Stoney
James Butler Stoney and his son, Robert Vesey Stoney, built up a considerable estate in the Burrishoole area, county Mayo, in the latter half of the 19th century. They also purchased land near Boyle in county Roscommon. The Elwood lands of Knockroe and Kilkeeran, barony of Kilmaine, came into their possession through marriage. By 1876 they owned almost 7,000 acres in county Mayo, most of which was sold to the Congested Districts' Board on 30 June 1900. On 29 Jan 1914, 764 acres in county Roscommon, belonging to Robert Vesey Stoney, were vested in the Congested Districts' Board. In February 1855 George Waller Vesey, James Butler Stoney and Arthur Rowley Symes offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court lands in the barony of Tyrawley, county Mayo, as well as property in other parts of Ireland. George Foote was the purchaser.
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Rosturk Castle | Rosturk | Burrishoole | Newport | Newport West 148 | Burrishoole | Mayo |
OSI Ref: L872 955
OS Sheet: Discovery map: 30 |
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| Rossyvera | Rossyvera | Burrishoole | Newport | Newport West 148 | Burrishoole | Mayo |
OSI Ref: L932 952
OS Sheet: 67 Discovery map: 31 |
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| Rockfleet Castle | Rockfleet | Burrishoole | Burrishoole | Newport West 148 | Burrishoole | Mayo |
OSI Ref: L930 953
OS Sheet: 67 Discovery map: 31 |
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Archival sources
- Westport Estate Papers, rental of the estate of Robert Vesey Stoney of Rosturk, Mallaranny for the years ending Nov 1884 and Nov 1919. MS 41,078/2-3; National Library of Ireland
- Solicitors' Papers re Stoney estate, including abstract of title and Land Commission papers. Acc. 1146/1 & 1146/4; National Archives of Ireland
- Rosturk Castle photos. 011/081; Irish Architectural Archive
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. '' 18th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 4927] HC 1909, xvi. Appendix XXXII: 135 & 139
- 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] : 429
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 312 & 319
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 51 & 57
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: p. 371 (Rosturk Castle)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxxii, 33 (Rosturk Castle)
Modern printed sources
- ''Cathair na Mart : Journal of the Westport Historical Society'': STONEY, Anna. Visit of the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Spencer to Rosturk Castle 28th April 1883. XXII (2002), 60-63
- PINE, L.G. (ed). ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. 4th ed. London: Burke's Peerage, 1958.: 658
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 248
- ''Freeman's Journal'': Incumbered Estates Court sale reports, 7 February 1855, p.4.