Mapother
A Dorset family, established in county Roscommon since Elizabethan times, who intermarried with the Crofton, Ormsby, Nugent and Kelly families. In 1828 Edward Mapother of Kilteevan was a member of the Grand Panel of county Roscommon. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Mapother estate was in the parishes of Kilteevan and Roscommon, barony of Ballintober South. In the 1870s the Mapother estate amounted to 1,777 acres. Edward Dillon Mapother (1835-1908) studied medicine at Queen's College, Galway and became an eminent surgeon at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilteeven House | Cloontogher | Kilteevan | Roscommon | Kilteevan 86 | Ballintober South | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M933 646
OS Sheet: 40 Discovery map: 40 |
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Archival sources
- Draft pedigree & information re Mapother of Kiltivan, 1625-1802. GO MS 813 (15); National Library of Ireland
- Local History File - Mapother Edward; Roscommon County Library
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] : 306
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 317
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 211
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Roscommon Union, 112
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 384
- 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: 165