Stewart (Fort Stewart)
At the time of Griffith's Valuation in the 1850s, Sir James Stewart was among the principal landowners in the parishes of Aughnish, Conwal and Tullyfern, barony of Kilmacrenan, County Donegal. He was the son of Sir Annesley Stewart. His wife was Mary Whaley, of Whaley Abbey, County Wicklow. In 1868 a portion of this estate in the barony of Kilmacrenan, leased to James McMonagle, was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. In the 1870s, Hussey de Burgh records that his estate amounted to over 7000 acres in County Donegal when it was the property of Mrs. Anne Stewart (nee Hyde).
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Fort Stewart (KIlmacrenan) | Killydonnell | Aughnish | Millford | Rathmelton | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C261192
OS Sheet: 46 Discovery map: |
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| Carnisk | Carnisk | Tullyfern | Millford | Rathmelton | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: G211208
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| The Lodge (Bridgend) | Bridgend or Drummonaghan | Tullyfern | Millford | Rathmelton | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C219211
OS Sheet: 45 Discovery map: |
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| The Green | Bridgend or Drummonaghan | Tullyfern | Millford | Rathmelton | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C220210
OS Sheet: 45 Discovery map: |
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| Glencarn (Rathmelton) | Carn Low | Tullyfern | Millford | Rathmelton | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C228222
OS Sheet: 46 Discovery map: |
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| Shellfield (Kilmacrenan) | Shellfield | Aughnish | Millford | Rathmelton | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C264195
OS Sheet: 46 Discovery map: 6 |
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Archival sources
- Stewart of Fortstewart papers. 1662-1909. D2358. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Deed of conveyance of the manor of Fortstewart, County Donegal, from Rev. R. Stewart, B. Ward and C. Usher to Major James Stewart, Nov. 17, 1743. D547. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Deeds, etc. relating to the estates of the Stewart family of Fortstewart, Co. Donegal, chiefly in the Rathmelton area Co. Donegal, Dungannon area, Co. Tyrone and in Dublin, 1682-1837. D.859. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Pedigree of the Stewart family, Fortstewart, Co. Donegal, c. 1500 - 1900. T.1662. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Detailed abstracts of wills of Stewart of Fort Stewart, Co. Donegal, 1713 -- 1792. Genealogical Office MSS.139, pp.96-97. ; National Library of Ireland
- Maps of the Fannet estate in the Co. Donegal, the property of Sir James Stewart, 1839. Surveyed by R.H.Nolan & Co. 16 M 1. ; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), McMonagle, 17 April 1868, Vol 89, MRGS 39/043, (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. : Millford Union, p.56 (Shellfield), p.57 (Fort Stewart)
- 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.427.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.230.
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, p.97.
Modern printed sources
- ''The History of Parliament''. : Jupp, P.J. Biography of Sir James Stewart, 1756?-1827.