Todd-Thornton (Inishowen)
In the 1870s Hussey-de Burge recorded James Henry Todd-Thornton as the proprietor of over 800 acres in County Donegal. The slightly earlier Landowners Survey puts his acreage at just over 700 acres. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation James Todd was the lessor of property at Tullyarvan, parish of Fahan Lower, barony of Inishowen West. Property in the parish of Fahan, including Buncrana Castle, the property of Daniel Todd, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1850. This family also appear to have had estates in counties Antrim and Armagh.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| St. Helens [Townsend Lodge] | Ardaravan | Fahan Lower | Inishowen | Buncrana | Inishowen West | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C349318
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 3 |
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| Westbrook (Inishowen) | Tullyarvan | Fahan Lower | Inishowen | Buncrana | Inishowen West | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C347329
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 3 |
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| Buncrana Castle | Tullyarvan | Fahan Lower | Inishowen | Buncrana | Inishowen West | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C342326
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 3 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Todd, 30 April 1850, Vol 1 , MRGS 39/01 (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Inishowen Union, p.163-164 (Tullyarvan)
- 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.446.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.230.
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, p.611 (Buncrana Castle, Townsend Lodge (Downing))