O'Donnell (Larkfield)
The O'Donnell family leased the Larkfield property from the Lane-Fox estate. According to O Duigneain, Hugh O'Donnell (1691-1754) was the first O'Donnell to settle at Larkfield. The O'Donnells married into the Phibbs of Branchfield, county Sligo and the Montgomery family of Belhavel, county Leitrim. They also acquired the Greyfield estate near Keadue, county Roscommon. The estate at Larkfield was eventually purchased by the Land Commission in the 1930s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larkfield | Larkfield | Cloonlogher | Manorhamilton | Cloonlogher 35 | Dromahaire | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: G883352
OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 26 |
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| Greyfield | Greyfield | Kilronan | Boyle | Aghafin 39 | Boyle | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: G927 111
OS Sheet: 4 Discovery map: 26 |
Archival sources
- Letters re O'Donnells. File 434. ; Leitrim County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 305
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Manorhamilton Union, 31.
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I 366
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 261
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 417 (Larkfield)
Modern printed sources
- Ó DUIGNEAIN, Proinnsíos. ''Dromahaire: Story and Pictures''. Manorhamilton: Drumlin Publications, 1990. : 12
- DAY, Angélique & McWILLIAMS, Patrick (eds). ''Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland; counties of South Ulster''. Belfast: Inst. of Irish Studies, 1998. : 50.
- ''Breifne'': Ó DUIGNEÁIN, Proinnsíos. Hugh O'Donnell of Larkfield, patron of Gaelic literature, 1691-1754. VI, 24 (1986), 390-394.
- ''Jnl. of the North Mayo Archaeological and Historical Society'': Ó COCHLAIN, Rubert S. The O’Donnells of Mayo. II, No.4, (1990), 67-81
- O'HART, John. ''The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry when Cromwell came to Ireland''. Dublin: M.H.Gill & Son, 1884: 139-140