FitzGerald (Turlough)
This family from Gorteens in county Kilkenny was transplanted to county Mayo under the Cromwellian settlement. Under the Acts of Settlement they were confirmed in their possession of some of the estates of Walter Bourke of Turlough, barony of Carra. By patent dated 30 May 1677 John Fitzgerald received 2,494 acres in the barony of Carra. The first generation settled at Moyhenna in the parish of Kildacommoge but by the second decade of the 18th century they were resident at Rockfield in the parish of Turlough. The FitzGerald estate was mainly situated within the boundaries of these two parishes. The FitzGeralds lived in England in the pre-Famine years of the 19th century and Alexander Clendining acted as their agent. In 1876 Charles Lionel FitzGerald owned 8,359 acres in county Mayo. On 31 Mar 1915 the estate was sold to the Congested Districts' Board. The family repurchased 375 acres, most of which was sold in the 1950s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Rockfield | Rockfield | Turlough | Castlebar | Turlough 69 | Carra | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M192 938
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: 31 |
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| Charleville | Drumdaff | Turlough | Castlebar | Turlough 69 | Carra | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M217 935
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: 31 |
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| Turlough Park | Gortnafolla | Turlough | Castlebar | Turlough 69 | Carra | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M206933
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: 31 |
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| Turlough House | Gortnafolla | Turlough | Castlebar | Turlough 69 | Carra | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M203933
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: 31 |
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Archival sources
- Westport Estate Papers, rental of the estate of Desmond G. FitzGerald of Turlough for the year ending Nov 1919. MS 41,078/3; National Library of Ireland
- Fitzgerald Family Papers, 1748-1943, copy of Collection List (1972) in PRONI, contact Patrick Butler, Castlebar, Co. Mayo; Private Possession
- Solicitors' Papers re Moy and other fisheries, Co Mayo and associated families of Gore, Browne, Ormsby, Jones, Atkinson, Little, Clarke, Orme, FitzGerald and Clive, 1611-1957. Acc. 1165; National Archives of Ireland
- Solicitors' Papers re fisheries, include abstract of title Chalres Lionel Fitzgerald to Turlough estate, 1806-1871. Acc. 1165/2/1; National Archives of Ireland
- Rentals, late 19th & early 20th century.; Mayo County Library
- FitzHerbert of Tissington Papers, deed of trust and assignment of estate and effects, Edward FitzGerald of Herefordshire to George FitzGerald of Rockfield, 1770. D 239 M/E 5012; Derbyshire Record Office
- Turlough Park photos. 011/085; Irish Architectural Archive
- Letters from Col Edward Thomas Fitzgerald of Cowes, Isle of Man, son of Charles Lionel Fitzgerald of Turlough, to various persons, 1813-1827. MS 27,843(1-6); National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- M'PARLAN, James. ''Statistical survey of the county of Mayo''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1802: 103
- 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: 223 (Turlough & Rockfield)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 661(Turlough Park)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castlebar Union, 120 (Charleville), 122 (Turlough),
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 309
- 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] : 159
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Mayo: Vol VI, 401 (Charleville)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 104 (Charleville) & 337 (Rockfield)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 53
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 363
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 245
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxxiii, 97 (Turlough Park)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 403 (Turlough & Rockfield Lodge)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.165
Modern printed sources
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 82 & 278
- RUANE, Patrick. Thesis entitled ''Mayo Country Houses before 1840 - Vernacular country houses in the classical tradition'' (M.U.B.C.), 1996: Appendix VI
- BUTLER, Patrick. ''Turlough Park and the FitzGeralds''. The Author, 2002: All
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 420-425
- ''Jnl. of the South Mayo Family Research Society'': WALSH, Carmel. An index of tenants on the rentals ledger of Desmond G.FitzGerald Esquire, Turlough Park, Castlebar, County Mayo by Thomas F.Ruttledge, Estate Office, Westport, November 1908. II (1989), 30-37
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': BLAKE, Martin J. Notes on the Place Names mentioned in Browne’s map of Mayo 1584. VIII (1913-1914), 39-55
- McDONNELL, Stephen (ed). ''Parke & Turlough: yesterday and today, 1911-2011.'' Castlebar: Park Community Committee, 2011. : MAGUIRE, Michael. George Robert Fitzgerald, 1746-1786. pp.72-73.