Martin (Ross)
The Martin family were established beside Ross Lake in the barony of Moycullen, county Galway, from the late 16th century, where they purchased land from the O'Flahertys. They were Royalist supporters and were dispossessed of their property in the city of Galway by the Cromwellians. Robert Martin received a grant of 2,909 acres in the barony of Moycullen, by patent dated 21 Aug 1677. Jasper Martin of Ross, who died in 1700, had two sons Jasper and Richard, from whom descend the two branches of the family settled at Ross and Ballynahinch. Nicholas Martin, who died in 1811, married Elizabeth O'Hara, daughter of Robert O'Hara of Lenaboy, and according to Burke's ''Landed Gentry'', a grandniece of James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley. Their grandson, James Martin of Ross, had sixteen children from his two marriages. His daughter, Maud, married H. Callwell and they were the parents of the author, J. M. Callwell. The youngest daughter of James Martin was Violet Florence Martin of the well known literary team Somerville and Ross. The Martins of Ross owned 5,767 acres in county Galway in the 1870s. They advertised the sale of their estate in the Landed Estates' Court in May 1885.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Ross | Ross Demesne | Killannin | Oughterard | Wormhole 171 | Moycullen | Galway |
OSI Ref: M178 375
OS Sheet: 68 Discovery map: 45 |
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| Letter Lodge | Letter | Killannin | Galway | Slieveaneena 50 | Clare | Galway |
OSI Ref: M137 349
OS Sheet: 67 Discovery map: 45 |
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Archival sources
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Martin, 18 May 1885, Vol 148, MRGS 39/065, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Memories of the Irish Famine, based on reminiscences of Anna Selina Martin, c 1912. MS 17,305; National Library of Ireland
- Rent, farm and domestic account books and a catalogue of books in the library at Ross, early-mid 19th century. MS 19,150-19,154; National Library of Ireland
- Genealogy of the Martins of Ross by Seymour Clarke, 1910, with some memoranda. MS 19,087; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Martin of Ross and Dangan, Co Galway, c 1580-c 1830. GO MS 170: 89-90; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of confirmation of arms to sons of James Richard Charles Martin, chairman Planters Association Ceylon 1906-1907 and to Charles Fox Martin, sons of James Martin of Ross, 1 Nov 1907. GO MS 111: 201-202; National Library of Ireland
- Leases involving Martins of Galway and Ross, Oliver Lynch of Drimcong, Jasper Ffrench and others, re property in town of Galway, 1671-1885. 999/687/1-17; National Archives 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: 298
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Oughterard Union, 52 (Ross) & Galway Union, 119 (Letter)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 125
- DUTTON, Hely. ''Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 415
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 245
- 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] : 308
- 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: 149.
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 141 (Ross)
Modern printed sources
- SEMPLE, Maurice. ''Where the River Corrib flows''. Galway: the author, 1988: 81
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 246
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: II, 1234
- CALLWELL, J. M. ''Old Irish Life''. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1912: 219-232
- CLARKE, Seymour. ''Genealogy of the Martins of Ross''. Inverness: [the author], 1910. : All
- HICKS, David. ''Irish country houses: portraits & painters''. Cork: The Collins Press, 2014. : pp.120-133