Blake (Dartfield)
The estate at Dartfield was owned by the Blake family in the early nineteenth century. By the time of Griffith's Valuation it was owned by Maria Blake who resided in Yorkshire and employed agents to run the estate. In the 1880s large portions of the grazing lands were let to Joseph Hardy. The Hardy family continued to occupy the property in the early twentieth century. In the 1990s some of the lands and the remains of the house and stables were purchased by William Leahy to set up Dartfield Horse Museum. See www.dartfieldhorsemuseum.net.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dartfield | Dartfield | Kilreekill | Loughrea | Kilreekil 124 | Leitrim | Galway |
OSI Ref: M682192
OS Sheet: 106 Discovery map: 52 |
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Archival sources
- Dartfield. Photographs. 022/039.; Irish Architectural Archive
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 38.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Loughrea Union, 156.
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 202
Modern printed sources
- 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, P. Estates and gentry around Loughrea, 45-46.