Lighton
At the time of Griffith's Valuation Reverend Sir Christopher Lighton held four townlands in the parish of Omey, barony of Ballynahinch, county Galway, which he bought from the sale of the D'Arcy estate in 1850. He owned 945 acres in county Galway in the 1870s as well as 88 acres in County Tyrone. A final offer for the purchase of the Galway lands by the Congested Districts' Board had been accepted by March 1916. This family is also associated with Donaghmore House, Castlefinn, County Donegal, where Christopher's father, Sir John Lighton, was Rector in the mid nineteenth century. The family surname sometimes appears as "Leighton" in the records.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Donaghmore House (Raphoe) | Donaghmore Glebe | Donaghmore | Strabane | Castlefinn | Raphoe South | Donegal |
OSI Ref: 251951
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Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 297
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 47
- 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] : 271
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Strabane Union, p.7 (Donaghmore Glebe)