Barrett (Culleenamore)
The Barrett family were descended from prosperous Sligo merchants in the later 17th and early 18th centuries. They leased land from the Nicholson family of Primrose Grange in the later 18th century. They later purchased land in the area from the Gethin family. The estate was centred on Culleenamore House. In the 1870s Samuel Barrett was recorded as the owner of over 700 acres in county Sligo. Some of the estate was sold in 1909 and the remainder including the house, in the 1950s. The original house was demolished and a modern house built on the site.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culleenamore | Culleenamore | Killaspugbrone | Sligo | Knockaree 60 | Carbury | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G610345
OS Sheet: 13 Discovery map: 25 |
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| Rockville (Carbury) | Culleenamore | Killaspugbrone | Sligo | Knocknarea 60 | Carbury | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G615340
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 25 |
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| Rathanna | Cornageeha | St. John | Sligo | Sligo Urban 61 | Carbury | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G692338
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 25 |
Archival sources
- Documents relating to Barrett and Nuttall estate F.C/D.4/20, F.C./D.3/3 ; Sligo County Library
- Rentals of Barrett estate, 1888-90. Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Map of lands at Culleenamore, let by Wm. Barrett to Letitia Begley, 1817. S.R. ; Sligo County Library
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 : 144
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 132
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Sligo: Vol II, 18
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 320
- 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] : 20
- 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: 167.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 265
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Sligo Union, 100 (Culleenamore), 159 (Cornageeha)
Modern printed sources
- McTERNAN, John C. ''At the Foot of Knocknarea: a chronicle of Coolera in bygone days.'' Sligo: Avena Publications, 1990. : 43-44
- McTERNAN, John C. ''Sligo: the light of bygone days, Vol.I Houses of Sligo and associated families''. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 167-168 (Rathanna)
- McTERNAN, John C. ''The light of bygone days, Volume II: Sligo families''. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 18-21