Weir
The Weir family held an estate close to Lough Arrow at Doonsheeheen centred on Lakeview House. They may have acted as agents for the Keogh family who also had lands in the area. There was a bitter legal battle relating to the ownership and succession rights to the estate in the late 19th century. The estate was eventually sold in the Land Judges' Court in 1883.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview (Kilmacallan) | Doonsheeheen | Kilmacallan | Sligo | Lakeview 51 | Tirerrill | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G769162
OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 25 |
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| Kilmorgan | Kilmorgan | Kilmorgan | Sligo | Drumfin | Corran | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G716172
OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 25 |
Archival sources
- Land Judges' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Weir, 24 July 1883, Vol 145, MRGS 39/064, (microfilm copy in NUIG)mn; 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] : 471
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 323
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II 162
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Sligo: Vol II 79
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : N
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 751-752
- JOHNSTON, Jack (ed). ''The Riverstown story:county Sligo'' . Riverstown, county Sligo: Riverstown Enterprise Development, 2005. : 37.
- McTERNAN, John. ''Old Sligoe: aspects of town and county over 750 years''. Manorhamilton: Drumlin Publications, 1995. : 345-351
- McTERNAN, John C. ''Sligo: the light of bygone days, Vol.I Houses of Sligo and associated families''. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 113-114