McDermott (Springfield)
According to William Keaveney this estate in the parish of Templetogher, barony of Ballymoe, county Galway, was a Kelly property in the late 18th century. William Kelly had two daughters who married Owen McDermott and Glasgow Connolly respectively. Owen McDermott was granted Springfield in a deed of settlement. However in the mid 19th century following legal proceedings the estate was divided between the McDermotts and the Connollys. William McDermott, son of Owen, built the town of Williamstown. Both parts of the estate were offered for sale in the early 1860s. The Connolly moiety of the estate was bought by William Johnston, a Dublin solicitor, who was one of the creditors. Over 2,000 acres of McDermott property in the baronies of Ballymoe, county Galway and Athlone, county Roscommon, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates' Court in 1863. In the 1870s their estate amounted to 2571 acres.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield House | Gortdrishagh | Templetogher | Glennamaddy | Kilcroan 86 | Ballymoe | Galway |
OSI Ref: M638 699
OS Sheet: 6 Discovery map: 39 |
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Archival sources
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Connolly, 9 Nov 1860, Vol 60, MRGS 39/030, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), McDermott, 24 Apr 1863, Vol 67, MRGS 39/034, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Papers re property of Owen McDermott, a minor, in Springfield, barony of Ballymoe, Co Galway and in Co Roscommon. (Subsequent owner Mrs Eliza O'Loughlin), 19th cent. M5651(1-2); National Archives of Ireland
- Springfield House. Photographs. 022/092.; Irish Architectural Archive
Contemporary printed sources
- DUTTON, Hely. ''Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 416
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 359
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 218 & II, 616
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Glennamaddy Union, 74
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 297
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Galway, http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/default.html: Gortdrishagh
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 317
- 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] : 291
- 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: 149.
Modern printed sources
- GLIN, Knight of, GRIFFIN, D. J. & ROBINSON, N.K (eds).'' Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland''. Dublin: Irish Architectural Archive/Irish Georgian Society, 1989. : 78
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': MELVIN, Patrick. The composition of the Galway gentry. VII No. 1(1986), 91
- KEAVENEY, William. The Land for the People. Dublin: Lios Rua Books, 2007 : 53-56
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': MULRYAN-MOLONEY, Maeve. Changing family names in Williamstown Parish, in North East County Galway. XI No 3 (2004), 186-189