Devereux (Earl of Essex)
In 1576, Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, was granted the barony of Farney in county Monaghan, but it was the 3rd Earl who erected Carrickmacross Castle circa 1630. When he died in 1646 his estate was inherited by his sisters and their heirs the Thynne and Shirley families.
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Slim, large quarto, calf-bound volume containing c.1820s copies of grants to the Earls of Essex of the barony of Farney, Co. Monaghan, 1576-1620. D3531/D/1; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Calf-bound album, in all respects, containing 119 pages of legal case papers, rentals, surveys, schedules of deeds, etc, etc, all relating to the Shirley estate in Ireland, consisting of the western moiety of the barony of Farney. 1607-1843. D3531/A/4; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- A survey of the estates late of Robert [Devereux], Earl of Essex; then divided between Francis [Seymour] Marchioness of Hertford, and Sir Robert Shirley, Bt. Arranged under townlands, each of which is subdivided into parcels, from 2 to 148 acres in extent, arranged according to the quality of the land. 1655. D3531/S/2; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Documents including deeds, letters, rentals, accounts, etc. relating to the estates in the Barony of Farney, Co. Monaghan of the Devereux family, Earls of Essex and afterwards of the Viscounts Meymouth and the Marquis of Bath, 16th - 19th c.; Longleat Library and Archives
- Documents including deeds, letters, rentals, accounts, etc. relating to the estates in the Barony of Farney, Co. Monaghan of the Devereux family, Earls of Essex and afterwards of the Viscounts Meymouth and the Marquis of Bath, 16th - 19th c. Microfilm P.5694; National Library of Ireland
- "Photostat" copy of an agreement of Robert, Earl of Essex, and others with George Carland regarding lands at Carick, Co. Monaghan, 1638. D8790; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- SHIRLEY, Evelyn Philip. ''The History of the County of Monaghan''. London: Pickering and Co, 1869: 272-280
Modern printed sources
- MULLIGAN, Kevin V. ''The Buildings of Ireland South Ulster, Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan'', (New Haven and London, 2013): 213-214
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on Shirley Papers, Lough Fea, relating to the Shirley and Devereux families and to lands in Co Monaghan, No 142