O'Gorman (Buncraggy)
At the time of Griffith's Valuation James O'Gorman held lands in the parishes of Kilkeedy, barony of Inchiquin, Clareabbley, barony of Islands and Kilmurry, barony of Ibrickan, county Clare. Reid records that he purchased 1,290 acres of the Marquis of Thomond estate in the parish of Carron, barony of Bunratty [Burren], in 1857. James O’Gorman of Buncraggy died in January 1861 and was buried in Kilfarboy. Thomas O'Gorman of Buncraggy owned 1,076 acres in county Clare in the 1870s. He married Margaret Kelly of Doolough Lodge and they had a son Thomas who was residing at Buncraggy in 1910.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buncraggy | Buncraggy | Clareabbey | Ennis | Clareabbey 31 | Islands | Clare |
OSI Ref: R328 713
OS Sheet: 41 Discovery map: 58 |
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Archival sources
- Pedigree & arms of O’Gorman of Clahanes, Monemor, Inchiquin, Co clare & of London & Cahermorroghe & Kilmacdouane, c 1350-1774. GO MS 164: 11 & 39-44 & 50-51; National Library of Ireland
- Memorial 1858.8.276; Registry of Deeds
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ennis Union, 99
- 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] : 350
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 113
Modern printed sources
- WALFORD. ''County Families of the United Kingdom''. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., 1910: 839
- WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 47-48
- REID, Austin. ''The tenant farmer in the social and political life of Clare, 1849-1885''. Unpublished M.A. Thesis, Department of History, University College, Galway, 1976: 202-205