Olphert/Olpherts
Wybrant Olphert and Thomas Olphert were both among the principal landowners in the parish of Raymunterdoney, barony of Kilmacrenan, County Donegal, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. In the 1870s, Wybrant Olphert was recorded as the owner of over 18,000 acres in County Donegal. Local sources suggest the estate was eventually sold by the Land Commission in the 1920s. Burke traces the ancestry of this family to Wibrant Olpherts, said to have been in the employ of Charles I in the seventeenth century.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyconnell (Kilmacrenan) | Ballyconnell | Raymunterdoney | Dunfanaghy | Cross Roads | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: B940330
OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: 1 |
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| Carrowcanon House | Carrowcanon | Raymunterdoney | Dunfanaghy | Cross Roads | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: B945325
OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: 1 |
Archival sources
- Papers relating to Irish Land Commission transactions for various estates including Olpherts, County Donegal. C.1890-1920. D2298/99/1. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Dunfanaghy Union: p.31 (Ballyconnell).
- 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] : pp.353-354.
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.II, p.511.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: p.39 (Ballyconnell)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.229.