Temple/Cowper-Temple
The association of the Temple family with county Sligo began in the seventeenth century when Sir John Temple was granted lands in the parish of Ahamlish, barony of Carbury. By the 1870s the estate amounted to over 12,000 acres. Henry Stewart of Tyrcallen, county Donegal, and the land agency firm of Stewart and Kincaid, Dublin, was appointed agent to this estate in 1784.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rindaly Cottage | Creevymore | Ahamlish | Sligo | Cliffony North | Carbury | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G712543
OS Sheet: 2 Discovery map: 16 |
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| Mount Temple | Mount Temple | Ahamlish | Sligo | Cliffoney South | Carbury | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G676518
OS Sheet: 5 Discovery map: 16 |
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| Classiebawn Castle | Mullaghmore | Ahamlish | Sligo | Cliffony North | Carbury | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G696564
OS Sheet: Discovery map: 16 |
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Archival sources
- Rentals of Palmerston Estate. 1716, 1735, 1738, 1743, 1750, 1773, 1810, 1812. F.C./D.3/4a. ; Sligo County Library
- Survey of lands of Henry John Temple, 1717. F.C./D.3/4a; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Property in town of Sligo let by Lord Palmerston to John Irwin & outline maps. 1750. F.C./D.3/4a. ; Sligo County Library
- Rentals of the Palmerston estate, 1861,1879,1889,1903, 1912, F.C./D.3/4. ; Sligo County Library
- Microfilm copy of Rental of Palmerston estate, 1788-96. MF/R.20; Sligo County Library
- Map of division of Abbeyquarter, Sligo, let by Lord Palmerston to Abraham Martin, 1829. S.R. ; Sligo County Library
- Map of Palmerston properties in Sligo town, 1813-14. ; Sligo County Library
- Outline maps of Palmerston estate, reports on fishing and other commercial interests. F.C./D.2/112.; Sligo County Library
- Map of Inishmurray island. 1814.; Sligo County Library
- Stewart of Tyrcallen Papers, include a large number of records relating to the Palmerston estates in counties Dublin & Sligo, 1668-1982. D3319; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Stewart Papers, include documents relating to the Co Sligo estates, mainly 19th century. D3319; Public Record Office, Northern 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: 320
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol. I, 22.
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Sligo: Vol. I, 101.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Sligo Union, 7 (Rindaly)
- PRIOR, Thomas. ''A list of the Absentees of Ireland, and the yearly value of their estates and incomes spent abroad''. 1730: 5
Modern printed sources
- NORTON, Desmond. ''Landlords, tenants, famine: the business of an Irish land agency in the 1840s.'' Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2006.: 26-65.
- DUFFY, P. & MORAN, G (eds). ''To and from Ireland : planned migration schemes c.1600-2000'' (Dublin: Geography Publications, 2004: POWER, Thomas. The Palmerston estate in county Sligo : improvement and assisted emigration before 1850.105-136.
- McTERNAN, John C. ''Sligo: the light of bygone days, Vol.I Houses of Sligo and associated families''. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 147-148 (Mt. Temple), 289-290 (Classiebawn), 410-411 (Palmerston Lodge), 442-443 (Rundale Lodge)
- Nolan, W. & O'Conor, K. (eds). ''Sligo, History and society: interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish county.'' (Dublin: Geography Publications, 2024).: Power, Thomas. The Palmerston estate: improvement and assisted emigration before 1850. pp.539-566.