Delap (Raphoe South)
The Delap family of Ramelton and Monellan, near Raphoe, county Donegal, settled in that county at the end of the 17th century. Originally the surname was Dunlop. The Monellan property came into the possession of the family through the marriage circa 1776 of Robert Delap and Mary Ann, only child of James Bogle of Monellan. From their first son Samuel Francis descend the Delaps of Raphoe. Reverend Robert Delap was the owner of over 5000 acres in County Donegal in the 1870s. At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s he was among the principal lessors in the parish of Donaghmore, barony of Raphoe South. Robert and Mary Ann's third son William Drummond Delap of Monasterboyce, county Louth, married as his first wife, Catherine daughter of the Right Reverend William Foster, Bishop of Clogher, by whom he had a son Robert Foster Dunlop who married in 1836 the Honourable Anne Elizabeth, sister of John Viscount Massereene and Ferrand. William Drummond Delap married as his second wife Mary, daughter [and co heiress] of Henry Gore Sankey of Fort Frederic, county Cavan. In 1861, William D. Delap changed his name back to the original Dunlop by royal license. In the 1850s Mrs D[rummond] Delap held an estate in the county Cavan parish of Killinkere and in 1876 the Honourable Mrs Anne E. Foster Dunlop owned 2,051 acres in county Cavan and 1,214 acres in county Louth.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Magherashanvally | Magherashanvally | Donaghmore | Strabane | Castlefinn | Raphoe South | Donegal |
OSI Ref:
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: |
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| Monellan | Monellan | Donaghmore | Stranorlar | Gleneely | Raphoe South | Donegal |
OSI Ref: H194916
OS Sheet: 78 Discovery map: 12 |
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| Billis Grange | Drummallaght | Killinkere | Bailieborough | Termon | Castlerahan | Cavan |
OSI Ref: N556934
OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 35 |
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Archival sources
- Wilson & Simms solicitors papers: Map of Lisnabert, Magherashanvally and Sessiagh, Co. Donegal; map of Breaghy and Dooghan, Co. Donegal; map of Grahamsland Co. Donegal. They are all the property of the Rev. Robert Delap and all surveyed by R.H. Nolan & Son, Londonderry. D2298/H/10.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Papers relating to Richard Scott and Elizabeth Sankey, includes case papers Scott v Delap, copy wills, accounts etc 1670-1850,1670-1901. D1550/7.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Nine manuscript maps of the Billis estate of Mrs Drummond Delap, 1858. 16 F 3. ; National Library of Ireland
- Manuscript map of Billis estate bogs, Co Cavan as divided by John Flood by order of W. Lawder, with names of tenants, 1860. 15 B 8 (9).; National Library of Ireland
- Manuscript map of Carrickeeshil, Co Cavan by Robert Stratford, with names of tenants, 1862. 15 B 8 (11); National Library of Ireland
- Manuscript map of Carrickashishill [Carrickeeshil], parish of Killinkeer, Co Cavan, surveyed by John Bell, June 1721. 15 B 8 (14) ; National Library of Ireland
- Manuscript map, rough draft of part of the lands of Srumallaght, Co Cavan, the estate of Mrs D. Dunlop, surveyed by John Flood, with names of tenants, 1868. 15 B 9 (12).; National Library of Ireland
- Deeds, leases and correspondence of the Delap family of Rathmelton and Ray, Co. Donegal, 1786 - 1830. T. 1336/2; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Renewal of lease from Elizabeth Rowan, Dublin to Florinda Delap, Ray, Co. Donegal, of the lands of Koubriaghan and Drumneoughter, Co. Donegal, Aug. 21, 1773. D130; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Papers of the Dunlap and Delap families, Strabane, Co. Tyrone and Ray, Co. Donegal, including letters, deeds, and accounts, 1718-c. 1850. D2144 add; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Sixty-five deeds relating mostly to properties of the Delap family in Minereagh, Rushy Hill, Castlefin, Maghryshanvally, etc. Co. Donegal. Other parties include members of the Darby, Harrison, Richardson families, Sir J. Galbraith, J. Young and W. M. Reeves, 1639, 1733-1894. D. 11,165-11,229A; National Library of Ireland
- Counterpart Lease. Term 21 years from 5th May 1769, Yearly Rent £8. Earl of Donegall to Robert Delap. Part of the Half Quarter Land of Ballymagrorty. Parish of Templemore, Co. Donegal. (20 acres 3 roods 10 perches plantation measure). 30 June 1769. D811/143/1; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Rental of Delap and Tredenick estates, Co. Donegal. 1909-1918. D2298/G/71; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Lease from Samuel Delap of Belmont, Co. Wicklow, to Andrew McBride of Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, for a tenement in Market Street, Ballyshannon, for the term of 3 lives and paying a annual rent of £2 9s 6d. 19 June 1823. D4186/4; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Delap Papers, Bundle of 24 leases and legal papers relating to the property of the Delap family in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal. 1737-1826. T2295; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Stranorlar Union, p.34 (Monellan)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: p.50
- 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.122
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.225 (Donegal)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Bailieborough Union, 18
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.125.