Gore (Woodford)
In 1703 William Gore of Woodford bought part of the estate of Charles O'Connor, attainted, in the barony of Ballintober, county Roscommon. Sir Ralph Gore, of Belle Isle, county Fermanagh, served as High Sheriff of Leitrim in 1710 and later as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. His mother was Hannah Hamilton of Manor Hamilton, county Leitrim. McParlan includes John Gore of Woodford on a list of "resident gentlemen of property" in 1802. Robert Johnston Gore offered for sale lands at Tumonaghan as well as the house and demesne at Woodford in the Landed Estates Court in June 1865. The Gore estate at Woodford still amounted to over 500 acres in the 1870s. By 1906 the house and c.100 acres of untenanted land was the property of Emily Upperton. Members of the Gore family served as High Sheriffs of Leitrim in 1677, 1734, 1774 and 1775.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodford | Woodford Demesne | Carrigallen | Bawnboy | Newtowngore 18 | Carrigallen | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: H208121
OS Sheet: 26 Discovery map: 27 |
|
Archival sources
- Maps & plans of estate of Sir Ralph Gore in Manorhamilton town, 1747-1874. 16 M 10. ; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Gore family of Ardtermon, Newtown Gore & Lissadell. GO MSS 112. ; National Library of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Authority. Topographical and General Survey, 1941-1945. Woodford Castle, Files 130 & 134. ; Leitrim County Library
- Material relating to the Gore family. File 722. ; Leitrim County Library
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Gore, 29 June 1865, Vol 77, MRGS 39/038, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of 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] : 185
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 304
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I, 279.
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 391
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Bawnboy Union, 14.
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Leitrim: Vol II, 95.
- 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: 232
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 343.
- McPARLAN, James. ''Statistical Survey of the county of Leitrim''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1802. : 111.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 387
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 414 (Woodford)
Modern printed sources
- HACKETT, Raymond (ed). ''Carrigallen parish: a history.'' Carrigallen, county Leitrim: [the author], 1998. : KILBRACKEN, Lord. The Gores of Woodford. 357.
- MAGUIRE, Patrick. ''History of Carrigallen''. Carrigallen, county Leitrim: [the author], [n.d].: 00
- HARRISON, A (compiler).'' A roll of all gentlemen....High Sheriffs, MPs & other officers of county Leitrim, 1600-1909.'' Carrick-on-Shannon: printed by P. Brennan, 1910. : 6
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': GRAY, Edward S. Some notes on the High Sheriffs of county Leitrim, 1701-1800. I (1941), 304.