Boyle (Tullyvin)
[This estate previously belonged to the Moore family]. On 21 November 1788, James Moore Boyle of Tullyvin, county Cavan, married Lydia daughter of Richard Moore of Rathdouney, county Laois [marriage register for the Parish of Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland, 1720-1846]. Their son Maxwell James Boyle married Lydia Anne Townley at Portpatrick, on 2 September 1816. By 1850, M.J. Boyle had got into financial difficulty and part of the Tullyvin estate, amounting to 2,397 acres, was advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. Parts were sold to James and Thomas Fay and to Edgar R. Bredin. A further 500 acres were advertised for sale in 1858. Maxwell James Boyle of Tullyvin died in November 1854 as recorded by the Anglo Celt of 9 November. His son Maxwell W. Boyle married Honoria T., daughter of William Henry Richardson of Prospect, county Louth and they had a son Maxwell James Boyle born in 1845. In the mid-1850s, Maxwell William Boyle was the proprietor of the Tullyvin estate, county Cavan, when 12 townlands, over 2,000 acres in the parish of Kildrumsherdan, were recorded in his possession. At the time of the 1901 census Maxwell James Boyle was living at Tullyvin and in 1911 his residence was Clongee, county Mayo. Mrs Charlotte Townley of Tullyvin, owned 2,180 acres in 1876.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tullyvin House | Tullyvin | Kildrumsherdan | Cootehill | Tullyvin West | Tullygarvey | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H564120
OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 27 |
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| Retreat/Faybrook | Drumnagran | Kildrumsherdan | Cootehill | Tullyvin West | Tullygarvey | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H550121
OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 28 |
Archival sources
- Chas. Boyle, a minor by Ralph Dawson v. Maxwell Boyle and ors. Chancery Brief (contains Will of James Moore, Tullyvin, 1758 and Will of James M. Boyle, 1814). 1814. T877/790; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Papers of family of Richardson, Prospect House, Dundalk, Co. Louth include copies of an agreement between Thomas M. Richardson, Prospect House and Maxwell J. Boyle, Tullyvin House, Co. Cavan re fishing on River Dee, Richardstown, Co. Louth. Consideration: 5/=. 18 April 1891. 1197/26 & /28; National Archives of Ireland
- Legal documents re claims of William H. Richardson to lands in Cos Louth, Kildare and Cavan, 1822-1899. Ms 8508.; National Library of Ireland
- James Moore Boyle, 'Tull[y]quin, [Co. Tyrone]' [Tullyvin, Co Cavan?] to Barry, Cavan, promising support and pointing out that he may hereafter have some trifling favours to ask. 22 June 1818. T3422/A/2/36; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Farnham Papers, include some letters from Maxwell James Boyle, see Manuscript Collection List 95; National Library of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Boyle, 13 Dec 1850, Vol 4 (38), MRGS 39/002, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Boyle, 16 Mar 1858, Vol 50 (58), MRGS 39/024, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cootehill Union, 80, 93
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 142 (Tullyvin)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 212 (Tullyvin)