Young (Inishowen)
In the 1870s, Hussey de Burgh records that George Young was the owner of almost 8000 acres in County Donegal. Reverend Gardner Young, of Tydavnet Glebe, County Monaghan, owned over 500 acres. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, in the 1850s, the Young estate was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Clonca, Culdaff and Moville Upper, barony of Inishowen East. This family descends from a Robert Young, who, according to Burke, was ordained a presbyter by Andrew Knox, Bishop of Raphoe in 1632.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Carthage House (Inishowen) | Carthage | Culdaff | Inishowen | Carthage | Inishowen East | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C526505
OS Sheet: 5 Discovery map: 3 |
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| Culdaff House | Carthage | Culdaff | Inishowen | Carthage | Inishowen East | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C534491
OS Sheet: 5 Discovery map: 3 |
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| Clare Mount (Inishowen) | Clare | Moville Upper | Inishowen | Castlecary | Inishowen East | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C567362
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 3 |
Archival sources
- Estate papers of Young family of Culdaff, c.1850-1880. D.1550/72 included in Martin, King, French & Ingram solicitors papers. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: p.42.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Inishowen Union, p.46 (Gort), p.51 (Carthage), p.54 (Culdaff), p. 123 (Clare
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.231.
- 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.485.
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, p.440 (Culdaff)