Clements (Donegal)
The Earl of Leitrim’s estate was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Clondahorky, Clondavaddog, Mevagh, Raymunerdoney and Tullyfern, barony of Kilmacrenan, County Donegal at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s. The Donegal estates amounted to over 54,000 acres in the 1870s. Clesham, in her introduction to the National Library of Ireland's Clements Archive collection list, states that much of this estate was purchased from Gustavus Hamilton in the 1740s. Following the assassination of the 3rd Earl in 1878, the Donegal estate became the principal Irish estate of Robert, 4th Earl. Most of this was sold to the Irish Land Commission in the 1930s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulroy House | Rawros | Mevagh | Millford | Cranford | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C154374
OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 2 |
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| Rosepenna Hotel | Rosepenna | Mevagh | Millford | Rosguill | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C111377
OS Sheet: 16 Discovery map: 2 |
Archival sources
- Deeds, leases, etc, in respect of Nathaniel Clements’s Co. Donegal estates, 1744-1817. Ms.36,014.; National Library of Ireland
- Lord Leitrim: a small number of items including a copy of a book of maps of Leitrim’s lands in the barony of Kilmacrenan, 1779; a handwritten letter -order- from Lord Leitrim, addressed to two tenants, 1865; a Grant in Perpetuity, 1870; and a map of Lord Leitrim's holdings in Carrigart 1874.; Donegal County Archives
- Papers relating to the sale of the Leitrim estate to the Irish Land Commission, Ms.33,876. ; National Library of Ireland
- Maps of property held by Robert Clements in the barony of Kilmacrennan, County Donegal. Surveyed by David McCool, 1779. !4 A 17. ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: p.47 (Rawros), p.48 (Rosepenna)
- 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.267
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.227.
Modern printed sources
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: Killadoon Papers (Clements), Ms.36,010-36,070. Collection list 81.
- ''Donegal Annual'': Blair, Raymond A. Opposing high taxation and praising the Irish people. 65 (2013), pp.63-67.
- MALCOMSON, A.P.W. ed. ''The Clements Archive''. Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2010: All
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: Clements Papers, Collection List 49.
- Lucas, L.W. ''Mevagh down the years: a history of Carrigart, Downings and Glen.'' Bray: 1962. : Lord Boyne's rent roll, 1743, estate purchased by Nathaniel Clement. pp.81-83.
- HOWARD, Joseph Jackson and CRISP, Frederick Arthur (eds). ''Visitation of Ireland''. Baltimore: reprint by Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1973: Vol.3: pp.55-56.