Batt
Thomas and Sarah Batt was among the lessors of property in the civil parish of Killygarvan, barony of Kilmacrenan, County Donegal at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s. This family's main seat was at Purdysburn, County Down. Robert Batt was the owner of over 12,000 acres in that county in the 1870s. Thomas "Battersby"of Rathmullan, County Donegal, is recorded by Hussey de Burgh as the owner of over 4000 acres in County Donegal at the same. time. Burke states that this family derive from Samuel Batt, of Osier Hill, County Wexford whose will was proven in 1716.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Drumhallagh House | Gortflugh | Killygarvan | Millford | Rathmullan | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C298298
OS Sheet: 28 Discovery map: |
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| Rathmullan House | Rahmullan & Ballyboe | Clondavaddog | Millford | Rathmullan | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C300282
OS Sheet: 37 Discovery map: |
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| Holymount | Rathmullan and Ballyboe | Killygarvan | Millford | Rathmullan | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C276268
OS Sheet: 37 Discovery map: |
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Archival sources
- Thomas Batt and Thomas E. Batt, Land Judges: Chancery Division. Sale papers relating to Rathmullan, etc., Co. Donegal. [1901]. D1583/26.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Volume containing schedule of documents relating to property owned by the late N J Batt in the Rathmullan area, Co Donegal, and in various parts of Londonderry. D3703/B/7; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Thomas Batt and Thomas E Batt owners Baron Chesham and others, petitioners. Chancery Division Land Judges Rental. Rathmullan and other lands in Co. Donegal. T877/786.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Settlement on the marriage of Thomas Batt jun. Rathmullen, Co. Donegall and Charlotte Knox, Killaloe diocese, 3 July 1852. 99/56/9/5. ; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Millford Union, p.108 (Gortflugh), p.112 (Rathmullan & Ballyboe)
- 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.25 (noted as Battersby)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.30.