Musgrave (Banagh)
In the 1870s John and James Musgrave, of Belfast and Carrick, County Donegal, owned over 23,000 acres in the county as well as some land in County Antrim. Family history sources suggest they descend from Dr. Samuel Musgrave, a general practitioner in Lisburn at the end of the eighteenth century. The family later had a very successful hardware and ironworks business in Belfast.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Carrick Lodge (Banagh) | Carrick Lower | Glencolumbkille | Glenties | Glencolumbkille | Banagh | Donegal |
OSI Ref: G581794
OS Sheet: 90 Discovery map: 10 |
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Archival sources
- Maps of the Musgrave Estate, Co. Donegal. Eighteen large folio maps, coloured, with names of tenants, 1856-66. 16 M 2. ; National Library of Ireland
- Seven duplicate letter books of Arthur Brooke of Killybegs containing correspondence relating to the Murray Stewart and Musgrave estates in Co. Donegal, 1866-1903. Ms.4273-4279.; National Library of Ireland
- Counterpart of a conveyance term forever, yearly rent of £157.14s.11d. Includes maps and schedules of tenants and land referred to in above conveyance. Judge of the Landed Estates Court, Ireland, to Musgrave Family, Drumglass House, Belfast. c.20 townlands in County Donegal altogether containing 21,201 acres. D1959/1.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Abstract of title, estate of Henry Musgrave, Co. Donegal. Irish Land Commissioners. Lands and heriditaments in the parishes of Kilcar and Killybegs, Co. Donegal. D1959/3. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Title deeds, etc., relating to property in the Killybegs area, Co. Donegal, Musgrave and Duffin families, 1868-1934. D.1959.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Nineteen maps of the Musgrave Glencolumbkille estate, formerly owned by Thomas Conolly, surveyed by C.H. Swiney, 1861-1862. 21 F 58.; National Library of 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.41
- 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.333
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.228.
Modern printed sources
- ''Donegal Annual'': Chesnutt, Lulu. James Musgrave: a man of iron. 72 (2020), pp.107-112.