Lopdell
A family who came to Ireland in the mid 17th century and purchased land in county Galway. They were settled in the Athenry locality by the mid 18th century. The house at Fiddane had previously been part of the Blake Forster estate but it came into the lands of the Lopdell family in the mid-18th century. In 1824 Christopher Lopdell, of Athenry, is recorded as a resident proprietor in county Galway. John Lopdell held lands in the parish of Killinny, barony of Kiltartan, in the 1850s. There appears to have been some internal dispute relating to the will of John Lopdell, senior, as witnessed by a report in ''Connaught Journal'' in 1823. In the 1830s townlands in Kilconickny parish are recorded as being part of the Lopdell estate. Lands belonging to the estate of John Joseph Lopdell were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates court in July 1851. In the 1850s John Lopdell was leasing a property valued at £16 from Thomas Courtney in the townland of Prospect, parish of Athenry. Captain Lopdell is recorded as the owner of over 1300 acres in county Galway in the 1870s. The Lopdell family resided at Raheen House, outside Athenry but are associated with other properties in the town also.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| River View | Cloonnahaha | Beagh | Gort | Gort 99 | Kiltartan | Galway |
OSI Ref: M446004
OS Sheet: 122, 123, 128 Discovery map: 52 |
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| Rosehill | Ballyboy | Beagh | Gort | Beagh 98 | Kiltartan | Galway |
OSI Ref: R424972
OS Sheet: 128 Discovery map: 52 |
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| Castle Lodge/Fiddane House | Fiddaun | Beagh | Gort | Beagh 98 | Kiltartan | Galway |
OSI Ref: R404950
OS Sheet: 128 Discovery map: 52 |
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| Prospect | Prospect | Athenry | Loughrea | Athenry 108 | Athenry | Galway |
OSI Ref: M498274
OS Sheet: 84 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Athenry House | Athenry | Athenry | Loughrea | Athenry 108 | Athenry | Galway |
OSI Ref: M502275
OS Sheet: 84 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Raheen (Athenry) | Raheen | Athenry | Loughrea | Athenry | Athenry | Galway |
OSI Ref: M493283
OS Sheet: 84 Discovery map: 46 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Lopdell estate in barony of Leitrim, 3 July 1851, Vol 9, 39/004(microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- E.J. French solicitors' records, include references to the Lopdell family of Co Galway. Small Accs. Index 8; National Archives of Ireland
- Athenry House (now demolished). Photographs. 022/004. ; Irish Architectural Archive
- Prospect House, Athenry. Photographs. 046/013. ; Irish Architectural Archive
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.
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 100, 340.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Loughrea Union, 7.
- DUTTON, Hely. ''Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 416
- 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] : 279
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol. I, 84 & 189.
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxxii, 15 (Raheen Park)