Bourke (Holywell)
This Bourke family held the estate of Holywell in the parish of Annagh, barony of Costello, county Mayo from the Dillon-Browne family of Glencorrib, parish of Shrule, barony of Kilmaine, Co Mayo. The Holywell and Glencorrib estates were advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court on 5 Nov 1850 and 28 Jan 1851. Hugh Bourke of Holywell still held 548 acres in 1876.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holywell | Holywell Lower | Annagh | Claremorris | Ballyhaunis 81 | Costello | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M472 774
OS Sheet: 103 Discovery map: 39 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Dillon-Browne, 5 Nov 1850 & 28 Jan 1851, Vols 3 & 5, MRGS 39/001 & 39/002, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 47
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 307
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Claremorris PLU, 93
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol 1, 29