Gardiner (Courthill)
The Ordnance Survey Name Books record John Gardiner of Courthill leasing lands from the Earl of Arran in the parish of Killala and in the townland of Rathnadoffy, parish of Rathreagh, barony of Tirawley, from Sir William Palmer. His son, Robert Gardiner of Cloonskirtaun, parish of Killala, held land in the parishes of Kilfian and Killala, which he sold in the Encumbered Estates' Court in 1852. These lands were held under lease originally dated 2 Nov 1678 from Sir Arthur Gore to John Gardiner Junior.
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Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Courthill | Rathnadoffy | Rathreagh | Killala | Killala 100 | Tirawley | Mayo |
OSI Ref: G158 295
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 23 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Gardiner, 26 July & 4 Nov 1852, Vol 18, MRGS 39/008; 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 : 135
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 507
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 219
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Mayo: Vol VI, 206 & 208
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Killala Union, 74
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 124 (Ranadyff)