Tredennick (Woodhill)
The Tredennick estate owned townlands in the parishes of Kilcar, Killaghatee and Killybegs Upper and Lower in the barony of Banagh at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. In the 1870s G. Tredennick with an address at Woodhill, Ardara, owned over 6,200 acres in the county. This branch of the family descended from Galbraith Tredennick of the Camlin family who married Anna, heiress of George Nesbitt of Woodhill, Ardara. The family were originally of Cornish origin but had been in Ireland since the 17th century. Beattie notes that this was one of the first of the large Donegal estates sold to the Congested Districts Board in the 1900s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodhill House (Banagh) | Woodhill | Killybegs Lower | Glenties | Ardara | Banagh | Donegal |
OSI Ref: G741901
OS Sheet: 83 Discovery map: 10 |
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| Woodhill B [Wood House](Banagh) | Woodhill | Killybegs Lower | Glenties | Ardara | Banagh | Donegal |
OSI Ref: G737899
OS Sheet: 83 Discovery map: 10 |
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| Bruckless | Bruckless | Killaghatee | Donegal | Dunkineely | Banagh | Donegal |
OSI Ref: G750766
OS Sheet: 98 Discovery map: 10 |
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| Bruckless Cottage | Bruckless | Killaghatee | Donegal | Dunkineely | Banagh | Donegal |
OSI Ref: G748764
OS Sheet: 98 Discovery map: 10 |
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.230.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Glenties Union. P.66 (Woodhill), Drumbarran (67).
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Donegal Union. p.58 (Bruckless)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: p.40.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. '' 17th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 4340] HC 1908, xxiii. Appendix XXXII.: p.148.
- 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.450.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''14th Annual Report of the Congested Districts Board for Ireland [Cd.2757], 1906'': p.50, 56, 110, 124