Carmichael (Castle Craig)
In the early 18th century the Carmichael family were in possession of the manor of Castle Craig, county Cavan. By 1740, the ownership of the Castle Craig manor and lands in the barony of Carrigallen, county Leitrim, appear to have been in dispute between John Carmichael and Robert Craig. In 1758, Robert 2nd Baron Farnham purchased the manor comprised of 5,900 statute acres in the parishes of Killashandra and Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, for £18,900. He bought a further 2,200 acres from the Carmichaels in the same parishes in 1765. Documents in the National Library's collection of Farnham Papers record the Carmichael ownership of the manor of Castle Craig.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Survey by William Starrat of the manors of Craigtown, Co Leitrim and Castlecraig, Co Cavan, 1732. Ms 3252.; National Library of Ireland
- Papers relating to Thornton and Fraser estates. Draft mortgage made between Perrott Mee Thornton, Greenville, county Cavan, esquire, of one part, George Robbins Fraser, late of Eccles street, city of Dublin, but now residing at Humphreystown, county Wicklow, esquire, Barrister-at-Law, and Elizabeth Allen Fraser otherwise Smyth, his wife, of the second part, and General Sir Ephraim Stannus, Addiscombe, Surrey, C.B., William Smyth, Whitepark, near Ballyclare, county Antrim, esquire, and William Cotton, Humphreystown, county Wicklow, esquire, trustees of the will of Mary Smyth (P16/3 is copy of will), late of Belfast, county Antrim, spinster, deceased, of the third part. Includes reference to a lease dated June 1732 made between John Carmichael, Castlecraig, county Cavan, and James Thornton, Aughavanagh, county Cavan, gentleman, in respect of the town and lands of Kiltynaskellan (Kiltinaskellan), parish of Kildallan, county Cavan, for three named lives renewable forever at annual rent of £18 sterling, late Irish currency. Interest of James Thornton now vested in Perrott Mee Thornton. 8 June 1843. P016/006; Cavan County Archives Service, Small Private Collections
- Farnham Papers, Manuscript Collection List 95; National Library of Ireland
- Lease from John Carmichael of Castlecraig, Co. Cavan, to Andrew Clondinon of Corradarren, of lands in Killashandra, Co. Cavan, 4 May 1733. Ms 28,833(4); National Library of Ireland
- Deed of sale from John Carmichael of Castlecraig, Co. Cavan, to Andrew Glendinning of Corradarren, of lands at Corradarren, Co. Cavan, 3 May 1733. Ms 28,833(3); National Library of Ireland
- Deed of sale from John Carmichael of Castlecraig, Co. Cavan, to Thomas Armstrong of Aghavore, Co. Leitrim, of lands at Drumhart, Co. Cavan, 3 May 1733. Ms 28,833(2); National Library of Ireland
- A survey by William Starrat of the manors of Craigtown, Co. Leitrim and Castlecraig, Co. Cavan. With an alphabetical index of place-names, 1732. Ms 3252; National Library of Ireland