O'Conor (Dundermot)
A branch of the O'Conor Don family who resided at Dundermot for 2 generations in the 19th century. In 1683 Hugh O'Connor was granted over 1,800 acres in county Roscommon, including the castle of Ballyntobber and lands at Laraha and Ross. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Patrick O'Conor held land in the parishes of Kilcroan and Kilbegnet, barony of Ballymoe, county Galway, and in the parishes of Oran and Drumatemple, barony of Ballymoe, Lissonuffy, barony of Roscommon, county Roscommon. Some of this land was held from the Blakeneys and some of the land in the parish of Oran was offered for sale by the Brownes of Castlemagarrett, county Mayo in May 1852. His brother Roderic also held land in the parishes of Oran and Drumatemple. In 1851 some of Roderick O'Connor's land in the parish of Drumatemple was advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates' Court by his assignee Christopher Hume Lawder. From 1853 Patrick O'Conor held Laragh and Ross, which adjoined the demesne of Dundermot, from Arthur Irwin Mahon. Mahon advertised these lands for sale in May 1856. Patrick O'Connor and Charles O'Connor also held extensive lands at Rathconor and Tonlegee, parish of Kilbride, barony of Ballintober South at the time of Griffith's Valuation, previously part of the Croghan estate. In the 1870s Hussey records that the late Patrick Hugh O'Conor of Dundermot owned 2,435 acres in county Roscommon and his brother Nicholas O'Conor owned 810 acres. Nicholas O'Conor, a prominent British diplomat, sold Dundermot. The estate of his daughter Fearga O'Conor was vested in the Congested Districts' Board in March 1915.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Laragh and Ross | Laragh and Ross | Drumatemple | Castlereagh | Ballintober 60 | Ballymoe | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M720 718
OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 39 |
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| Corrastoona More House | Corrastoona More | Drumatemple | Castlerea | Ballintober 60 | Ballymoe | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M737 719
OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 40 |
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| Dundermot | Dundermot | Drumatemple | Castlerea | Ballintober 60 | Ballymoe | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M701 719
OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 39 |
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Archival sources
- Family correspondence and papers, 19th century. OCON; Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), O’Connor, 8 Oct 1851, Vol 11, MRGS 39/004, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Mahon, 6 May 1856, Vol 39, MRGS 39/018, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Copy confirmation of arms to Nicholas Roderick O’Conor, Minister in Bulgaria, son of Patrick O’Conor of Dundermott, 4 Sept 1890. GO MS 110: 124-125; National Library of Ireland
- Dundermot photos. 013/055; Irish Architectural Archive
Contemporary printed sources
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I, 497 ( Laragh and Ross - Connor)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Roscommon: Vol I, 363 (Laragh and Ross) & 364 (Dundermot)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castlerea Union, 7 (Corrastoona More & Dundermot) & 9 (Laragh and Ross)
- 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: 318
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 380 (Dundermot)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 57
- O'CONOR, Roderic. ''Memoir of a controversy respecting the name borne by the O’Connors of Ballintobber, the title of Don and the legal representatives of the family''. Dublin 1857: All
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 277
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 449-450
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 115 (Dundermot)
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 900-903
- MATTHEW, H.C.G. and HARRISON, Brian (eds). ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford: University Press, 2004: Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor. XLI, 475-477
- ''Jnl. of the Roscommon Archaeological and Historical Society''.: EVANS, J.A. Sir Nicholas O’Conor – A World Figure. V (1994), 59-62