Shaen
In the 1660s Sir James Shaen of Kilmore, county Roscommon, Surveyor General of Ireland, bought a large portion of the barony of Erris, county Mayo, from Robert Viner, a London goldsmith, who had been granted the lands by Charles II in payment of a debt. In 1695 the estate of approximately 95,000 acres was inherited by Sir James' son Arthur and subsequently passed to the Bingham and Carter families through marriage with the two daughters and heiresses of Sir Arthur. Sir Arthur granted leases in perpetuity to the Protestant settlers he introduced onto his estate.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmore | Carrowphadeen | St Johns | Athlone | Carnagh 13 | Athlone | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M995 513
OS Sheet: 46 Discovery map: 40 |
Modern printed sources
- RUANE, Patrick. Thesis entitled ''Mayo Country Houses before 1840 - Vernacular country houses in the classical tradition'' (M.U.B.C.), 1996: I, 8
- ''Jnl. of the Royal Society of Antiquaries Ireland'': SIMMS, J.G. Mayo land owners in seventeenth century Ireland. XCV, (1965), 237-247
- KNIGHT, P. ''Erris in the Irish Highlands and the Atlantic Railway''. Dublin: M. Keene, 1836: 76
- MCVEIGH, John (ed). ''Richard Pococke's Irish Tours''. Blackrock, Co Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1995: 82-84
- PINE, L.G. (ed). ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. 4th ed. London: Burke's Peerage, 1958.: 145-146.