Gough
The Goughs were a Wiltshire family members of whom settled in the south of Ireland in the 1620s. Sir Hugh Gough purchased the Lough Cutra estate in the late 1840s. Major extensions were made to the castle in the 1850s. In the mid 19th century Lord Gough also held land in the parish of Ballysheehan, barony of Middlethird, county Tipperary. In the 1870s Viscount Gough is recorded as the owner of over 6000 acres in county Galway in addition to property in Dublin, Queen's County and 893 acres in county Tipperary. In 1906 Lord Gough held over 850 acres of untenanted demesne land in the townland of Loughcooter demesne as well as lands in other neighbouring townlands.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Lough Cutra (Lough Cooter) | Loughcooter Demesne | Beagh | Gort | Ardamullivan 97 | Kiltartan | Galway |
OSI Ref: R460973
OS Sheet: 129 Discovery map: 52 |
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| Tiraloughan | Tiraloughin | Beagh | Gort | Ardamullivan | Kiltartan | Galway |
OSI Ref: R457962
OS Sheet: 129 Discovery map: 52 |
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| Rathronan House | Rathronan Demesne | Rathronan | Clonmel | Clonmel Rural 73 | Iffa and Offa East | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S192 263
OS Sheet: 77 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Annesgift | Annesgift | Rathcool | Cashel | Ardsallagh 40 | Middlethird | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S179 376
OS Sheet: 62 Discovery map: 66 |
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| Ardsallagh | Ardsallagh | Rathcool | Cashel | Ardsallagh 40 | Middlethird | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S166 375
OS Sheet: 62 Discovery map: 66 |
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Archival sources
- Lough Cutra. Photographs & Press Cuttings. 022/048.; Irish Architectural Archive
- BURNS, Martina. ''The evolution of the cultural landscape of the Lough Cutra estate''. Unpublished MA Thesis. 1997. ; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
- Pedigree of Gough of Woodstown, Co Limerick, cities of Limerick & Cork & Dunasa, Co Clare, c 1580-1820. GO MS 170: 5-7; National Library of Ireland
- Maps of Quin; of parts of Tulla Barony, Co Clare. Ms. Gough 41 (17,548); Oxford University: Bodleian Library
- Includes will of W. Gough, Dunassa, died 1664. T/633; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Gough Family Papers. Acc 4021. PC12,695-12,707; National Library of Ireland
- Documents relating to property of the Fennell family in Co. Tipperary, with references to the families of Jackson, Ryall, Palliser and Gough, 1764 - 1843. D.17,138-17,177; T. 7097-7098 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Pedigree of Gough of Stratford, Co. Wilts. and Meriot, Somerset, of Limerick City and Woodstown in the Liberties of Limerick, of Synone, Co. Tipperary, c.1600 -- 1842. Genealogical Office: Ms.174, pp.448-53 ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 163, 295
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Gort Union, 11.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 319.
- 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.
- 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] : 187.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Iffa and Offa East, 101 (Rathronan Demesne)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 492 (Annsgift & Ardsallagh), 508 (Rathronan)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Middlethird, 127 (Ardsallagh)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 11 (Ardsallagh)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxx, 29 (Loughcooter)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.VII, Parish of Rathcool, p.206.
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.189
Modern printed sources
- RAIT, Robert S. ''The story of an Irish property''. Oxford: privately printed at the University Press, 1908. [Lough Cutra & Gort]: All.
- McNAMARA, M. & MADDEN, M (eds). ''Beagh: a history and heritage''. Beagh, county Galway: Beagh Rural Development Assoc., c.1995. : 79-94.
- MOSLEY, Charles (ed). ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage''. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999: I, 1187-1188
- ''Weekly Irish Times'': 13 June 1936 Lough Cutra Castle