Livingstone
William Livingstown, a Westport merchant, had extensive business interests all over county Mayo in the mid 19th century. He bought Claggarnagh East and West (Greenhills), parish of Islandeady, barony of Burrishoole, from the 3rd Marquess of Sligo in 1854. He also held two townlands in the parish of Kilmaclasser, barony of Burrishoole. John Knox was proprietor of the Kilmaclasser townlands in 1838. Livingstone also leased property from the Marquess of Sligo in Westport town and at Mount Browne. Richard Livingstone held two townlands in the parish of Kilmeena, barony of Burrishoole. By the time of Griffith's Valuation Richard Livingstone also held three townlands in the parish of Omey, barony of Ballynahinch, county Galway. In 1876 William Livingstone owned 2,223 acres in county Mayo and five acres in the town of Galway. The Livingstones later lived at Belclare, near Westport. By March 1916 The Honourable Mrs Livingstone had accepted an offer from the Congested Districts' Board for the purchase of 730 acres of her estate.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Greenhills | Claggarnagh West | Islandeady | Westport | Islandeady 125 | Burrishoole | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M083 861
OS Sheet: 78 Discovery map: 31 |
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| Knockranny | Knockranny | Oughaval | Westport | Westport Urban 155 | Murrisk | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M001 846
OS Sheet: 88 Discovery map: 31 |
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| Belclare | Belclare | Oughaval | Westport | Westport Rural 154 | Murrisk | Mayo |
OSI Ref: L963 824
OS Sheet: 87 Discovery map: 31 |
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Archival sources
- Westport Estate Papers MS 41,023, Collection List 78; National Library of Ireland
- A.J. Joyce, solicitor's collection, includes copy will & grant of probate, Julia Livingstown, Clifden, Co Galway, widow, 1885. Small Accs. Index 89, T.5027; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 27
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Westport Union, 22 (Greenhills) & 106 (Knockranny)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 310
- 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] : 274
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Mayo: Vol III, 247
- COULTER, Henry. ''The West of Ireland: its existing condition and prospects''. Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1862: 185
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 55
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 372 (Belclare)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.273
Modern printed sources
- RUANE, Patrick. Thesis entitled ''Mayo Country Houses before 1840 - Vernacular country houses in the classical tradition'' (M.U.B.C.), 1996: Appendix VI
- ''Jnl. of the South Mayo Family Research Society'': The Livingstone family of Westport. VIII (1995), 55-57