Burrowes (Stradone)

Burke's Irish Family Records states that the Burrowes family were established at Drumlane in county Cavan in the reign of James I and that Thomas Borowes received a patent from Charles II for the possession of Stradone. In the mid-19th century the estate of Robert Burrowes of Stradone House was located in the parishes of Kildrumsherdan, Larah, Kinawley, Drung, Killashandra and Lavey. In 1876, he owned 9,572 acres in the county. Robert’s brother James Edward Burrowes married Mary Anne Nesbitt, heiress to her brother Alexander Nesbitt of Lismore, county Cavan. Branches of this family were resident in counties Leitrim, Longford, Cavan and Meath.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Annaghlee House	Annaghlee	Kildrumsherdan	Cootehill	Tullyvin East	Tullygarvey	Cavan	OSI Ref: H586126 OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 27
Bruce Hall	Gorteen or Gorteenaterrift	Killashandra	Cavan	Bruce Hall	Tullyhunco	Cavan	OSI Ref: N316966 OS Sheet: 30 Discovery map: 34
Lismore Lodge	Crossdoney/Lismore Demesne	Kilmore	Cavan	Crossdoney	Clanmahon	Cavan	OSI Ref: H370006 OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: 34
Lismore Castle	Lismore Demesne	Kilmore	Cavan	Crossdoney	Clanmahon	Cavan	OSI Ref: H367005 OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: 34
Rockville (Crossdoney)	Rocks	Kilmore	Cavan	Crossdoney	Clanmahon	Cavan	OSI Ref: H371010 OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: 34
Lisnamandra	Lisnamandra	Kilmore	Cavan	Crossdoney	Upper Loughtee	Cavan	OSI Ref: H378018 OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: 34
Countenan House	Countenan	Larah	Cavan	Stradone	Upper Loughtee	Cavan	OSI Ref: H491057 OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 34
Stradone	Drumlaunaght	Larah	Cavan	Stradone	Upper Loughtee	Cavan	OSI Ref: H499041 OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 34

Archival sources

Certified abstract of will and probate of Robert Burrowes, includes reference to Stradone estates, 1817-1819. 0/076/008; London Metropolitan Archives: city of London
Copy statement of title of Thomas Bredin Burrows, Killigoan, Co Cavan to the lands of Enishmere, Co Cavan – with the opinion of Solomon Speer, 22 Feb 1816. 999/348; National Archives of Ireland
Letter from J.B. Burrowes, Dublin, to John Nesbitt, London, enclosing rental for: Derinegan Mullinanane Currabrussan Aughnahaher Curnacarrow Carrofin Drummany, [Co. Cavan?] Riverview, [Co. Wexford?] Riorry, [Rivory, Co. Cavan?], 12 Dec. 1823. 999/625/2; National Archives of Ireland
Maps of the lands of Corfree and of Cornegran, near Scrabby, Co Cavan, the estate of R. Burrowes, with names of tenants, 1807, 1810. 15 B 8 (2) & (13).; National Library of Ireland
Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of Robert Borowe of Dromlane, Co Cavan, settled in Co Cavan in reign of James I and to his descendant Robert Burrowes of Stradone, with reference to Thomas Borowe of Stradone in 1638, 29 Apr 1841. GO MS 107: 220-221.; National Library of Ireland
Accounts, correspondence, rentals and other documents relating to the Lismore and Tullygarvey estates, Co Cavan and Clonsast and Castleraghan estate, Co Offaly, of the Nesbitt family, 1665-1930. Also documents relating to the Burrowes and Nesbitt families. BR.CAV.18.; National Archives of Ireland
Release of Trusts under marriage settlement of the late Baron de Cetto and Elizabeth Catherine Burrowes of Stradone, Co. Cavan. Antoine Baron de Cetto, Minister of Bavaria at the Court of Rome, Louise de Cetto of Dorking and others to John Earl of Erne. 23 March 1881. D1939/23/3/12; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Major Thomas Burrowes, Stradone, to Farnham. 'Before I received your letter, I had made up my mind to support your nephew, and wrote to Sneyd to say I refused giving any promise to Coote. I wish him every success.' 14 August 1823. T3422/A/3/4; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Two conveyances made by Robert James Burrowes of Stradone and Thomas Cosby Burrowes of Lismore, as High Sheriffs of county Cavan, 19 April 1883 & 17 July 1888. P017/0109 & P017/0119; Cavan County Archives Service, Small Private Collections
Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Lawder & Argue, 18 Dec 1855, Vol 37 (42), MRGS 39/018, (microfilm copy in NUIG) Burrowes estate; National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 216
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] : 63
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cootehill Union, 62 (Annaghlee); Cavan Union, 37 (Bruce Hall); 290 (Lisnamandra); 298 (Countenan & Stradone)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 398 (Annaghlee); II, 184 (Lisnamandra) & 245 (Stradone)
LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 6 (Annaghlee); 80 (Bruce Hall); 270 (Lisnamandra)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 208, 211

Modern printed sources

MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 184-187
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Second report on the Fagan Papers, solicitor, Cavan, from 1728 relating to the Wills and Burrowes families and to lands in Co Cavan, No 273.
BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 4, 266
''The Dublin Gazette'': Includes details of purchases by tenants. 18 Jan 1907.