Cochrane (Inishowen)
In the 1870s Hussey de Burgh recorded Richard Cochrane of Springfield, Quigley’s Point as the owner of over 600 acres in County Donegal. He was leasing townlands in the parish of Muff at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s and may in turn have been leasing property from the Marquis of Donegall’s estate. Burke suggests that the Cochranes acquired lands at Red Castle through marriage with Elizabeth Doherty, daughter of Richard Doherty.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Spring Hill House (Inishowen) | Tromaty | Moville Upper | Inishowen | Whitecastle | Inishowen East | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C512310
OS Sheet: 30 Discovery map: 3 |
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| Green Bank (Inishowen) | Tromaty | Muff | Inishowen | Whitecastle | Inishowen East | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C510308
OS Sheet: 30 Discovery map: 3 |
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| Red Castle (Inishowen) | Carrickmacquigley | Moville Upper | Inishowen | Redcastle | Inishowen East | Galway |
OSI Ref: C559349
OS Sheet: 31 Discovery map: 3 |
Archival sources
- Captain Ernest Cochrane and family, Redcastle, Inishowen, estate papers: items include maps, letters and a journal, 1865 – c.1950.; Donegal County Archives
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Inishowen Union, p.137.p.177 (Tromaty)
- 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.88.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: p.43 (Carrickmaquigley)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.224.
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.II, p.399 (Greenbank, {J. Robinson] parish of Moville Upper)