Hamilton (Fintragh)
Mrs. [Anna] Anne Hamilton was recorded as one of the principal landowners in the parish of Kilcar, Barony of Banagh, County Donegal, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. In the 1870s the Landowners' survey records Anne Hamilton, of Fintra, Killybegs, owned 4000 acres in Donegal. The family of her late husband, James Hamilton, had been settled in that part of Donegal since the 17th century, descended from Hamiltons who came from Scotland during the Plantation of Ulster. Observations concerning this estate in the eighteenth century are contained in the Murray of Broughton papers at the Public Record Office, Northern Ireland.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Fintragh | Fintragh | Killybegs Upper | Glenties | Crownarad | Banagh | Donegal |
OSI Ref: G690767
OS Sheet: 97 Discovery map: 11 |
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Archival sources
- Murray of Broughton papers, surveys and rentals. c,1730. D2860/25/10 and D2860/25/23. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.226.
- 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.202.