Ellison
Burke records that this family came to the west of Ireland in the mid 17th century from Newcastle on Tyne. They settled at Castlebar and Castletown in the parish of Cong, barony of Kilmaine, county Mayo in the 18th century. Family members entered the Church and became agents to the Earls of Lucan and resided at Rockland, Soho (possibly Ballynew) and Tallyhoe in the Castlebar area. The Reverend Thomas Ellison was in Killala at the time of the 1798 Rebellion but the family appear to have moved away from the Castlebar area in the 19th century. They acquired some land in county Roscommon, 286 acres of which was vested in the Congested Districts' Board in the early 20th century. By marriage they were connected to the Binghams, Arbuthnots, Macartneys and Baron Mountjoys.
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorn Lodge | Hawthornlodge | Breaghwy | Castlebar | Castlebar Rural 64 | Carra | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M169 885
OS Sheet: 78 Discovery map: 31 |
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| Rocklands | Lightford | Breaghwy | Castlebar | Castlebar Rural 64 | Carra | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M163 879
OS Sheet: 78 Discovery map: 31 |
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| Castletown | Castletown | Cong | Ballinrobe | Houndswood 33 | Kilmaine | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M184 519
OS Sheet: 123 Discovery map: 38 |
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| Coolagarry | Coolagarry | Tibohine | Castlerea | Loughlglinn 59 | Frenchpark | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M639856
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 32 |
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Archival sources
- Ellison Macartney Papers. D/3649 & T/2873; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 79 (Rockland)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. '' 18th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 4927] HC 1909, xvi. Appendix XXXII: 141
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castlereagh Union, 136 (Coolagarry)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 123 (Rockland), 400 (Castletown)
Modern printed sources
- MULLOY, Sheila. ''O'Malley People and Places''. Whitegate, Co Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1998: 42
- RUANE, Patrick. Thesis entitled ''Mayo Country Houses before 1840 - Vernacular country houses in the classical tradition'' (M.U.B.C.), 1996: I, 62 & Appendix VI
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 359-360
- ELLISON, Henry Havelock. ''In Search of My Family''. Dublin: Dublin University Press, 1971: 12-16