Digby (Drumdaff)
Thomas Digby was resident at Ballymartin, parish of Rosccommon in 1749. In 1828 Thomas G. Digby was a member of the Grand Panel of county Roscommon. At the time of Griffith's Valuation George Digby' s estate was in the parishes of Kilgefin and Roscommon, barony of Ballintober South, county Roscommon and included Ballymartinmore where a vacant house valued at £4 was held by Edward Flynn. Over 200 acres of the estate of George Digby, located in the baronies of Ballintober South, Frenchpark and Castlereagh, were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates' Court, in November 1856. In the 1870s Mrs Digby of Drumdaff owned over 1,300 acres in county Roscommon.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumdaff | Drumdaff | Kilbride | Roscommon | Drumdaff 82 | Ballintober South | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M912 698
OS Sheet: 36 Discovery map: 40 |
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| Martinstown | Ballymartinmore | Roscommon | Roscommon | Roscommon Rural 90 | Ballintober South | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M881 625
OS Sheet: 39 Discovery map: 40 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Digby, 18 November 1856, Vol 42, MRGS 39/020, (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] : 128
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 315
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 55
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Roscommon: Vol II, 84
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Roscommon Union, 86
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 160 & 164
- WELD, Isaac. ''Statistical Survey of the county of Roscommon''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1832. : 651.
- LEGG, Marie Louise (ed). ''Census of Elphin 1749''. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2004: 148 (Ballymartin)