Stewart (Ards and Marble Hill)
Alexander J.R. Steward of Ards, County Donegal was listed as the lessor of 46 townlands in the parish of Clondahorky as well as townlands in the parishes of Raymunterdoney, barony of Kilmacrenan and Donaghmore, barony of Raphoe South, County Donegal at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s. He was recorded as owning over 39,000 acres in the county and a further 5000 acres in County Down in the 1870s. Burke states that this branch of the Stewart family descends from Alexander Stewart, of Mount Stewart, County Down, brother of Robert, 1st Marquess of Londonderry.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ards | Ards | Clondahorky | Dunfanaghy | Ards | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C086345
OS Sheet: 26 Discovery map: 2 |
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| Marble Hill (KIlmacrenan) | Marblehill | Clondahorky | Dunfanaghy | Ards | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C061363
OS Sheet: 16 Discovery map: 2 |
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| Castlebane (Corcreggan) Mill House | Castlebane | Clondahorky | Dunfanaghy | Dunfanaghy | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: B998354
OS Sheet: 15 Discovery map: 2 |
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| Cavan (Raphoe) | Cavan Upper | Donaghmore | Stranorlar | Killygordon | Raphoe South | Donegal |
OSI Ref: H190968
OS Sheet: 78 Discovery map: 12 |
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| Rockhill House (Raphoe North) | Rockhill | Leck | Letterkenny | Ballymacool | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C144095
OS Sheet: 61 Discovery map: 6 |
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| Rampart [Ards Farm] (Kilmacrenan) | Clonmore | Clondahorky | Dunfanaghy | Ards | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C058323
OS Sheet: 26 Discovery map: 2 |
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| Lough Veagh House (Belleville) | Bellville or Gartan | Gartan | Letterkenny | Church Hill | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C059163
OS Sheet: 44 Discovery map: 6 |
Archival sources
- Stewart of Ards family and estate papers. D1825 Introduction at https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/stewart-bam-papers.pdf ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- : Alexander Stewart of Ards: Trustee Account of the will of Alexander Stewart (1873); and Agreement ledger comprising agreements between Stewart and his tenants, 1856- 1896; Donegal County Archives
- Lough Veagh Deeds. ; Donegal County Archives
- Lee & Pemberton solicitors collection: testamentary and other documents relating to the Stewart family, Rockhill, Letterkenny, county Donegal. (1078/2); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Dunfanaghy Union, p.25.
- 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.426-427.
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : p.282 (Marble Hill)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: p.44 (Rockhill)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Stranorlar Union, p.48 (Cavan, Upper)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, p.254.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.230.
Modern printed sources
- ''Donegal Annual'': Rowland, Edward J. The Stewart and Wray families of Ards, County Donegal. 1700-1930. 69 (2017), pp.78-87
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': Rowland, Edward J. The Stewart and Wray families of Ards, County Donegal. 1700-1930. 14, I (2014), pp. 96-105.
- O'Carroll, Declan. ''Rockhill House, Letterkenny, a history.'' Dublin: [the author], 1998. : The Stewarts of Ards and Rockhill House. pp.10-23.
- Ards Capuchin Friary. ''A history of Ards''. Ards, County Donegal: Ards Capuchin Friary, 1991. : pp.1-23.