Fetherston/Fetherstonhaugh (Derryhivney)
The Featherstonhaugh family held estates in the midlands of Ireland, especially county Westmeath, since the seventeenth century. Theobald Fetherstonhaugh of Mosstown, county Westmeath married Mary, daughter of Jonathan Harding of Hardinggrove, county Galway, c.1797. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Derryhivney was in the possession of Cuthbert Fetherston. He was also listed as one of the principal lessors in the parish of Kilmalinoge, barony of Longford. His lands at Fairy Hill, comprising Gortacloghy, Corr, Fairfield and Gortahaha, in the barony of Longford, county Galway,amounting to over 2000 acres, were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates court in June 1855. In the 1870s William Fetherstonhaugh of Derryhivney owned over 1,800 acres in county Galway. John Featherstone is recorded as the owner of over 3000 acres by the ''Return of Proprietors'' in the same decade.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derryhivney House/Harding Grove | Derryhivney | Kilmalinogue | Portumna | Kilmalinoge 181 | Longford | Galway |
OSI Ref: M872088
OS Sheet: 118 Discovery map: 53 |
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| Gortaha House | Gortaha | Lickmolassy | Portumna | Kilmalinoge 181 | Longford | Galway |
OSI Ref: M864061
OS Sheet: 118, 127 Discovery map: 53 |
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Cuthbert Fetherston estate, 26 June 1855,Vol 39, MRGS 39/017, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Solicitors' records from office of S. and R.C. Walker, includes deeds and statement of title of C. Fetherston of Derryheeney, 1850s. Small Accessions Index, No. 30. D.4585-4625; National Archives of Ireland
- Derryhiveny. Photographs. 003/089.; Irish Architectural Archive
- Pedigrees and notes on the families of Fetherston, Russell, Clibborn, Lefroy, Hearn, Tighe, Hamilton, Adams, Percy, Homan, De La Maziere, Daly of Castle Daly, Fetherstonhaugh, Nesbitt and Nugent, mainly on the Fetherston families, 20th c. Upton Papers, p.21 and following; Royal Irish Academy Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Portumna Union, 25 (Derryhivney), 47 (Gortaha).
- 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] : 156
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 295
- 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.
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1846''. (London:Slater, 1846): p.134 (Portumna)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 126 (Mosstown)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 293