Kirkwood (Cottlestown & Clooncunny)
The Kirkwood estate was centred on Cottlestown in the Barony of Tireragh, where they held extensive property interests from the late 18th up the mid 19th century. The estate was sold in 1860 to the Boyd family who held it until the early 20th century. John Boyd is recorded as owning 1444 acres in county Sligo in 1876. Church lands at Clooncunny in the parish of Achonry were also leased by the Kirkwood family and in turn rented, princially to the Rice family. Thomas Rice occupied the lands from the 1830s to at least the 1860s.
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottlestown | Cottlestown | Castleconnor | Dromore West | Castleconnor West 15 | Tireragh | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G291259
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 24 |
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| Clooncunny | Clooncunny | Achonry | Tobercurry | Streamstown | Leyny | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G590171
OS Sheet: 32 Discovery map: 25 |
Archival sources
- Rentals of the Kirkwood estate, 1885-1900. Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 321 (Kirkwood)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Tobercurry Union, 45. Dromore West Union, 37
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I, 6, 294
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Sligo: Vol I, 21, 219
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 135, Kirkwood of Cottlestown
Modern printed sources
- NATIONAL INVENTORY OF ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE. ''An introduction to the architectural heritage of county Sligo''. Dublin: Stationery Office, 2007. : 14.
- McTERNAN, John C. ''Sligo: the light of bygone days, Vol.I Houses of Sligo and associated families''. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 284-286 (Castletown Manor)