Gregg (Longford)
Reverend Francis Thornton Gregg attended Trinity College, Dublin and served as curate in the parish of Shrule, County Longford before becoming Rector of Ballymacormick parish. He married Henrietta Johnston. Reverend Gregg was among the principal lessors in the parish of Cashel, barony of Rathcline, County Longford, at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s while Thomas Gregg was among the principal lessors in the parish of Killoe, barony of Longford.. Reverend Francis Gregg of Oldtown, Edgeworthstown, was the owner of over 800 acres in the county in the 1870s. He died at Ardagh Rectory in July 1890 and was succeeded by his son, Huband George Gregg.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Danesfort (Moydow) | Craane | Moydow | Longford | Moydow | Longford |
OSI Ref: N121710
OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 40 |
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| Oldtown House (Longford) | Oldtown | Ardagh | Longford | Corboy | Longford |
OSI Ref: N201715
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 41 |
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Archival sources
- Calendars of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1920, Gregg, Reverend Francis T. https://willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/005014904/005014904_00166.pdf; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Longford Union, p.55
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.53
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, p.40 (Ardagh)
- 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.192
- Ordnance Survey Name Books County Longford: Ardagh parish https://longfordlibrary.ie/archives-and-local-studies/placenames/ardagh/old-town-demesne-and-house.html