Harvey (Minitiaghs)
In the 1870s the representatives of the late John Harvey, Edward Henry, William Marsh and Reverend Frederick Mortimer, were the owners of over 12,000 acres in County Donegal. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, John Harvey was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Clonca, Clonmany and Donagh, barony of Inishowen East and Minitiaghs (Barr of Inch), barony of Inishowen West, County Donegal. Burke suggests this family name may be descended from a Captain George Harvey, who received a grant of arms in 1602. He also notes the sale of their Minitiaghs estate in 1879. It was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in March of that year. The tenure details indicate that Thomas Harvey, ancestor of the 1879 owners, purchased the estates from the Marquis of Donegall's estate in 1812.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockville (Inishowen) | Drumbarbit | Clonca | Inishowen | Malin | Inishowen East | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C472502
OS Sheet: 4 Discovery map: 3 |
Archival sources
- Details of leases and fee farm grant from the Marquis of Donegall's estate to members of the Harvey family. D652; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Harvey, 18 Mar 1879, Vol 135, MRGS 39/060, (microfilm copy in NUIG);; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Inishowen Poor Law Union, p.20 (Drumcarbit)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, p.352 (Parish of Clonca)
- 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.208.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.226.
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.211.
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: pp.301-302 Harvey of Minitaghs.