Dickson
The Dickson family acquired lands in the Tullaghan area of the parish of Rossinver, county Leitrim, in the early 18th century.McParlan includes Major Dickson of Woodville on a list of "resident gentlemen of property" in 1802. After 1909 an offer was accepted from the Congested Districts Board for over 200 acres of the Dickson estate. A member of this family, Alexander Dickson and his wife Harriet Louisa of Carra Hill, Clones, are recorded as owning 1,452 acres in county Roscommon in the 1870s. The representatives of Colonel Dickson are recorded among the property owners in the parish of Inishmacsaint, barony of Tirhugh, County Donegal, at the time of Griffiths’ Valuation. The Landowners’ survey of the 1870s notes members of the Dickson family owning over 1600 acres in County Donegal.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Woodville | Tawley | Rossinver | Ballyshannon | Tullaghan 7 | Rosclogher | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: G744543
OS Sheet: 1 Discovery map: 16 |
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| Duncarbry Lodge | Duncarbry | Rossinver | Ballyshannon | Tullaghan 7 | Rosclogher | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: G788577
OS Sheet: 2 Discovery map: 16 |
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| Tullaghan House | Tullaghan | Rossinver | Ballyshannon | Tullaghan 7 | Rosclogher | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: G787580
OS Sheet: 1 Discovery map: 16 |
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| Fair View (Dane Ville) | Magheracar | Inishmacsaint | Ballyshannon | Bundoran | Tirhugh | Donegal |
OSI Ref: G801589
OS Sheet: 106 Discovery map: |
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| Rockfort Lodge | Magheracar | Inishmacsaint | Ballyshannon | Bundoran | Tirhugh | Donegal |
OSI Ref: G799589
OS Sheet: 106 Discovery map: |
Archival sources
- Irish Tourist Association. Topographical and General Survey, 1941-1945. Kinlough Parish, File 145. ; Leitrim County Library
- Tullaghan House. Photographs. 051/049.; Irish Architectural Archive
- Records of Clarke and Gordon, Solicitors, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, include estate deeds and correspondence of Thomas Dickson, Woodville, Co. Leitrim concerning lands at Carrigboy "Blacklion Inn", Carrickshannon, Irishtown, Co. Donegal and Aughrim, Co. Cavan [1810-1891]. D1096/65/1 ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 127-128
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p. 225 (Donegal), p.304 (Leitrim)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 536-7
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Leitrim: Vol II, 511, 563, 570.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballyshannon Union, 21.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 50.
- McPARLAN, James. ''Statistical Survey of the county of Leitrim''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1802. : 111.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballyshannon Poor Law Union, p.56 (Magheracar)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 182
- Ó DUIGNEÁIN, P. ''North Leitrim in Famine times''. Manorhamilton: Drumlin Publications, 1986. : 15
- ''Donegal Annual'': Helen. Ballyshannon gentry families. 71 (2019), pp.48-52.