O'Connor
Peter O'Connor, a successful merchant in Sligo, acquired land in various parishes in the baronies of Tireragh and Tirerrill in the mid-19th century. He was the owner of over 4800 acres in county Sligo in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Toberpatrick (Skreen) | Toberpatrick | Skreen | Dromore West | Toberpatrick East 29 | Tireragh | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G545353
OS Sheet: 13 Discovery map: 25 |
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| Cairnsfoot | Abbeyquarter South | St. Johns | Sligo | Sligo East Urban | Carbury | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G702349
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 25 |
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| Ballyglass House | Ballyglass | Calry | Sligo | Calry 54 | Carbury | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G723370
OS Sheet: 15 Discovery map: 16 |
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Archival sources
- Estate of reps. of Peter O'Connor, 1900. Estates, Vol I. ; Sligo County Library
- Map & indenture of property leased by Peter O'Connor from Vernon Davys, 1857. ; Sligo County Library
- Map of estate of Peter O'Connor, 1851. ; Sligo County Library
- Map of Toberpatrick & Finnure, 1853. ; Sligo County Library
- Map & rental of Doonflin Upper, 1860. ; Sligo County Library
- Map of O'Connor lands at Abbeyquarter, 1866. ; Sligo County Library
- Map of O'Connor lands, Ballysumaghan, 1866. ; Sligo County Library
- Map of Property in Sligo town, 1874. ; Sligo County Library
- Rental of o'Connor estate, 1878-89, 1893-1905. . Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Rental of James O'Connor's estate, 1898-1902 & weekly rent book, 1902-04. Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Rental of Peter O'Connor's estate, 1849-64. Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Valuation of O'Connor estate, 1897. Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Papers relating to Sligo estate of Peter O'Connor, San Francisco, nephew of Peter O'Connor, Cairnsfoot, 1912-1919. F.C./D.5/130. ; Sligo County Library
- Map of Peter O'Connor lands at Cleveragh & Knocknaganny, 1865. S.R.; Sligo 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] : 346
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 322
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Dromore West Union 72
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Landowners the purchase of whose properties has been approved by Irish Land Commission. : (1889), 17.
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxii, 33
Modern printed sources
- ''Corran Herald'': WILSON, Martin. Cairnsfort House, the Skreen connection. XXXIX, (2006-2007), 9.
- McTERNAN, John C. ''Sligo: the light of bygone days, Vol.I Houses of Sligo and associated families''. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 259-260 (Ballyglass), 472-473 (Toberpatrick)
- McTERNAN, John C. ''The light of bygone days, Volume II: Sligo families''. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 267-268 (O'Connor Sligo)