Bustard
In the 1870s, Ebenezer Bustard, of Belville, Dunkineely, was the owner of over 10,000 acres in County Donegal. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, John Bustard was among the principal landowners in the parish of Killybegs Upper, barony of Banagh. The family still held property in the Dunkineely area in the early twentieth century though Ebenezer’s son, George, practised as a lawyer in Dublin. The Dictionary of Irish Architects provides information on a house he commissioned in Ballsbridge, noting that the family originated in Kentucky.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belville (Banagh) | Cashelfean | Killaghatee | Donegal | Dunkineely | Banagh | Donegal |
OSI Ref: G764761
OS Sheet: 98 Discovery map: |
Archival sources
- Dictionary of Irish Architects, 1720-1940. Alfred G. Jones. Mytilene, Ailesbury Road, Dublin. Commissioned by George Bustard. ia.ie/works/view/32925/building/CO.+DUBLIN,+DUBLIN,+AILESBURY+ROAD,+NO.+053+(MYTILENE+NOW+FRENCH+EMBASSY); Irish Architectural Archive
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Donegal Union, p.64.
- 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.64.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.224.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: p.37.
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.69.
Modern printed sources
- WALFORD, Edward. ''County Families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto & Windus, 1888: p.201.
- ''Kentucky Ancestors'': Charles E. Deusner, 'The Bustard family of Louisville, Kentucky, 1795-1871', 46, no. 2 (Winter, 2011), p.70.