McTernan
The McTernans acquired the property at Heapstown, Kilmacallan parish, in the mid-nineteenth century. They were already in possession of property in the Arigna area of County Roscommon including mining interests at Mount Allen colliery there. They held over 2500 acres in county Leitrim as well as lands in counties Roscommon and Kilkenny. There is a tradition that the family moved to Heapstown after 1832 when five members of the family died, possibly of cholera, at Mount Allen. In 1867 64 acres, formerly owned by James McTernan, in the parish of Killerry, barony of Tirerrill, was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court by the assignees of Laurence McTernan, a deceased insolvent. This property was held under a fee farm grant from the Ramsey estate. After 1909 an offer was accepted from the Congested Districts Board for the sale of over 2000 acres by Fowler & McTernan. See http://mctiernan.com/mtallen.htm for more information.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heapstown | Heapstown | Kilmacallen | Sligo | Lakeview 51 | Tirerrill | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G773164
OS Sheet: 34 (house not marked on 1st ed) Discovery map: 25 |
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| Mount Allen House/Lough Allen Cottage | Mountallen | Kilronan | Boyle | Lough Allen 44 | Boyle | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: G948134
OS Sheet: 2 Discovery map: 26 |
Archival sources
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), McTernan, 26 April 1867, Vol 84, MRGS 39/041, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
- Copy probate of will, including will & codicil, of James McTernan, Lyonstown, Co Roscommon & Heapstown, Co Sligo, 29 Nov 1856. Acc. No. 999/390/6; National Archives of Ireland
- Longfield, Kelly & Armstrong, Solicitors' Collection includes deeds re the McTernans, 1860s. Small Accs. Index 47, 2C 47 125; National Archives of Ireland
- Will of James McTernan, Lyonstown, Co Roscommon & Heapstown, Co Sligo, 1856. T.2213; 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] : 299
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 305, 322
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I 162
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Sligo: Vol II, 72 (no owners given)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 50
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 395.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Boyle Union, p.82. [Mount Allen, Gorghes]
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 446
- McTERNAN, John C. ''Sligo: the light of bygone days, Vol.I Houses of Sligo and associated families''. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 97-98
- TONRA, Henry.''Parish of Ardcarne: a history''. (Cootehall, county Roscommon: [the author], 2001. : 125-126