Irwin (Tanrego)
McTernan states that John Irwin, a Cromwellian soldier, was granted the lands at Tanrego in the seventeenth century. The Irwin family also had property in the parish of Achonry, barony of Leyny. Turlough O'Carolan was a frequent visitor to Tanrego and composed a number of tunes in honour of the family including "Colonel John Irwin". In 1855 John Lewis Irwin offered for sale lands in the baronies of Tireragh, Leyny and Carbury, including Tanragoe. The estate was acquired by the Olpherts and later the Verschoyle families. The house was occupied in the 1850s by Capt. Richard Olpherts. The house and lands at Barnabrack were also part of the Irwin estate. In the mid-19th century, Reverend Crinus Irwin, Archdeacon of Ossory, held three townlands in the parish of Kildrumsherdan, county Cavan. He was the second son of Lewis Francis Irwin of Tanrego and his wife Elizabeth Harrison. He married Amy Chamberlain and they had two sons John Lewis Irwin of Tanrego and Lewis Chamberlain. The Irwins did not own land in county Cavan in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanrego | Tanrego East or Carrowmore | Dromard | Dromore West | Dromard East 24 | Tireragh | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G601313
OS Sheet: 19 Discovery map: 25 |
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| Beltra Rectory | Barnabrack | Dromard | Dromore West | Dromard East | Tireragh | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G596299
OS Sheet: Discovery map: 25 |
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Archival sources
- Agreement between Thomas Lovelace and John Irving re property in Tireragh, 1675. D.8779. ; National Library of Ireland
- Tanrego photographs. 016/022. ; Irish Architectural Archive
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Irwin, 26 January 1855, Vol 33, MRGS 39/015, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- J.C. McDonagh (1939), Deeds, rentals, correspondence & accounts re the Crofton, Irwin, Dodwell & Gethin families & property in Cos Sligo & Roscommon, 1615-1828. Small Accs. Index 71, D.11482-11564; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 169
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Sligo: Vol I, 260
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I, 503
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 406 (Tanrago)
Modern printed sources
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 270
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 625-626
- NATIONAL INVENTORY OF ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE. ''An introduction to the architectural heritage of county Sligo''. Dublin: Stationery Office, 2007. : 98.
- O'HORO, Michael. ''Skreen and Dromard: history and heritage''. Skreen, county Sligo: [the author], 2000. : Wilson, Martin. Tanrego. 45.
- TIMONEY, Martin A. (ed). ''A celebration of Sligo: first essays for Sligo Field Club''. Sligo: Sligo Field Club, 2002. : HARBISON, Peter. The antiquities of Sligo in 1779 as seen by Lewis Irwin of Tanrego House.
- McTERNAN, John. ''A Sligo miscellany: a chronicle of people, places and events of other days''. Sligo: Avena publications, 2000. : 124.
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': Nĺ CHINNÉIDE, Síle. A Frenchman’s Tour of Connacht in 1791. XXXV (1976), 52-66
- McTERNAN, John C. ''Sligo: the light of bygone days, Vol.I Houses of Sligo and associated families''. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 460-461 (Tanrego)
- TIMONEY, Martin A (ed). ''Dedicated to Sligo: thirty-four essays on Sligo's past''. Sligo: Publishing Sligo's past, 2013. : Timoney, Martin A. "Hints towards a natural and topographical history of the county of Sligoe" by the Rev. William Henry, 1739", p.150. [Tanragoe]