O'Brien (Carrigallen)
Acheson O'Brien of Drumsilla was High Sheriff of Leitrim in 1810. In 1852 and 1853 over 2000 acres of the estate of Acheson O'Brien, leased from the Bishop of Kilmore, were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. The estate of William A. O'Brien of Drumsilla amounted to over 1400 acres in county Leitrim in the 1870s. In 1906 the representatives of William A. O'Brien were the owners of over 100 acres of untenanted land at Carrigallen as well as the mansion house at Drumsillagh. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation Robert O’Brien of Rockfield held some land in the parishes of Killinagh and Killashandra, county Cavan. In 1876, Robert Francis O’Brien of Killeshandra, owned 1,091 acres in the county Cavan. He was the youngest son of Acheson O’Brien of Drumsillagh. In 1854 Robert F. O’Brien married Eleanor S. Forde of Loughnaval, county Dublin, and they had six sons and one daughter.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumsillagh | Drumsillagh | Carrigallen | Mohill | Carrigallen East 57 | Carrigallen | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: H250044
OS Sheet: 30 Discovery map: 34 |
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| Cloghlough | Cloghlough | Carrigallen | Mohill | Carrigallen East | Carrigallen | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: H251033
OS Sheet: 30 Discovery map: 33 |
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), O’’Brien, 25 November 1852, Vol 19, MRGS 39/009, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), O’Brien, 2 June 1853, Vol 21, MRGS 39/009, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Killadoon Papers, Manuscript Collection List 81.; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of lease made between Richard Nesbett O'Brien, Drumsela, county Leitrim, esquire, and William Ennis, Kilnamar, county Leitrim, farmer, in respect of part of the lands of Derreskit (Dereskit [More]), barony of Tullyhunco, county Cavan, containing 24½ acres late Irish plantation measure. Lease to run for the natural life of Richard O'Brien, eldest son of William Achison O'Brien, Cloghla lodge, county Leitrim, esquire, aged 5 years, and the lessee, or term of 31 years whichever shall last longer. Annual rent of £20 sterling, 21 April 1848. P017/0056; Cavan County Archives Service, Small Private Collections
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), O’Brien, 5 Nov 1875, Vol 121 (16), MRGS 39/055, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), O’Brien, 5 Nov 1875, Vol 121 (16), MRGS 39/055, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Land Judges Court Rentals (O'Brien), O’Brien, 11 Oct 1881, Vol 142 (38), MRGS 39/063, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mohill Union, 7 & 14.
- 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] : 344
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 305
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I, 279.
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Leitrim: Vol I, 87.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 349.