Ruttledge (Togher)

James Ruttledge of Tawnaghmore, parish of Kilbelfad, barony of Tirawley, county Mayo, had a son, David, who succeeded to some of the Ruttledge estates under the will (1766) of his uncle, Peter Ruttledge of Cornfield. David died in 1825 and his son George took possession of the estates, which were mainly in the parish of Robeen, barony of Kilmaine. George was married to Eleanor Anne Bournes of Castleconnor, county Sligo. He sold his estates in the counties of Mayo and Galway amounting to 4529 and 1248 acres respectively in 1851. Robert Fair and John Hood were among the purchasers in the parish of Robeen, county Mayo and St George Johnston, the Blakes of Menlo and the Brownes of Carrownacregg of parts of the county Galway estate. At the time of Griffith's Valuation George Ruttledge held the townland of Ballywalter in the parish of Robeen.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Togher	Togher	Robeen	Ballinrobe	Newbrook 39	Kilmaine	Mayo	OSI Ref: M228 724 OS Sheet: 110 Discovery map: 38
Newcastle	Newcastle	Meelick	Swineford	Meelick 120	Gallen	Mayo	OSI Ref: M319 971 OS Sheet: 71 Discovery map: 31

Archival sources

Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Ruttledge, 13 May, 24 June & 18 Nov 1851, Vols 7, 8 & 11, MRGS 39/003 & 39/005, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Ruttledge Papers, presented by Thomas Ormsby Ruttledge; Trinity College Dublin
Thomas Ormsby Ruttledge Papers. Microfilm P 7397; National Library of Ireland
Thomas Ormsby Ruttledge Papers. MIC/357; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Togher House, mounted photograph. 051/071; Irish Architectural Archive

Contemporary printed sources

ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Mayo: Vol VI, 231
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 517
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballinrobe Union, 144
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 (Newcastle)

Modern printed sources

STRANGE, M. A. and FITZGERALD, E. B. ''The Bournes Family of Ireland''. U.S.A.: Stramer Corporation, 1970: 28-30 & 199
''The Irish Genealogist'': RUTTLEDGE, Thomas Ormsby. The Ruttledge families of Co. Mayo. VII, No. 3, (1988), 433-453