Strickland
Members of the Strickland family acted as agents for the Dillon estate at Loughglynn, county Roscommon. According to the Irish Tourist Association File the town of Charlestown is called after Charles Strickland, agent to Lord Dillon, who had the town built in opposition to Bellahy, on the Knox estate. In 1872, Charles Strickland resided at Loughglinn House. Charles and Thomas Strickland offered lands for sale in the barony of Frenchpark, the property of Francis Ellison, deceased.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Loughglynn | Loughglinn Demesne | Tibohine | Castlerea | Loughglinn 59 | Frenchpark | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M637868
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 32 |
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| Castlemore | Castlemore | Castlemore | Castlereagh | Ballaghaderreen 57 | Costello | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M598 948
OS Sheet: 74 Discovery map: 32 |
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Archival sources
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Ellison & Strickland, 19 April 1872, Vol 105, MRGS 39/049, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Manuscript account of the efforts of Mrs Strickland of Roscommon to induce the local population to grown flax, circa 1820. LE21; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
- Irish Tourist Association. Topographical and General Survey, 1941-1945. Parish of Kilbeagh. ITA/2/12; Mayo County Library
Modern printed sources
- McDERMOTT, Vera. ''The woodlands of Loughglynn''. Leeds: [the author], 1998. : 8-15, 31-35.
- ''Jnl. of the Roscommon Archaeological and Historical Society''.: JORDAN, Bernadette. Charles Strickland – Land Agent. IV (1992), 79-80
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': Miscellanea: List of persons who had been issued with game licences, published in the ''Roscommon and Leitrim Gazette'', 5 Nov 1822. VII No 2 (1987), 307