Somerville (Mount Nugent)
A junior branch of the Somerville family of county Meath, Barons Athlumney, had an estate in counties Roscommon and Leitrim in the 19th century. In 1771 Sir James Somerville married Catherine Crofton of Mote, county Roscommon and it was their younger son James Somerville of Ross who held the Connacht lands. His county Roscommon lands were in the parishes of Kilmore, barony of Ballintober North, Clooncraff and Kilcooley, barony of Roscommon. The estate was offered for sale in July 1852. However in the 1870s James Somerville, of Ross House, Mount Nugent, county Cavan, still owned over 400 acres in county Leitrim and over 500 acres in county Roscommon. He also held estates in county Meath.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardkeenagh House | Ardkeenagh (Plunkett) | Kilcooley | Strokestown | Tulsk 112 | Roscommon | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M857805
OS Sheet: 28 Discovery map: 33 |
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| Kinard | Kinard | Clooncraff | Strokestown | Elphin 96 | Roscommon | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M884 889
OS Sheet: 16 Discovery map: 33 |
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| Clogher | Clogher | Kilmore | Carrick on Shannon | Cloonteem 47 | Ballintober North | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M990 940
OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 33 |
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Somerville, 1 July 1852, Vol 17, MRGS 39/007, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Land Judges' Court Rental, John Somerville & Lunatic Corvehy of lands in Cos Roscommon, Leitrim & Dublin, 24 Feb 1893. Small Accs. Index 1/65, Rental 66; National Archives of Ireland
- Guinness, Mahon & Co Deposit (1937), includes deeds re Somerville of Cos Dublin, Leitrim & Roscommon. D.5768-5923, C.1075-5275 ; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 306
- 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] : 421
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Strokestown Union, 99
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 9
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I, 71
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Strokestown Union, 66 (Kinard)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Carrick on Shannon Union, 3 (Clogher)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 65-66
- ''Jnl. of the Roscommon Archaeological and Historical Society''.: HANLY, Shane. Some Historic Houses of Tir Briuin. V (1994), 24-25