Eccles
J.E. Eccles, a gentleman, is recorded as resident in the parish of Tumna, barony of Boyle, county Roscommon, in the Census of Elphin, 1749. In 1906 Major Gerard Eccles is recorded as the occupier of property at Moneygold townland, barony of Carbury, including mansion house. In January 1852 the estate of Alexander O'Connor Eccles and Charlotte Eccles, located in the barony of Boyle, county Roscommon, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. Charlotte O'Connor Eccles was a journalist writing on women's issues in London towards the end of the nineteenth century. [Blackwood's Magazine, CLIII (1893), 830-838.]
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moneygold | Moneygold | Ahamlish | Sligo | Cliffony South 41 | Carbury | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G669513
OS Sheet: 5 Discovery map: 16 |
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Eccles, 13 January 1852, Vol 13, MRGS 39/005, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 393.
- LEGG, Marie Louise (ed). ''Census of Elphin 1749''. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2004: 418 (Clongoonagh)