Trant
In 1876 Dominick Dillon Trant offered over 800 acres of his estate in the barony of Castlerea, county Roscommon for sale in the Landed Estates' Court. He had purchased some of these lands in the same court in 1871. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Henry Dillon Trant was leasing a house valued at almost £5 and 130 acres to John Irwin, at Polranny, barony of Castlereagh. At the time of the first Ordnance Survey a townland in the parish of Baslick, barony of Castlereagh, is owned by Trent. It is described as including Fern Hall House. Gormley states that Henry Trant inherited an estate in Roscommon from his grand-uncle who was a Dillon. Trant never resided in Roscommon and Richard Irwin acted as his agent. H.D. Trant still owned over 1,000 acres in county Roscommon in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fern Hall | Pollranny | Baslick | Castlerea | Castleplunket 62 | Castlereagh | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M766795
OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 40 |
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| Heathfield | Heathfield | Baslick | Castlerea | Castleplunket 62 | Castlereagh | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M763 787
OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 40 |
Archival sources
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Trant, 17 November 1876, Vol 126, MRGS 39/057, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Roscommon: Vol. I, 92
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castlerea Union, 25.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 319
- 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] : 450