Vandeleur (Cos Galway and Westmeath)
In 1803, Major Gen Crofton Vandeleur, third son of Crofton Vandeleur of Kilrush, county Clare married Elizabeth Croasdaile. Their grandson Captain Crofton Thomas Burton Vandeleur of Wardenstown, county Westmeath and Moyville, Athenry, county Galway, married Maletta Yelverton and died in 1881 without heirs. Griffith's Valuation 1855 records his county Westmeath estate in the parishes of Killucan and Killulagh and he held extensive property in the parish of Athenry, barony of Dunkellin, county Galway. At this time he was leasing a house at Moyveela to James Kineen. In the 1870s his county Galway estate amounted to 1,565 acres and his county Westmeath one to 782 acres.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moyveela Lodge | Moyveela | Athenry | Galway | Stradbally 57 | Dunkellin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M450248
OS Sheet: 95 Discovery map: 46 |
Archival sources
- Wardenstown Papers, include reference to Vandeleur property at Moyveela, Co Galway. D.3549; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Vandeleur Family (Wardenstown) Papers. Comprises mostly of legal and financial papers relating to the Vandeleur family and the Wardenstown estate. Majority of this is from the Irish Land Commission, 1670-1985. MS 51,572/1-5, MS 42,807/4, MS L 584-90, MS 42,807/39, MS 42,807/12-1,3 MS 42,807/22, MS 42,807/6; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Galway Union, 166.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 87, 300
- 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] : 456
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mullingar Union, 186 (Wardenstown)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 585 (Wardenstown)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 156 (Wardenstown)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 719-720.
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Vandeleur Papers (from 1746) the property of Mrs K Vandeleur, Wardenstown, Killucan, Co Westmeath, relating to the Vandeleur family and to lands in Co Westmeath. No 58
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): 225