Synge (Roscommon & Galway)
Edward Synge became bishop of Elphin in 1740 and was the owner of estates in counties Roscommon and Sligo. Mrs. Catherine Synge is recorded as the owner of over 1100 acres in county Galway in the 1870s.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Accounts of estates of Edward Synge. 1724-1753. Ms. 2174. ; National Library of Ireland
- Map of lands of Bishop Edward Synge in the parish of Boyle, 1742. 16 I 13 (3); National Library 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: 299
- 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] : 437
Modern printed sources
- LEGG, Marie-Louise (ed). ''The Synge Letters. Bishop Edward Synge to His Daughter Alicia, 1746-1752 .'' Dublin: Lilliput Press/Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1996. : All
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 1311-1312
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Synge Papers, re Synge & Folliott families of Cos Cork & Galway, includes reference to property near Tuam, Co Galway. No. 378