Ramsey (Raphoe)

At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s, Reverend William Ramsey was among the principal lessors in the parish of Stranorlar, barony of Raphoe South, County Donegal. In the 1870s Robert Ramsey of Lisnenan, Letterkenny, owned over 1000 acres in County Donegal. In 1874 property in Ballyraine, barony of Kilmacrenan, of which Robert Ramsey was a tenant was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. The estate was in the ownership of Thomas Bell and Edward Christopher Boyle.

Associated Families

No associated families were found for this estate

No houses were found for this estate

Archival sources

Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Bell and Boyle, 6 Mar 1874, Vol 110, MRGS 39/051, (microfilm copy in NUIG);; National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Letterkenny Union, p.60 (Lisnenan)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.229.
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.332.