Butler (Crocknaraw)
In the early 1850s Thomas Crawford Butler leased land from Robert Graham of Ballynakill, county Galway. In 1862 he advertised for sale in the Landed Estates' Court an estate of more than 1000 acres at Crocknaraw, barony of Ballynahinch, county Galway, most of which he held in fee simple and presumably bought from the sale of the Graham estate in 1858. Charles Palmer Archer was tenant of 194 acres and had 'expended a large sum in building a mansion house' [at Garraunbaun]. The sale of Lot 2 of this estate was adjourned a number of times but other lots were purchased by Thomas Russell.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Crocknaraw/Rockfield House | Crocknaraw | Ballynakill | Clifden | Ballynakill 28 | Ballynahinch | Galway |
OSI Ref: L655 579
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 37 |
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| Garraunbaun | Garraunbaun | Ballynahinch | Clifden | Ballynakill 28 | Ballynahinch | Galway |
OSI Ref: L663 576
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 37 |
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Archival sources
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Butler, 22 Nov 1861, 25 Apr & 4 July 1862, 1 May & 4 July 1863, Vols 63,64, 66 & 68, MRGS 39/032-39/034, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), Butler, 22 Nov 1861, Vol 15, 41-50; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Clifden Union, 29 (Crocknaraw)