Bourke (Curraghleagh & Rahasane)
Isidore Bourke, a younger son of Joseph Bourke of Carrowkeel, county Mayo, had an estate in the parish of Kilcolman, barony of Clanmorris, county Mayo, which he purchased from the Kirwans of Dalgan. He also held lands from the Moores, formerly of Brees, county Mayo and of Cloghan Castle, county Offaly. In 1876 his son, Captain Joseph Cormack Bourke of 29th Foot, held 4141 acres in county Mayo. Captain Bourke died in 1877 and was succeeded by his brother, Walter Bourke of Curraghleagh and Rahasane Park, county Galway, which he must have bought from the Joyces in the mid 1870s. Walter Bourke was murdered outside the gates of Castle Taylor, Ardrahan, county Galway, in 1882. A third brother, Isidore Bourke, sold 4181 acres in county Mayo to the Congested Districts' Board in February 1902 for £30,394.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Curraghleagh Lodge | Murneen North | Kilcolman | Claremorris | Murneen 92 | Clanmorris | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M340824
OS Sheet: 91 Discovery map: 32 |
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| Rahasane | Rahasane | Killeely | Gort | Rahasane 95 | Dunkellin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M474185
OS Sheet: 104 Discovery map: 52 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), O’Moore, 8 Oct 1852, Vol 18, MRGS 39/008, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Library of Ireland
- Bourkes of Curraghleagh & Carrowkeel, including sale of Curraghleagh in the High Court. Mss 2919-2922 & 2922a; Trinity College Dublin
- Agent's rent sheets (xerox) of Walter M. Bourke's estate, Co Mayo, 1878. Business Records Survey, Mayo 11/1; National Archives of Ireland
- Crown and Peace Records, Register of Trees, Co Mayo 1775-1919. ID/51/62, p. 159; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Claremorris Union, 66
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 307
- 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] : 47 & 62
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. '' 18th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 4927] HC 1909, xvi. Appendix XXXII: 135
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: Vol I, 184-186
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: Bourke Collection in TCD. No. 198
- BOURKE, Rev U. J. ''A plea for the evicted tenants of Mayo''. Pamphlet. Dublin: Browne & Nolan, 1883 : 1-29
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 301 (Rahasane)
- MAHON, Marie (ed.) ''Claremorris in History: Some Short Studies''. Mayo Family History Society, 1987: CLESHAM, Christopher. The Life and Times of Walter M. Bourke. 27-35
- ''The Blazer'': NEWELL, Edward. The shooting of Walter Matthew Burke of Rahasane Park. No.4 Summer 1976.
- ''The Blazer'': COEN, M. Notes on Rahasane. No.4 Summer 1976.