Digby (Moat Lodge)
The Digby's title to their estate in the barony of Tiaquin, county Galway, commenced with the marriage settlement of Robert Digby, a grandson of John Digby of Landenstown, county Kildare and Charlotte O'Hara in 1812. Their only son, William John Digby of Moat Lodge, Moylough, held thirteen townlands in the parish of Kilkerrin and three townlands in the parish of Moylough in the mid 19th century. He married Sarah Le Poer Trench, daughter of the rector of Moylough and a great granddaughter of 1st Earl of Clancarty. Their son, Robert Kenelm Digby, owned 4,930 acres in county Galway in the 1870s. He still occupied Moat at the beginning of the 20th century. Over 3,600 acres of Robert K. Digby's estate was vested in the Congested Districts' Board on 15 Nov 1913. These Digbys were a branch of the Digby family descended from Simon Digby, Bishop of Elphin, to whom the Digbys of the Aran Islands were also connected.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moat Lodge | Moat | Moylough | Glennamaddy | Scregg 79 | Tiaquin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M592 503
OS Sheet: 45 Discovery map: 39 |
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Archival sources
- O'Hara Papers, Collection List 66, see in particular MS 20,289 and MS 20,356; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 318
- 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] : 129
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 295
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Glennamaddy Union, 26
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 44
- 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.
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.132
Modern printed sources
- O'REGAN, Carol & JONES, John (eds). ''Moylough: A People's Heritage''. Moylough Community Council, [1993]: 69
- ''Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies: the journal of the Irish Georgian Society''. : MCCARTHY, Patricia and MULLIGAN, Kevin V. Unfulfilled mediocrity: the hapless career of Dominick Madden in the west of Ireland. IX (2006), 98-149
- KILKERRIN HERITAGE GROUP. ''A Place of Genius and Gentility, Insights into our Past, Kilkerrin, Co Galway: Historical Essays on a North Galway Parish''. Oidhreacht Chill Choirín, 2006: KEANE, Helen G. Cloonkeen Leananode: The rebirth of a rural townland on the former Digby Estate. 81-86