Crichton (Fermanagh and Donegal)
The Crichton family, Earls of Erne, held over 30,,000 acres in County Fermanagh in the 1870s as well as over 4800 acres in County Donegal. Roulston notes that some of this property had been held by Sir Richard Hansard in the 1600s. The family's main seat was at Crom Castle, Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh. The estate in County Donegal was acquired through a marriage into the Hamill family of Strabane. This estate was among the principal lessors in the parish of Clonleigh, barony of Raphoe, County Donegal, at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Guystown (Raphoe) | Guystown | Clonleigh | Strabane | Clonleigh North | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C298003
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: |
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| Dromore (Raphoe North) | Dromore | Clonleigh | Strabane | Clonleigh North | Raphoe North | Antrim |
OSI Ref: C321024
OS Sheet: Discovery map: |
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| Toberoneill | Toberoneill | Clonleigh | Strabane | Clonleigh South | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: H294986
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: |
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| Shannon Middle | Shannon Middle | Clonleigh | Strabane | Clonleigh South | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: H283982
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: |
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| Shannon (Raphoe North) | Shannon Lower | Clonleigh | Strabane | Clonleigh South | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: H283986
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: |
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| Killindarragh [Nassau Hall] | Wood | Clonleigh | Strabane | Clonleigh South | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: H315971
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: |
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| Murlough (Raphoe North) | Murlough | Clonleigh | Strabane | Clonleigh South | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: H318995
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Archival sources
- Counterpart of a leaseRent £110 per annum. Corn and grindable grain to be ground at Mill of Ballindrate. Rt Hon. John Earl of Erne of Crum Castle, Co. Fermanagh to Mrs Margery Porter, James Porter and Wakefield Porter of Guystown, Co. Donegal. Guystown, Barony of Raphoe, Co. Donegal. D1939/18/1/10.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Lease for 41 years. Rent £108. Earl of Erne to Benjamin Geale Humfrey of Cavanacor, Co. Donegal. 113 acres at Guystown, Co. Donegal. D1939/18/3/22.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Earl of Erne's Donegal Account: Observations sent up by Mr Stewart. D1939/18/15/20.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Wilson & Simms solicitors collection: Receiving rental of the Earl of Erne's estate in and around Lifford, in the South Clonleigh electoral division of Co. Donegal, including the town of Lifford. 1881-1899, 1900-1922. D2298/2/1-2..; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Strabane Union, p.70 (Guystown), p.75 (Dromore), p.82 (Toberoneill & Shannon Middle), p.83 (Shannon Lower & Murlough), p.94 (Wood)
- 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.148
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.225.
Modern printed sources
- Public Record Office Northern Ireland Collection Lists: Introduction to the Earl of Erne papers. https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/erne-d1939.pdf.
- Roulston, William J. ''Researching Scots-Irish ancestors'' Belfast: Ulster Historical Foundation, 2018. 2nd ed.: p.493.
- Roulston, William J. ''Researching Scots-Irish ancestors'' Belfast: Ulster Historical Foundation, 2018. 2nd ed.: p.493.