Gardiner (Farmhill)
The Gardiners were resident in the parishes of Kilfian and Rathreagh, barony of Tirawley, county Mayo from early in the 17th century. By the 19th century their estate spread over many parishes in the barony of Tirawley, county Mayo. Farmhill in the parish of Rathreagh was their principal seat. It became the property of the notorious landlord, Harriet Gardiner (granddaughter of Baron Tyrawley), in the mid 19th century, who owned 4,073 acres in 1876. Harriet Gardiner had purchased some Knox lands from the Encumbered Estates' Court in 1854 and 1858, which she sold again in the Landed Estates' Court in 1867.
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), 11 Jan 1867, Gardiner, Vol 84 (5), MRGS 39/041 (microfilm copy at NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 182
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 121 & 507
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Killala Union, 73
- 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] : 175
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 309
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Mayo: Vol VI, 208
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 366 (Farmhill, occupied by Susan Pringle)
Modern printed sources
- SIMINGTON, Robert C. ''Books of Survey and Distribution, Co Mayo''. Dublin: Stationary Office, 1956: 183-185, 219, 224
- QUINN, J. F. ''History of Mayo''. Ballina: Brendan Quinn, 2000: IV, 200
- RUANE, Patrick. Thesis entitled ''Mayo Country Houses before 1840 - Vernacular country houses in the classical tradition'' (M.U.B.C.), 1996: Appendix VI
- BECKER, Bernard H. ''Disturbed Ireland: Being the Letters Written during the Winter 1880-81''. London: Macmillan and Co, 1881 : 52-69