O'Conor (Mount Druid)
Denis O'Conor was one of the principlal lessors in the parish of Kilcorkey, barony of Castlereagh at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He also held land in the parish of Shankill, barony of Roscommon. Mrs Margaret O'Conor, Mount Druid, Castlereagh, county Roscommon, had 6817 acres in county Mayo in the 1870s while her son Charles O'Conor of Mount Druid held over 2000 acres in county Roscommon at the same time. Her brother in law Arthur O'Conor of The Palace, Elphin, held land in the parishes of Elphin and Shankill, barony and county of Roscommon in the mid 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Arthur O'Conor was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Kilronan, barony of Boyle, parish of Kilcolagh, barony of Frenchpark and the parish of Kiltullagh, barony of Castlereagh. In the 1870s Arthur O'Conor's estate amounted to 6,927 acres.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| The Palace | Elphin | Elphin | Strokestown | Elphin 96 | Roscommon | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M873 888
OS Sheet: 16 Discovery map: 33 |
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| Kilcorkey | Kilcorkey | Kilcorkey | Castlerea | Bellanagare 70 | Castlereagh | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M745869
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 33 |
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| Mount Druid | Mount Druid | Kilcorkey | Castlerea | Bellanagare 70 | Castlereagh | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M752865
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 33 |
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| Killaster | Killaster | Kilcorkey | Castlerea | Bellanagare 70 | Castlereagh | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M745852
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 33 |
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| Bella | Bella | Kilcolagh | Boyle | Kilcolagh 27 | Frenchpark | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M771926
OS Sheet: 15 Discovery map: 33 |
Archival sources
- Sale by Mary Anne, The Palace, Elphin, County Roscommon, and others to Maurice M.J. O'Connor, Vartry Lodge, Ballybrack, County Dublin of "the Island situate in Lough Allen known as O'Reilly's Island" with its dwelling house and buildings, Barony of Boyle, County Roscommon. 19 July 1892. 999/660 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Pedigree of O'Conor Don, of Belanagare, Mount Druid and the Palace, Elphin, 1732-1880. GO Ms.180, 346-8, 357. ; National Library of Ireland
- Mount Druid photos. 040/072; Irish Architectural Archive
- W.B. Scott, solicitor's collection, includes deed of trust Arthur O'Conor to O'Conor Don & others, 1866: lease of parts of Bettyfield otherwise Shankill, Co Roscommon, 1844 & grant of probate Arthur O'Connor, 1871. Small Accs. Index 76, D.10,935 & D.11,099 & T.3673; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 347
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 311 (Mayo), 318 (Roscommon)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castlerea Union, 33 (Kilcorkey & Killaster), 34 (Mount Druid).
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 295.
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I, 597
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Strokestown Union, 88 (Elphin)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Roscommon: Vol II, 13 & 32 (Elphin)
- 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: 238 (Elphin - Bishop Elphin)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Boyle Union, 107 (Bella).
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxx, 61 (Mount Druid)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 450-451
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 215 (Mount Druid)
- GLIN, Knight of, GRIFFIN, D. J. & ROBINSON, N.K (eds).'' Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland''. Dublin: Irish Architectural Archive/Irish Georgian Society, 1989. : 125 (The Palace)
- ''Jnl. of the Roscommon Archaeological and Historical Society''.: BEIRNE, Fr. Francis. A glance at Elphin in earlier times. I (1986), 30