Landed Estates
University of Galway

Porter

John Porter was granted 971 acres in the barony of Kilmaine, county Mayo, by patent dated 17 Nov 1677. Henry Edward Porter, High Sheriff for county Monaghan in 1849, was a younger son of the Porter family of Belle Isle, county Fermanagh. He owned 5,938 acres in county Mayo in the 1870s valued at £109. His brother married a Lindsey of Hollymount House. Mrs Grey Porter was instrumental in the development of Carrickmacross lace after honeymooning on the Continent in 1816. The Porter estate in county Monaghan was in the parishes of Magheross and Magheracloone, barony of Farney and was held by Henry Edward Porter in the mid-19th century. Henry Edward Porter held a house in fee, valued at £14 in Magheross, circa 1860. In 1876, his brothers the Reverend Charles Porter and William Porter, both resident in England, owned 510 and 569 acres respectively in the county. The brothers were all sons of John Porter, Bishop of Clogher, who died in 1819. Their nephew, John Grey Vesey Porter, lived at Belle Isle, county Fermanagh. https://www.carrickmacrossworkhouse.com/index.php/historic-maps

Associated Families

Houses

Name Townland Civil Parish PLU DED Barony County Map Ref  
Drummond Cottage Drummond Magheracloone Carrickmacross Enagh Farney Monaghan OSI Ref: N800997
OS Sheet: 33
Discovery map: 35 		Photo of Drummond Cottage
Inver Lodge Magheross Magheross Carrickmacross Carrickmacross Farney Monaghan OSI Ref: H840033
OS Sheet: 31
Discovery map: 35

Archival sources

  • Porter Estate Papers, 19th-20th century; Fermanagh County Museum
  • W.J. Shannon & Co. solicitors; Estate papers for Porter family, Belleisle, Co. Fermanagh, 1698–1920. 1145; National Archives of Ireland
  • Map of Churchlands Magheracloone/Magheross, 1829. Ref. 1994: 277a; Monaghan County Museum

Contemporary printed sources

Modern printed sources