Knox (Raphoe North)
Reverend William Knox was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Clonleigh, barony of Raphoe North and Desertegney, barony of Inishowen, County Donegal, at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s. The representatives of William Knox of Clonleigh House, Strabane are noted by Hussey de Burgh as the owners of over 1000 acres in County Donegal as well as over 2000 acres in County Tyrone.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Clonleigh (Raphoe North) | Gortgranagh | Clonleigh | Strabane | Clonleigh North | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C339015
OS Sheet: 71 Discovery map: |
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| Longvale | Glenfad | Clonleigh | Srabane | Clonleigh North | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C341022
OS Sheet: 71 Discovery map: |
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| Ballyduff House (Raphoe North) | Lifford | Clonleigh | Strabane | Clonleigh South | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: H331985
OS Sheet: 71 Discovery map: |
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| Carthage House (Inishowen) | Carthage | Culdaff | Inishowen | Carthage | Inishowen East | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C526505
OS Sheet: 5 Discovery map: 3 |
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Archival sources
- Wilson & Simms Solicitors Collection: Irish Land Commission sale papers with some title deeds and testamentary papers relating to the Knox estate at Urney Park, Co. Tyrone, and Clonleigh, Co. Donegal, 1799-c.1940. D2298. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Deeds relating to Knox family and lands at Cloonfad and Clonleigh, County Donegal, 1775-1851. D2290.; 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.49 (Gortgranagh)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Strabane Union, p.78 (Glenfad & Gortgranagh), p.90 (Lifford)
- 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.256.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.227.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.227.
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, p.440 (Carthage, Reverend James Knox)