Ormsby Gore
Lord Harlech's estate held land in the baronies of Leyny, Tireragh and Tirerrill in county Sligo as well as over 2000 acres in county Leitrim including lands in the parish of Drumreilly, barony of Dromahaire. They also owned over 1000 acres in the parish of Killasser, barony of Gallen, county Mayo. Their main residence in the west of Ireland was at Derrycarne, near Drumod, county Leitrim, which had previously been part of the Nisbet family estate. The family also held property in the parishes of Cloone and Drumreilly, barony of Mohill, county Leitrim and Kilcooley, barony and county of Roscommon. In the 1870s the estate of the Gore family, Lords Harlech, included over 9000 acres in County Westmeath. At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s Major William Gore was among the principal lessors in the parish of Foyran, barony of Fore. The Ormsby-Gore family also held properties at Brogyntynx, in Wales as well as in England. In the 1870s the estate was comprised of 21,019 acres in county Sligo, 7,480 acres in county Leitrim, 1,174 acres in county Mayo and 172 acres in county Roscommon. In 1906 the estate held over 100 acres of untenanted land at Willowbrook, barony of Carbury, county Sligo. Lord Harlech sold 1,367 acres in county Mayo to the Congested Districts' Board on 28 July 1906 and a further 1172 acres on 22 Feb 1912.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clooskirt | Clooskirt | Ballynakill | Boyle | Ballynakill 49 | Tirerrill | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G751235
OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 25 |
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| Belvoir (Sligo) | Carns | St. John | Sligo | Calry 58 | Carbury | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G711338
OS Sheet: 15 Discovery map: 16 |
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| Derrycarne | Derrycarne Demesne | Annaduff | Mohill | Drumod 71 | Mohill | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: N022911
OS Sheet: 35 Discovery map: |
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| Carns Lodge | Carns | Kilmacteige | Tobercurry | Aclare | Leyny | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G416096
OS Sheet: Discovery map: 24 |
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| Willowbrook | Willowbrook | Calry | Sligo | Calry | Carbury | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G723391
OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 16 |
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| Carrick House | Carrickcoola | Ballynakill | Sligo | Ballynakill | Tirerrill | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G755227
OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 25 |
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| Leitrim House (Achonry) | Leitrim South | Achonry | Tobercurry | Leitrim | Leyny | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G555115
OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: 25 |
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| Branchfield House (Leyny) | Carrownacreevy | Achonry | Tobercurry | Branchfield 71 | Leyny | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G532203
OS Sheet: 32 Discovery map: 25 |
Archival sources
- Account book & rentals of Wm. Ormsby-Gore estates in Sligo & Mayo, 1859-1867. ; Sligo County Library
- Account book of Lord Harlech's estate, 1881-1885. ; Sligo County Library
- 14th-19th century family and estate papers. ; National Library of Wales
- Notes re Derrycarne & Aughry estates. File 436. ; Leitrim County Library
- Derrycarne. Photographs of watercolours. 086/077.; Irish Architectural Archive
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] : 185, 205
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 304, 316, 321
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mohill Union, 57 (Derrycarne)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. '' 18th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 4927] HC 1909, xvi. Appendix XXXII: 140
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 51 & 60.
- LEGG, Marie Louise (ed). ''Census of Elphin 1749''. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2004: 545 (Willybrook)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 350 (Derrycarne), 393 (Willowbrook) & 396 (Carns [Ivy Lodge])
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Sligo Union, 78 (Willowbrook), 94 (Carns)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Boyle Union, 227 (Clooskirt)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Tobercurry Union, 56.
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 93 (Belvoir)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.208
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : : Granard Union, p.2 (Clareisland or Derrymacegan), 4 (Money)
Modern printed sources
- FORDE, P. and CLANCY,E. (eds). ''Ballinaglera & Inishmagrath: history and traditions of two Leitrim parishes''. Carrick-on-Shannon: Maura Clancy, 2003. : 56-57
- WARD, Tony. ''Eanach Dubh: a history of Annaduff and Dromod''. [n.p]: [the author], 1993. : 61-62
- GLIN, Knight of, GRIFFIN, D. J. & ROBINSON, N.K (eds).'' Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland''. Dublin: Irish Architectural Archive/Irish Georgian Society, 1989. : 95.
- JOHNSTON, Jack (ed). ''The Riverstown story:county Sligo'' . Riverstown, county Sligo: Riverstown Enterprise Development, 2005. : 37.
- McTERNAN, John C. ''Sligo: the light of bygone days, Vol.I Houses of Sligo and associated families''. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 33-34 (Branchfield), 271-271 (Carns Lodge), 205-206 (Willowbrook), 293-295 (Cloonskirt)
- TIMONEY, Martin A (ed). ''Dedicated to Sligo: thirty-four essays on Sligo's past''. Sligo: Publishing Sligo's past, 2013. : Timoney, Martin A. "Hints towards a natural and topographical history of the county of Sligoe" by the Rev. William Henry, 1739", p.150. [Willowbrook]
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): p.16-17 (Annisgrove), pp.114-115 (Gore Port)