Crooks
In the 1870s James Crooks of Castle Ffrench and Gosport, England, owned between 2,000 and 3,000 acres in county Galway and 1,001 acres in county Mayo, which he purchased following the death of James Thorngate.
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castleffrench | Castle ffrench | Killosolan | Mountbellew | Castle ffrench 146 | Kilconnell | Galway |
OSI Ref: M763 457
OS Sheet: 47 Discovery map: 47 |
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Archival sources
- Castle ffrench. Photographs & Press Cuttings. 022/022.; Irish Architectural Archive
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] : 109
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 294 & 308
Modern printed sources
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': LANE, Padraig G. James Thorngate: archetypral or atypical 1850s landlord?. LIII (2001), 137-144.