Meredith
The Merediths acquired Cloonamahon and associated lands in the 18th century when a Meredith married one of the daughters and heiresses of Thomas Rutledge who had purchased the Cloonamahon estate which had been confiscated from the O'Harts. Thomas Rutledge's only son had been killed in a fall from a horse and is buried in Collooney graveyard. In June 1854 Thomas J. Meredith offered for sale lands in the baronies of Tirerrill, Leyny and Carbury, county Sligo in the Encumbered Estates court. The sale notice includes a description of Coney Island, in Sligo Bay. The estate later passed into the possession of the Tweedy family. Dr. Henry Tweedy is recorded as the occupier of property at Cloonamahon, including a mansion house, in 1906. Meredith lands in the barony of Carbery were sold in the Landed Estates Court in January 1877. The Irish Times recorded the purchasers as William Phibbs, W.K. Barrett and Edward Walsh. The sum raised was over £7500.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloonamahon | Cloonamahon | Ballysadare | Sligo | Lisconny 52 | Tirerrill | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G685229
OS Sheet: 26 Discovery map: 25 |
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| Strandhill House | Larass or Strandhill | Killaspugbrone | Sligo | Knocknarea | Carbury | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G622366
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 25 |
Archival sources
- Rentals of Meredith estate at Ballisodare, Achonry & Killaspugbrone, 1853. F.C/D2/9.; Sligo County Library
- Rentals of Meredith estate, 1878-89, 1893-1905. Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Cloonamahon photographs, 030/058.; Irish Architectural Archive
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Meredith, 23 June 1854, Vol 29, MRGS 39/013, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
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] : 316
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 322
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I 163
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 120
- O'RORKE, T. ''History of the parishes of Ballysadare and Kilvarnet''. Dublin: James Duffy and sons, n.d.: 201
- McPARLAN, James. ''Statistical Survey of the county of Sligo'' (Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1802). : 9.
Modern printed sources
- ''Corran Herald'': Anon. Cloonamahon. XXXIV (2001-2002), 36-37.
- McTERNAN, John C. ''Sligo: the light of bygone days, Vol.I Houses of Sligo and associated families''. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 60-61 (Cloonamahon), 185-186 (Strandhill)
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': JOHNSTON, Lex. 'Unlocking an Irish Paternity Case from the 17th Century: the Merediths of Sligo, Stansty and Leeds Abbey'. Vol XIII No 3, (2012), 242-252.
- ''Irish Times'': Landed Estates Court sale reports, 31 January 1877, p.3.