Dogherty (Redcastle)

James S. Dogherty was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Moville Upper, barony of Inishowen East and Clonleigh, barony of Raphoe North, County Donegal, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s. Richard Doherty, formerly a professor in Queen’s College, Galway, was recorded as the owner of almost 7000 acres in County Donegal in the 1870s.

Associated Families

Dogherty (Redcastle)

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Red Castle (Inishowen)	Carrickmacquigley	Moville Upper	Inishowen	Redcastle	Inishowen East	Galway	OSI Ref: C559349 OS Sheet: 31 Discovery map: 3
Red Castle Villa	Carrickmacquigley	Moville Upper	Inishowen	Redcastle	Inishowen East	Donegal	OSI Ref: C554349 OS Sheet: 31 Discovery map: 3
Foyle View [Castle View]	Carrickmacquigley	Moville Upper	Inisheowen	Redcastle	Inishowen East	Donegal	OSI Ref: C552353 OS Sheet: 31 Discovery map: 3
Beech Cottage (Inishowen)	Carrickmacquigley	Moville Upper	Inishowen	Redcastle	Inishowen East	Donegal	OSI Ref: C552354 OS Sheet: 31 Discovery map: 3
Castletown Cottage (Inishowen)	Magherabeg	Fahan Upper	Londonderry	Fahan	Inishowen West	Donegal	OSI Ref: C349250 OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: 3
Rose Hill (Inishowen)	Magherabeg	Fahan Upper	Londonderry	Fahan	Inishowen West	Donegal	OSI Ref: C357248 OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: 3
Port Hall (Raphoe North)	Porthall	Clonleigh	Strabane	Clonleigh North	Raphoe North	Donegal	OSI Ref: C351033 OS Sheet: 71 Discovery map:

Archival sources

Draft Declaration of application for transference of releases unto Fee farm, reciting leases, 1770-1829, James Shiel Doherty. T1151/123. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Leases and Papers relating to the Estates of the Marquis of Donegall estates in Counties Donegal, Antrim and Down 1617-1932. D652. [includes reference to land transactions with James Shiel Doherty}. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Strabane Union, p.80 (Porthall)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Inishowen Union, p.130 (Carrickmaquigley)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Londonderry Union, p.19 (Magherabeg)
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.131.
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.II, p.399 (Foyle View (Robert Lepper), parish of Moville Upper)