Johnston (Raphoe South and Magheramenagh)
In the 1870s Hussey de Burgh recorded James Johnston of Summerhill, Stranorlar, as the owner of over 1100 acres in county Donegal. At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s he was the principal landowner in the parishes of Conwal, Donaghmore and Kilteevoge, barony of Raphoe South. In 1878 Robert Edgeworth Johnston of Magheramenagh Castle, County Fermanagh offered for sale the rental of over 500 acres in the barony of Raphoe, County Donegal as well as lands in the barony of Magheraboy, County Fermanagh.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Summerhill (Raphoe South) | Naveeny | Donaghmore | Stranorlar | Knock | Raphoe South | Donegal |
OSI Ref: H143931
OS Sheet: 78 Discovery map: 12 |
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| Woodlands (Raphoe South) | Drumevish | Donaghmore | Stranorlar | Gleneely | Raphoe South | Donegal |
OSI Ref: H174935
OS Sheet: 78 Discovery map: 12 |
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| Killygordon House | Killygordon | Donaghmore | Stranorlar | Killygordon | Raphoe South | Donegal |
OSI Ref: H207899
OS Sheet: 78 Discovery map: 12 |
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Archival sources
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Johnston, 29 Jun 1878, Vol 127, MRGS 39/059-60, (microfilm copy in NUIG);; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Stranorlar Union, p.28 (Drumevish), p.45 (Killygordon), 52 (Navenny)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.227
- 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.237.