Chichester (Marquis of Donegall)
In the 1870s Hussey de Burgh noted that the Marquis of Donegall’s estate in County Donegal amounted to over 8000 acres with an even larger estate of over 14,000 acres in County Antrim. In addition, the Marquis was the owner of almost another 140,000 acres in various Ulster counties which were leased on long term leases or in perpetuity. In the 1850s, the Donegall estate was noted among the principal lessors in the parishes of Clonmany, Donagh, Moville and Muff in the barony of Inishowen East and the parish of Burt, parish of Inishowen West. In addition, Lord Templemore (usually the heir to the Marquis of Donegall) was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Minitiaghs or Barr of Inch, Burt and Inch. Miss Chichester was noted as the owner of over 500 acres. Reverend Lord Edward Chichester was among the principal lessors in the parish of Leck, barony of Raphoe North, in the 1850s. In 1850 and 1851, the rentals of over 3500 acres in the barony of Inishowen, the property of the late Sir Arthur Chichester, an insolvent, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. In the 1870s Messers. Campbell and Lynch of Carnamoyle, Muff, County Donegal, are noted as the owners of over 1200 acres, formerly leased from the Marquis of Donegall's estates.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Ballymoney (Burt) | Ballymoney | Burt | Londonderry | Burt | Inishowen West | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C316212
OS Sheet: 46 Discovery map: |
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| Bohullion | Bohullion Lower | Burt | Londonderry | Burt | Inishowen West | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C333185
OS Sheet: 47 Discovery map: |
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| Bridgetown (Burt) | Bohullion Upper | Burt | Londonderry | Burt | Inishowen West | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C340190
OS Sheet: 47 Discovery map: |
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| Burt House | Speenoge | Burt | Londonderry | Burt | Inishowen West | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C359213
OS Sheet: 47 Discovery map: |
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| Carrick (Moville) | Carnagarve | Moville Lower | Inishowen | Moville | Inishowen East | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C621389
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 3 |
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| Coolaghy (Raphoe) | Coolaghy Glebe | Raphoe | Strabane | Raphoe | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: G275020
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: |
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| Castle House (Inishowen) | Eleven Ballyboes | Moville Lower | Inishowen | Greencastle | Inishowen | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C651402
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 3 |
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| Milltown House | Drumhaggart | Burt | Londonderry | Birdtown | Inishowen West | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C418245
OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: |
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| Crislaghmore | Crislaghmore | Fahan Upper | Londonderry | Fahan | Inishowen West | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C363254
OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: |
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| Birdstown House | Birdstown Demesne | Fahan Upper | Londonderry | Birdstown | Inishowen West | Donegal |
OSI Ref: 412247
OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: |
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| Inch House (Inishowen) | Moress | Inch | Londonderry | Inch | Inishowen West | Donegal |
OSI Ref:
OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: |
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Archival sources
- D811, Shaftsbury estate papers, following the inheritance of the Donegall estates by Lord Shaftsbury. Papers deposited include leases & title deeds. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Sir Arthur Chichester: rental and particulars of Sale of estates held from the Marquis of Donegal, in Moville, Inishowen, 20 Dec 1951.; Donegal County Archives
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Chichester, 1829 October 1850, 16 May, 15 July & 20 December 1851 Vol .3,7, 10, 12MRGS 39/03, 39/07, 39/10 & 39/12 (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Inishowen Union, p.73 (Glebe), p.100 (Eleven Ballyboes), p.106 (Carnagarve).
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Letterkenny Union, p.85 (Corranagh)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Londonderry Union: p.2 (Drumhaggart), p.5 (Ballymoney & Bohullion Lower p.6(Bohullion Upper), p.7 (Carrownamaddy), p.8 (Carrowreagh), p.9 (Castlecooly & Lisfannan), p.10 (Speenoge), p.11 (Mulleny), P.12 (Carrowen), p.13 (Birdstown Demesne), p.27 (Moress & Baylet)
- 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] : p.80 and p.132 (Marquis of Donegall). p.69 (Campbell & Lynch)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.224 (Campbell & Lynch), p.225 (Marquis of Donegall), 230 (Lord Templemore)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.134.
Modern printed sources
- ''Irish Economic and Social History'': Maguire, W.A. The 1822 settlement of the Donegall estates. 3 (1976), pp.17-32.