Norman (Inishowen)
At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s, Thomas and other members of the Norman family were among the principal lessors in the parish of Fahan Upper, barony of Inishowen West and Aughnish and Clondavaddoge, barony of Kilmacrenan, County Donegal. In the 1870s Thomas Norman was recorded as the owner of over 5000 acres in the county. Burke suggests that this family was descended from Samuel Norman, a mayor of the city of Londonderry in the 1670s. Some of the family were resident in Dublin in the eighteenth century. They also served as High Sheriffs of Donegal. The Fahan and Glengollen branches of the family were united in 1878 through the marriage of Thomas Norman of Glengollan and Annie Norman of Fahan.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Fahan House | Carrowmullin | Fahan Upper | Londonderry | Fahan | Inishowen West | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C342264
OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: |
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| St. Johns/Roseville (Inishowen) | Carrowmullin | Fahan Upper | Londonderry | Fahan | Inishowen West | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C340265
OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: |
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| Glengollen | Carrowntlieve | Fahan Upper | Londonderry | Fahan | Inishowen West | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C347265
OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: |
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| Gort House (Inishowen) | Carrowntlieve | Fahan Upper | Londonderry | Fahan | Inishowen West | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C349260
OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: |
Archival sources
- Title deeds and accounts, including papers relating to the Norman family of Buncrana, County Donegal, 1794-1851. D.1628.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: p.45 (Carrantslieve)
- 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.340.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Londonderry Union, p.18 (Carrowmullin), p.19 (Carrontlieve), p.43 (Colehill)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.229.
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, p.611 (Glengollen)