Boyd (Kilmacrenan)
Hussey de Burgh states that John R. Boyd, of Ballymacool, Letterkenny, was the owner of over 5000 acres in County Donegal in the 1870s. William Boyd was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Aghanunshin and Conwal, barony of Kilmacrenan, at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s. Local sources suggest the Boyd family had links with the Letterkenny area from the 1660s onwards and originally hailed from Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiltoy Lodge | Kiltoy | Aghanunshin | Letterkenny | Castlewray | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C188128
OS Sheet: 53 Discovery map: 6 |
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| Ballymacool | Ballymacool | Conwal | Letterkenny | Ballymacool | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C152109
OS Sheet: 53 Discovery map: 6 |
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| Sallaghagrane House | Sallaghagrane | Conwal | Letterkenny | Letterkenny Rural | Kilmacrenan | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C158110
OS Sheet: 53 Discovery map: 6 |
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Archival sources
- Boyd, Charlotte Agnes. Manuscript of a tour in the Holy Land (1912). Ms.32,598. ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Letterkenny Union, p.2 (Kiltoy), p.32 (Ballymacool), p.60 (Sallaghagrane).
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.223.
- 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.49.
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, p.395 (Ballymacool)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.52.
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: p.67.
- ''Donegal Annual'': Roberts, Alan & Ferguson, W.S. Robert Boyd of Ballymacool. 42 (1990), pp.24-28.