sheet #2.
Aghrane Castle/Castle Kelly (H1029) A 16th century tower house with 19th century additions. Castle-Kelly is recorded by Wilson as the seat of Denis Kelly in 1786. Lithographs of the entrance to Castle Kelly, Castle Kelly and Ballygar town are included in the sales rental of 1863. It was bought by the Bagots, sold by them to the Department of Agriculture in 1910 and demolished in 1919. Parts of the demesne are now owned by Coillte, the Forestry Service.	Aghrane or Castlekelly	Athleague	Mountbellew	Killeroran 149	Killian	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.54268 -8.32888 OSI Ref: M782 548 Discovery map #40. OS Sheet #33.
Carrownure House (H1216) In the mid 1850s valued at £20 and owned by Richard Bond in fee, who advertised it for sale in 1856. Described as a modern edifice on the shore of Lough Ree. The sale rental includes a lithograph. Bought by Bernard William Bagot in 1858 from Edward John Irwin. Sold by the Bagots to Samuel Auchmuty in 1903. Owned by the Auchmutys in the 20th century and known as Carnure House.	Carrownure Upper	St Johns	Athlone	Lecarrow 16	Athlone	Roscommon	Lat/Lon: 53.52426 -8.00905 OSI Ref: M994 527 Discovery map #40. OS Sheet #46.

Archival sources

• Cumbria Record Office: Charles G. Lowden Collection, surveyor, estate agent & auctioneer, includes two sale catalogues & notice card re sale of furniture from Augrane Castle, Co Galway, seat of the Bagots & works of art from Ballincollig House, Co Cork, seat of "the late" Sir Thomas Tobin, to be sold on 7 Apr 1891. BDB17/SP3/45
• Irish Architectural Archive: Aughrane Castle photos. 022/005
• National Archives of Ireland: Land Judges' Court Rental, Miles Victor Neville Bagot, Aghrane, Co Galway, 6 July 1904. Small Accessions Index, No. 1/65, Rental 56
• National Archives of Ireland: Solicitors' records from the office of Longfield, Kelly & Armstrong, include deeds re estate of Thomas Neville Bagot, Ballymoe, 19th century. Deeds series 2C 47 105
• National Archives of Ireland: Mortgages involving John Lloyd Bagot, 1857, 1873. Small Accs. Index 65, D.16233 & D.16261
• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Bagot of Bagotstown & Rathjordan, Co Limerick, & of Kilcoursey, King’s Co (Offaly), circa 1575-1862. GO MS 178:445-454
• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Bagot of Bagotstown, city of Dublin & Paris, circa 1600-1771. GO MS 159:14-15 & 67, GO MS 165:160-163
• National Library of Ireland: Attestation by Francis Power Trench re pedigrees of Bagot of Bagotstown, Madrid & Paris, 1770. GO MS 96:165-167
• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Bagot of Cos Kildare, Galway & Roscommon & of Australia, c 1575-1862. GO MS 178: 445-454
• National Library of Ireland: Copy of confirmation of arms to descendants of Thomas Neville Bagot of Ballymoe, 15 Mar 1867. GO MS 109: 141-142
• Parliamentary Archives: An Act for giving effect to a compromise of a suit concerning the last Will and Testament of the late Christopher Neville Bagot deceased, and for modifying certain of the trusts of his said Will affecting his Estates in the counties of Galway and Roscommon in Ireland, 1881. Private Act (Printed) 44 & 45 Victoria I, c. 4 - ref. HL/PO/PB/1/1881/44&45V1n245
• Roscommon County Library: Local History file on Bagot family
• Roscommon County Library: Bound copy of 'The celebrated case of Bagot v Bagot which occupied the Irish Probate Court from 25th April to 20th May 1878. 2nd edition, London

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. : Gort Union, 31 & 32
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Glennamaddy Union, 50 (Durrow) & 69 (Lisnageeragh)
• BATEMAN, John. The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Harrison, 1883. : 20
• 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] : 15 & 16.
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 50.
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 320 (Ballyturin), 329 (Castlekelly)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland, [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 46
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of names of proprietors and area and valuation of properties in counties in Ireland, held in fee or perpetuity or long leases at chief rents, 1876. (412) LXXX. 395: 148
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 293
• TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 238 (Durry/Durrow)
• WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom. London: Chatto & Windus, 1885): p.39-40.
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 126 (Durra)

Modern printed sources

• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 18
• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 21-22.
• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical history of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison, 1883: 149 (Cuff)
• LYONS, Mary C. Illustrated Incumbered Estates, Ireland, 1850-1905. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1993. : 184-185 (Carranure House), 219-223 (Aghrane)
• MELVIN, Patrick. Estates and landed society in Galway. (Dublin: Éamonn de Búrca, 2012). : pp.183-184, p.414 (Photograph of Ballyturin)
• MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). Burke's Irish Family Records. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 49-50