O'Flahertie (Lemonfield)
The O'Flaherties of Lemonfield are descended from the O'Flaherties of Aughnenure Castle near Oughterard, county Galway. Their estate was in the parish of Kilcummin, barony of Moycullen, county Galway, and Lemonfield, close to the village of Oughterard, was their seat from the mid 18th century. There are some 17th and 19th century records relating to them in the Westport Papers. The O'Flahertie estate of over 4500 acres was advertised for sale in 1854 and a reduced acreage of 2346 acres in 1864. Both rentals included lead mines and a black marble quarry. The Irish Times reports that the 1864 sale saw many of the lots bought by a Mr. Carpenter. In the 1870s the O'Flaherties owned 2340 acres in county Galway. By March 1916 they had accepted offers from the Congested Districts' Board for parts of their estate.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Lemonfield | Lemonfield | Kilcummin | Oughterard | Oughterard 170 | Moycullen | Galway |
OSI Ref: M131 428
OS Sheet: 54 Discovery map: 45 |
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| Ardvarna | Ardvarna | Kilcummin | Oughterard | Oughterard 170 | Moycullen | Galway |
OSI Ref: M125425
OS Sheet: 54 Discovery map: 45 |
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| Derrymaclaughna | Derrymaclaugha | Athenry | Galway | Deerpark 67 | Clare | Galway |
OSI Ref: M445 376
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: 46 |
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Archival sources
- Westport Estate Papers, Collection List 78; National Library of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), O’Flahertie, 7 Nov 1854, Vol 31, MRGS 39/014, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), O’Flahertie, 19 Apr & 14 June 1864, Vols 71 & 73, MRGS 39/035 & 39/036, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Documents re mining, including letters from G. O'Flaherty about the lead mine at Glengowla, 1850-1854. MS 15,492 ; National Library of Ireland
- Commission of the Peace to John P. O'Flahertie, 1875. M.3466; National Archives of Ireland
- Rental of interest in Castlefield and Callan, Co Kilkenny and in Galway city of Thomas J. Burke O'Flahertie, 19th century. M.5717; National Archives of Ireland
- Martin Papers, Deeds and papers relating to the property of the O'Flaherty family in Co Galway. D.20,511-20,550 & M.3438a-3472; 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: 298
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Oughterard Union, 25
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 153 (Derrymaclaugha) & 263 (Lemonfield)
- 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] : 349
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 77 (Lemonfield & Ardvarn)
- DUTTON, Hely. ''Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 415
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 44 & 45
- 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: 149.
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 141 (Lemonfield)
Modern printed sources
- SEMPLE, Maurice. ''Reflections on Lough Corrib''. Galway: the author, 1974: 204-208
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 1378-1379
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': MITCHELL, James. 'The Battle of Rushveala': origin and outcome of a faction fight at Oughterard, Co Galway on 8 December 1837. LV (2003), 72-85
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': Nĺ CHINNÉIDE, Síle. Coquebert’s Impressions of Galway City and County in the year 1791. XXV (1952-1953), 1-14
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': LANE, Pádraig G. Rentals and Communities in Galway in the immediate aftermath of the Famine. LIX (2007), 101-108
- O LOCHLAINN, Colm (ed.) ''Wilde's Loch Coirib''. Dublin: 1938: 282
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': Ó MURCHADHA, Ciarán. Letter to John Vesey, Bishop of Tuam, July 1711. (includes references to Strong Ned Flaherty & Murragh O'Flaherty). LX (2008), 116-117
- MELVIN, Patrick. ''Estates and landed society in Galway''. (Dublin: Éamonn de Búrca, 2012). : pp.10, 117, 131
- ''Irish Times'': Landed Estates Court Sales, 15 June 1864, p.3