Dunbar (Inishowen)
Hussey de Burgh noted that the late George Dunbar, of Donaghadee, County Down, had owned over 5200 acres in County Donegal as well as land in five other Ulster counties. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, in the 1850s, he was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Clonca and Moville Lower, barony of Inishowen East. The Dunbar family had originally come from Scotland. George Dunbar (born Orr) assumed the name Dunbar on inheriting his maternal grandfather’s property
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulladoo House | Gulladoo | Moville Lower | Inishowen | Moville | Inishowen East | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C607386
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 3 |
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| Ballylawn (Inishowen) | Ballylawn | Moville Upper | Inishowen | Moville | Inishowen East | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C585376
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 3 |
Archival sources
- Dunbar correspondence within Pack-Beresford papers. D664. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Inishowen Union, p.110 (Gulladoo), p.120 (Ballylawn)
- 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.140
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.225.
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.142.
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.II, p.399 (Ballylawn [S. Carmichael], parish of Moville Upper)