Lowry-Corry

John Joseph Benison was agent to Lord Belmore's estates. In the 1870s, Lord Belmore owned 4,990 acres in county Fermanagh and 14,359 acres in county Tyrone.

Associated Families

No houses were found for this estate

Archival sources

Correspondence of John J Benison [the Belmore agent] of Slieve Russell, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan, and Charles F. Falls re Earl of Belmore's estate, Ballyreagh, Co. Cavan. 1901-1905. D1390/21/2/2; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Belmore Papers, consisting of 36,400 documents and 278 volumes, documenting the acquisition, management and dispersal of the estates of the Lowry-Corry family of Castle Coole, Co. Fermanagh, Barons, Viscounts and Earls Belmore, in Fermanagh and Tyrone and also in Cos Longford, Monaghan, Antrim, Armagh, Dublin and elsewhere.1612-1949. D3007; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

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] : 29

Modern printed sources

Marston, Peter. ''Belmore: The Lowry-Corry Families of Castle Coole, 1646-1913''. Ulster Historical Foundation, 2007: All