Gregory
The Coole estate was purchased by Robert Gregory from the Martyns of Tullira in 1768 on his return from India and remained in the Gregory family until 1927. The Kinvara estate was purchased from the Frenches of Duras in 1769. In 1824 Richard Gregory is listed as a resident proprietor. Townlands in the parish of Kilcolgan are recorded as part of the Gregory estate in the 1830s. The agent for this estate was G. Crippage, Galway. A substantial portion of the Gregory estate was sold in the Encumbered Estates Court in the 1850s, including a townland in the parish and barony of Moycullen bought by James Henry Ryan and other substantial portions by Henry Comerford and Henry Hodgson. William Gregory was the owner of over 5000 acres in county Galway in the 1870s. In 1906 Walter R. Gregory held about 200 acres of untenanted demesne lands and a mansion house valued at £60 at Coole. An offer was accepted from the Congested Districts Board for over 3200 acres of tenanted land of the estate after 1909. In June 1927 the ''Tuam Herald'' reported that the Land Commission had taken over the estate of Lady Margaret Gregory at Coole.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coole | Coole Demesne | Kiltartan | Gort | Kiltartan 101 | Kiltartan | Galway |
OSI Ref: M439048
OS Sheet: 123 Discovery map: 52 |
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| Russaun (Russane) | Russaun | Kilbeacanty | Gort | Kiltartan 101 | Kiltartan | Galway |
OSI Ref: M483010
OS Sheet: 123 Discovery map: 52 |
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| Roo | Roo Demesne | Kinvarradurrus | Gort | Kinvarra 107 | Kiltartan | Galway |
OSI Ref: M338101
OS Sheet: 112 Discovery map: 52 |
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| Forthill Cottage | Kilbeacanty | Kilbeacanty | Gort | Kiltartan 101 | Kiltartan | Galway |
OSI Ref: M480021
OS Sheet: 123 Discovery map: 52 |
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| Mount Vernon Lodge | Newquay | Oughtmama | Ballyvaghan | Abbey 1 | Burren | Clare |
OSI Ref: M271 124
OS Sheet: 3 Discovery map: 51 |
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| Delamaine Lodge | Kinvarra | Kinvarradurus | Gort | Kinvarra 107 | Kiltartan | Galway |
OSI Ref: M370106
OS Sheet: 112 Discovery map: 52 |
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Archival sources
- Family papers & correspondence, 1775-1956. MSS 624. ; Emory University Library Special Collections
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Gregory lands near Coole and Kinvara, 17 November 1857, Vol 48, MRGS 39/023, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- 16 first edition Ordnance Survey maps showing the estates of Sir William Gregory of Coole Park, July 1841. LE31; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
- Coole Park. Photographs & Press Cuttings. 022/036.; Irish Architectural Archive
- Inventory of furniture in Coole Park, 1854. 0081/076.; Irish Architectural Archive
- Personal & Family Papers of H.R. Gregory, solicitor & Land Commissioner, includes deeds, agreement & accounts re Gregory estate in Co Galway, 19th & 20th centuries. Acc No 2001/108; National Archives of Ireland
- Pedigree of Gregory of Killarida, Mt. Etna and O'Brennan in county Kerry and Coole, county Galway, c.1660-1955. Genealogical Office Ms.182, 241-244. ; National Library of Ireland
- Nineteenth century estate maps of the Gregory estate, Aidan Heavey Library.; Westmeath County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 296
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Gort Union, 55.
- GREGORY, William. ''Sir William Gregory: ........sometime Governor of Ceylon, an autobiography.'' London: John Murray, 1894. : All
- 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] : 192.
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 201.
- DUTTON, Hely. ''Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 416
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.II, 211.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 321
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 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: 148.
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxv & 70
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.193
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 280-281.
- GLIN, Knight of, GRIFFIN, D. J. & ROBINSON, N.K (eds).'' Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland''. Dublin: Irish Architectural Archive/Irish Georgian Society, 1989. : 69.
- LANE, Pádraig. The Encumbered Estates Court and Galway Land Ownership, 1849-58. In MORAN, Gerard (ed). ''History & Society''. Dublin: Geography Publications, 1996 : 395-419
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 90
- ''Tuam Herald'': Local Land Purchase. 11 June 1927
- ''Irish Arts Review'': PILKINGTON, Lionel. Big House to people's park. XX, 3 (2003), 104-107.
- ''Bulletin of the Irish Georgian Society'': MALINS, Edward. Coole Park. XIII, 1 (1970), 20-29.
- GREGORY, Vere Richard Trench. ''The house of Gregory.'' Dublin: Browne & Nolan, 1943. : All.
- GREGORY, Ann. ''Me and Nu: childhood at Coole.'' Gerrard's Cross, Buckinghamshire: Colin Smythe, 1970. : All.
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': Nĺ CHINNÉIDE, Síle. A Frenchman’s Tour of Connacht in 1791. XXXV1 (1977), 30-42
- ''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
- JENKINS, Brian. ''Sir William Gregory of Coole: the biography of an Anglo-Irishman''. Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe.1986. : All
- O'CONNELL, J.W. ''Kinvara History, a family affair.'' Kinvara, county Galway: Kinvara Community Council, 1988. : 19-20
- MELVIN, Patrick. ''Estates and landed society in Galway''. (Dublin: Éamonn de Búrca, 2012). : 44-45
- Fawle, Kathleen. ''The history of New Quay in 12 Tales''. [the author, 2023].: The tale of Mount Vernon Lodge. pp.117-129.