Carter (Castlemartin)
The Carter family of Castlemartin, county Kildare, inherited half the Shaen lands in the barony of Erris, county Mayo, through marriage with a Shaen heiress in 1750. In the mid 1820s they founded the town of Belmullet and developed it with the assistance of John Crampton, their agent, and the engineer, Patrick Knight. The Carters also owned the head rent of Corramore and Kilmore in the parish of Athleague, barony of Athlone, and an undivided moiety of Tarmonbarry in the barony of Ballintober, county Roscommon. These lands were offered for sale with other estates in counties Meath, Kildare and King's county (county Offaly) in May 1855. In 1876 the Carter family owned over 40,000 acres in county Mayo and had a residence in Oxfordshire, England. Lands, the property of Adelaide Shaen-Carter were sold in the Land Judges' Court in June 1885. The purchaser was John Conway. In the mid-nineteenth century Colonel King Tennyson and Henry Carter were lessors in the parishes of Kilmanaghan and Ballymorin, county Westmeath. Hussey de Burgh records William Henry Carter of Castlemartin owning 1,137 acres in county Westmeath. The Carter lands were in the parishes of Killucan and Enniscoffey at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854).
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pickle Point | Atticonaun | Kilcommon | Belmullet | Belmullet 47 | Erris | Mayo |
OSI Ref: F724 313
OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 22 |
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| Shaen Manor or Lodge | Belmullet | Kilcommon | Belmullet | Belmullet 47 | Erris | Mayo |
OSI Ref: F706 312
OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 22 |
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| Kilteany Lodge | Kilteany | Kilcommon | Belmullet | Goolamore 44 | Erris | Mayo |
OSI Ref: F824 229
OS Sheet: 26 Discovery map: 22 |
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| Kilmore | Carrowphadeen | St Johns | Athlone | Carnagh 13 | Athlone | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M995 513
OS Sheet: 46 Discovery map: 40 |
Archival sources
- Landed Judges' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Carter, 5 June 1885, Vol 149, MRGS 39/065, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Carter, 8 Nov 1859, Vol 57, MRGS 39/028, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Assignment of properties in Belmullet town by T. S. Carter to J. Devine, Newport, Co Mayo, 15 June 1875. D. 8204; National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Carter, 8 May 1855, Vol 34, MRGS 39/016, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Longfield map - survey of part of lands of Kilmore, barony of Athlone, part of estate of Henry Carter, 1817. 21 F 43 (8); National Library of Ireland
- Kilteany Lodge photos. 044/007; Irish Architectural Archive
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Belmullet Union, 8
- 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] : 74
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 82, 308
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 66 (Pickle Point)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 359
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.80
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 307
- KNIGHT, P. ''Erris in the Irish Highlands and the Atlantic Railway''. Dublin: M. Keene, 1836: All
- ''Irish Times'': Land Judges' Court sale reports, 6 June 1885, p.3