Endowed Schools Commissioners
William Prior Moore was headmaster of the Royal School, Cavan, in the mid-19th century, when the Commissioners of Endowed Schools held 4 townlands (Billis, Curragho Drumcrauve and Stragelliff) in the parish of Annagelliff, barony of Upper Loughtee, county Cavan. This estate was located just to the north east of Cavan town and supported the Royal School in the townland of Lurganboy on the outskirts of Cavan town to the south west. The Commissioners for Endowed Schools are recorded as among the principal landowners in the parish of Donegal, Barony of Tirhugh, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. In 1878, the Commissioners total estates amounted to 14,017 acres located in counties Armagh (1,275 acres), Cavan (943 acres), Donegal (7,837 acres), Tipperary (1 acre) and Tyrone (3,961 acres).
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Dr. Michael Quane papers, Commissioners for Endowed Schools estate rentals, including estate at Ray, County Donegal. Ms.17,974. ; National Library of Ireland
- Dr Michael Quane Papers, part of rental of Commissioners of Education in Ireland’s estates at Cavan and Dungannon, c 1836-1842. Ms 16,926.; National Library of Ireland
- Dr Michael Quane Papers, letters and papers of the Commissioners of Education in Ireland relating to Cavan Royal School [Lurganboy] including estate papers such as rental 1833-1836, agents’ reports and a few items relating to other estates in the area, 1829-1893. Ms 17,920.; National Library of Ireland
- Dr Michael Quane Papers, legal case for opinion of Counsel on behalf of Commissioners relating to proposed disposal of trust for school at Tullyvin, Co Cavan, Aug 1881. Ms 17,964.; National Library of Ireland
- Additional Papers of Wilson & Simms, Solicitors, Strabane, 1645-1923. Box of deeds, mainly relating to the estate of Rev. William Prior Moore of Cavan town; the estates of the Eden family of Ticehurst, Sussex, in Cos. Cavan, Sligo and Wexford; Lord Charles Beresford's estate in Co. Cavan; and Lord Rossmore's estate in Co. Monaghan. 1844-1902. D3608/9/1 ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- 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.93.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.217 (Cavan), p.224 (Donegal)