Bingham (Newbrook)
This estate was founded by John Bingham of Foxford, county Mayo, younger brother of Sir Henry Bingham, ancestor of the Earls of Lucan, in the mid 17th century. The county Mayo part of the estate was concentrated in the parishes of Mayo, barony of Clanmorris; Robeen, Kilcommon and Mayo, barony of Kilmaine; Rosslee and Touaghty, barony of Gallen and Ballynahaglish, barony of Tirawley. The Lords Clanmorris also held lands in the parishes of Claregalway and Lackagh, barony of Clare, county Galway. The Clanmorris estates included the town of Foxford and in 1876 amounted to 12,337 acres in county Mayo and 5,295 acres in county Galway plus 479 acres in the town of Galway. Guinness and Company were the agents for the county Mayo estates in the 1830s. In 1906 Lord Clanmorris was the owner of over 300 acres of untenanted demesne land at Cregaclare. A final offer from the Congested Districts' Board of £16,121 had been accepted for 3053 acres of the Clanmorris estate in county Mayo by March 1916.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbrook | Bellanaloob | Robeen | Ballinrobe | Newbrook 39 | Kilmaine | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M237 745
OS Sheet: 100 Discovery map: 38 |
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| Summerhill House (Kilmaine) | Summerhill South | Mayo | Ballinrobe | Newbrook 39 | Kilmaine | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M244 756
OS Sheet: 100 Discovery map: 38 |
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| Cregaclare | Cregaclare Demesne | Ardrahan | Gort | Ardrahan 89 | Dunkellin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M472124
OS Sheet: 114 Discovery map: 52 |
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| Seamount Lodge | Pollnarooma East | Rahoon | Galway | Galway South Urban 46 | Galway | Galway |
OSI Ref: M273 237
OS Sheet: 94 Discovery map: 45 |
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| Ballymore | Ballymore | Killora | Loughrea | Craughwell 112 | Dunkellin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M515203
OS Sheet: 96 Discovery map: 46 |
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Archival sources
- Newbrook photos. 011/071; Irish Architectural Archive
- Blake of Ballyglunin Papers, some correspondence of Clanmorris family, 19th century, LE7; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
- Rental of estates in Cos Mayo, Galway and Dublin 1832-1833. MS 3279; National Library of Ireland
- Rentals of estates in Cos Galway, Mayo and Dublin 1876-88 and of Foxford and Claregalway estates, 1866-7. MS 3120; National Library of Ireland
- J. F. A. O’Brien Papers, correspondence relating to the land question in Co Mayo especially concerning tenants on the Clanmorris estate, 1879-83. MS 13,457; National Library of Ireland
- Sir Robert and Francis Lynch Blosse v Lord Clanmorris regarding lands in the barony of Carra, Feb 1821. House of Lords Appeals, Vol 4a; King's Inn Library
- Westport Estate Papers, rental of the estate of executors of Lord Clanmorris for the year ending Nov 1919. MS 41,078/3; National Library of Ireland
- Documents re the Bishop's lands or 'Cloghline' estate of Lord Clanmorris in Co Mayo, includes will 1st Lord Clanmorris 1819 and rental 1858. Acc. 999/404/2; National Archives of Ireland
- Account book of estate of Cregaclare, Co Galway, including game shot on the estate, 1881-1894. MS 3495; National Library of Ireland
- Copy bargain and sale of Poulnaroma, C. Sloper, Galway, to Lord Clanmorris, £1400 consideration, 10 Jan 1820. 999/390/1/2; National Archives of Ireland
- Messrs R.H.Orr & Sons, solicitors of Belfast, include legal documents re the lands of Kilmore, Co Roscommon & the Bingham, Ormsby, Phibbs, Waller & other families, 1738-1915.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Clanmorris Papers. D/4216; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 306 (Newbrook)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 517 (Newbrook)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballinrobe Union, 100 (Summerhill), Galway Union, 53 (Pollnarooma East)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 308
- 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] : 82
- M'PARLAN, James. ''Statistical survey of the county of Mayo''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1802: 105
- 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 & 220 (Newbrook)
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- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 53
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 254
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 319 (Cregaclare)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of names of proprietors and area and valuation of properties in counties in Ireland, held in fee or perpetuity or long leases at chief rents,'' 1876. (412) LXXX. 395: 148.
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxii, 15 ,xxv, 14 (Creg Clare)
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- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.90
Modern printed sources
- MOSLEY, Charles (ed). ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage''. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999: I, 578-579
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- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': BLAKE, Martin J. Notes on the Place Names mentioned in Browne’s map of Mayo 1584. VI (1909-1910), 34-50
- BINGHAM, Madeleine, Baroness Clanmorris. ''Peers and plebs - two families in a changing world''. London: Allen and Unwin, 1975 : All
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- LYONS, Mary C. ''Illustrated Incumbered Estates, Ireland, 1850-1905.'' Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1993. : 155156
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Family History Society : Galway Roots'': Big Houses of Co Galway, photograph of Cregclare. I (1993), 40
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