Boyd (Mount Gordon)
In 1716 the Boyds bought the estate of Crosspatrick, parish of Killala, barony of Tirawley, county Mayo and were settled there throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries. A branch of the family moved to Castlebar. Sir William Boyd, a medical doctor, lived at Mount Gordon, just outside Castlebar in the late 18th century and he and a number of his relatives are buried in the Church of Ireland graveyard at Castlebar. The Boyds intermarried with the Knoxes of Castlerea, the O'Malleys of Castlebar and the Brownes of Shrule.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Mount Gordon | Knockacroghery | Aglish | Castlebar | Castlebar Rural 64 | Carra | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M133 894
OS Sheet: 78 Discovery map: 31 |
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| Crosspatrick | Crosspatrick | Killala | Killala | Killala 100 | Tirawley | Mayo |
OSI Ref: G218 282
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 24 |
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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 : 295 (Mount Gordon)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I, 289 (Mount Gordon)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castlebar Union, 12 & Killala Union, 22
- 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 & 223 (Mount Gordon)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Mayo: Vol I, 310 (Mount Gordon) & Vol V, 6 &23 (Crosspatrick)
Modern printed sources
- CRAIG, Maurice. ''Classic Irish Houses of the Middle Size''. Dublin: Ashfield Press, 2006: 136
- RUANE, Patrick. Thesis entitled ''Mayo Country Houses before 1840 - Vernacular country houses in the classical tradition'' (M.U.B.C.), 1996: Appendix VI
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 213