Derry and Raphoe Diocese
In the 1870s the Lord Bishop of Derry and Raphoe was the owner of over 2000 acres in County Donegal. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, in the 1860s, the See was among the principal proprietors in the parish of Clonmany, barony of Inishowen East. The rental of over 1000 acres in the barony of Banagh, in the ownership of Catherine Donlevy, was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in December 1861. Lease particulars indicate the ultimate interest of the Bishop of Raphoe in this property. In 1863 the rental of an estate of over 750 acres, known as the lands of Clonmany, were offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court by members of the Doherty family. The tenure description indicates they were held under a lease from the Lord Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, originally to Wiilliam Doherty.
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Glen House (Clonmany) | Straid | Clonmany | Inishowen | Straid | Inishowen East | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C358469
OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 3 |
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| Binnion House (Inishowen) | Binnion | Clonmany | Inishowen | Straid | Inishowen East | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C361481
OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 3 |
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| Tirnaleague House | Churchland Quarters | Donagh | Inishowen | Carndonagh | Inishowen East | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C460457
OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 3 |
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| Kilcaddan House | Kilcaddan | Donaghmore | Stranorlar | Gleneely | Raphoe South | Donegal |
OSI Ref: H185939
OS Sheet: 78 Discovery map: 12 |
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Archival sources
- Ellis documents, a collection of papers concerning properties in counties Derry, Donegal and Tyrone of successive bishops of Derry. D683. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Smyth of Barbavilla papers, rent book of the see of Raphoe, 1674-1685. Ms.9987. ; National Library of Ireland
- Map of the lands of Ballymydonnel (Co. Donegal), belonging to the Lord Bishop of Raphoe. 1795. 15 B 16 (14). ; National Library of Ireland
- Survey of the lands of Termon Mcgrath, 1682, including topographical detail. Ms.19,786.; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Donlevy, 28 Nov 1861, Vol 62, MRGS 39/031, (microfilm copy in University of Galway Library); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Doherty, 19 Nov 1863, Vol 70, MRGS 39/035, (microfilm copy in University of Galway Library); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Inishowen Union, p.40 (Straid) and p.44 (Binnion), p.78 (Churchland Quarter)
- 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.125.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: p.44 (Straid, Edward Doherty)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Stranorlar Union, p.30 (Kilcaddan)