Burke (Clanricarde)

The Clanricarde estate was one of the largest in county Galway. Lord Clanrickard, a minor, is listed as a resident proprietor in 1824. At the time of the first Ordnance Survey in the 1830s the Clanricarde estate is recorded as the direct owner of townlands in the civil parishes of Clontuskert, Grange, Killeely, Killora, Killeenadeema, Kilmeen, Killogilleen, Kilconickny, Loughrea, Oranmore and St. Nicholas. In 1855 Robert D'Arcy acted as an agent for the Clanricarde estate and was leasing 586 acres and buildings valued at £26 from the Clanricarde estate at Ballygarraun in the parish of Isertkelly, barony of Loughrea. By the 1870s the Marquis of Clanricarde was the owner of over 52,000 acres in county Galway. The family also held an estate at Warnford, Hampshire, England. In 1915 an offer was accepted from the Congested Districts Board for the sale of over 46,000 acres of the Clanricarde estate.

Associated Families

Burke (Clanricarde)

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Portumna Castle	Portumna Demesne	Lickmolassy	Portumna	Portumna 183	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M838036 OS Sheet: 126, 127 Discovery map: 53
Woodville House	Ballygarraun	Isertkelly	Loughrea	Killogilleen 132	Loughrea	Galway	OSI Ref: M553152 OS Sheet: 104 Discovery map: 52
Rafarn House	Rafarn	Kilmeen	Loughrea	Leitrim 139	Leitrim	Galway	OSI Ref: M674150 OS Sheet: 106 Discovery map: 52
Fearmore House	Fearmore	Clonfert	Portumna	Meelick 176	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M926164 OS Sheet: 108 Discovery map: 53
Woburn	Lisdooaun	Donanaghta	Portumna	Eyrecourt 173	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M902177 OS Sheet: 108 Discovery map: 53
Moat	Moat	Killimorbologue	Portumna	Moat 177	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M800105 OS Sheet: 117 Discovery map: 53
Earlstown	Cappasallagh	Kilmalinogue	Portumna	Kilmalinoge 181	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M866072 OS Sheet: 118, 127 Discovery map: 53
Thornfield	Thornfield	Lickmolassy	Portumna	Portumna 183	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M836081 OS Sheet: 117 Discovery map: 53
Oghilly	Oghilly	Ballynakill	Portumna	Drummin 186	Leitrim	Galway	OSI Ref: R760970 OS Sheet: 132 Discovery map: 53
Burke's Court	Cloondadauv	Ballynakill	Portumna	Drummin 186	Leitrim	Galway	OSI Ref: R805996 OS Sheet: 132 Discovery map: 53
Clooncona	Clooncona	Killimorbologue	Portumna	Moat 177	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M786126 OS Sheet: 117 Discovery map: 53
Woodfield House (Donanaghta)	Gortnakilla	Donanaghta	Portumna	Meelick 176	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M905164 OS Sheet: 108 Discovery map: 53
Summerhill House (Loughrea)	Baunoge	Loughrea	Loughrea	Loughrea	Loughrea	Galway	OSI Ref: M625162 OS Sheet: 105 Discovery map: 52
Cottage (Loughrea)	Gorteenabohogy	Loughrea	Loughrea	Loughrea	Loughrea	Galway	OSI Ref: M604174 OS Sheet: 105 Discovery map: 52

Archival sources

17th-20th century estate papers. ; West Yorkshire Archive Service: Leeds
Warnford Park estate papers, 17th-20th century. ; Hampshire Record Office
Letters to Sir Henry Lynch from Richard, Earl of Clanricarde, 1617-32, 1651, 1673. Also two bonds dated 1605 and various notes and memoranda on Clanricarde's affairs. . MS 3111. ; National Library of Ireland
Copy of survey of town and parks of Loughrea, property of Earl of Clanricarde, 1791, 1796. 21 F 16. ; National Library of Ireland
Copy of probate will of John Thomas, Earl of Clanricarde, Nov 1808. LE29; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
Portumna Castle. Photographs & Press Cuttings. 003/093. ; Irish Architectural Archive
Maps of forfeited estates of Lord Bophin, afterwards Earl of Clanricarde/ 1701 [microfilm]; British Library
A "photostat" copy of the demesne, town, and town parks of Portumna, Co. Galway, part of the estate of the Marquis of Clanricarde, by M. Cuddehy, 1793. 21 F 76 (37); National Library of Ireland
Papers re the property of the Wills & Sandford families mainly in & near Castlereagh, 17th-19th centuries. Includes references to Lord Bophin & Burkes of Portumna. M.6237; 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: 294.
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Loughrea Union, 91 (Ballygurraun), 120 (Baunoge), 126 (Gorteennabohogy), 154 (Rafarn)
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] : 83.
DUTTON, Hely. ''Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 412
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Portumna Union, 2 (Fearmore), 3 (Woburn), 8(Gortnakilla), 21 (Clooncona), 22 (Moat), 23(Earlstown), 45 (Portumna Castle), 47 (Thornfield), 64 (Burke's Court), 68 (Oghilly)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 336 (Portumna)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 47.
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 263-264
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.
PRIOR, Thomas. ''A list of the Absentees of Ireland, and the yearly value of their estates and incomes spent abroad''. 1730: 2
SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxxi, 81 (Portumna)
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 419 (Capasell, [Devenish [?], Portumna Castle)
SLATER, Isaac. ''Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1846''. (London:Slater, 1846): p.134 (Portumna)
BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.91

Modern printed sources

SPELLISSY, Séan. ''The History of Galway''. Limerick: Celtic Bookshop, 1999. : 380-384.
''The Irish Genealogist'': MELVIN, Patrick. The Composition of the Galway gentry. (1986), 86.
FORDE, J., CASSIDY, C., MANZOR,. P & RYAN, D (eds).'' The district of Loughrea, Vol.I: Local history, 1791-1918''. Loughrea: Loughrea History Project, 2003. : MELVIN, Patrick. Estates and gentry around Loughrea. 40-41
BURKE, Sir Bernard & BURKE, Ashworth P. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1907: 348-350.
CONWELL, John J. ''A Galway landlord during the Great Famine: Ulick John de Burgh, first marquis of Clanricarde.'' Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2003. : All
MARSDEN, Simon & McLAREN, Duncan. . ''In ruins: the once great houses of Ireland''. Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1997. : 56-57.
BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 233-234 (Portumna Castle)
GLIN, Knight of, GRIFFIN, D. J. & ROBINSON, N.K (eds).'' Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland''. Dublin: Irish Architectural Archive/Irish Georgian Society, 1989. : 78 (Portumna Castle)
''Irish Arts Review'': FENLON, Jane. Portumna restored. XX, 3 (2003), 110-117.
''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': COMER, Siubhán. The Gate Lodges of East Galway: An Overview. LIII (2001), 127-136
MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 338-343.
''Analecta Hibernica'': De Blaquiere Letter. XV (1944), 380-381
''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': KNOX, Hubert T. Portumna and the Burkes. VI (1909-1910), pp.107-109
CONWELL, J. J. ''Lickmolassy by the Shannon''. Galway: Gortanumera Historical Society, 1998. : 13-21, 231-246
''Weekly Irish Times'': 18 June 1938 Portumna Castle
MELVIN, Patrick. ''Estates and landed society in Galway''. (Dublin: Éamonn de Búrca, 2012). : 29-35
FENLON, Jane. ''Clanricard's castle: Portumna House'. (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2012. : All