Lambert (Castle Lambert)
During the 19th century the Lamberts, a junior branch of the Lamberts of Creg Clare, county Galway, had an estate of over 5,000 acres, mainly in the parish of Athenry, barony of Clare, county Galway. In 1756 they bought their estate, originally known as the Aghrim or Moor estate, from the Blakes of Corbally in settlement of a debt. The Lamberts built a new residence and renamed the property Castle Lambert. The estate was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates’ Court in 1855 and included lands in the baronies of Clare, Leitrim and Athenry. The Trousdells of Kilrush, county Clare, bought an interest in the estate at this time. Thomas Lambert had married Sarah Trousdell in 1850. Almost 40 years later the estate was again sold, in June 1892, having been proposed for sale as far back as March 1887, when the owner was Giles Eyre Lambert. Frank Shawe Taylor of Castle Taylor bought over 1,200 acres with the two houses, Castle Lambert and Moor Park. In the 1870s Captain Thomas Lambert had owned 2621 acres in county Galway and 989 acres in county Mayo. This branch of the Lambert family is well documented in the collection of S. & R.C. Walker, solicitors, in the National Archives.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Castle Lambert | Castlelambert | Athenry | Galway | Aughrim 64 | Clare | Galway |
OSI Ref: M462292
OS Sheet: 84 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Moor Park | Moor | Athenry | Galway | Aughrim 64 | Clare | Galway |
OSI Ref: M445 303
OS Sheet: 83 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Streamstown House(Tynagh) | Ballindrimna | Tynagh | Loughrea | Bracklagh 136 | Leitrim | Galway |
OSI Ref: M715140
OS Sheet: 106 Discovery map: 52 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Streamstown & Castle Lambert estates, Vol 35, MRGS 39/016(microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Solicitors' records from office of S. and R.C. Walker, includes deeds re Lambert of Castle Lambert. Small Accessions Index, No. 30. Bundles 16 & 28 & others; National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates Court Rental, Lambert, 14 June 1855, baronies of Leitrim, Athenry & Clare. M62,658 ; Galway County Library
- Encumbered Estates Court Rental, Lambert & Trousell, 17 June 1892, barony of Clare. M62,671; Galway County Library
- Streamstown House. 120/076. Streamstown Mill. 120/077.; Irish Architectural Archive
Contemporary printed sources
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Galway, http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/default.html: Athenry Parish
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 297 & 310
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Galway Union, 222
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 84
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 99
- DUTTON, Hely. ''Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 414
- 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] : 257
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 88.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of names of proprietors and area and valuation of properties in counties in Ireland, held in fee or perpetuity or long leases at chief rents,'' 1876. (412) LXXX. 395: 149.
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 682-685
- O'REGAN, Finbar (ed). ''The Lamberts of Athenry''. Athenry: Lambert Symposium, 1999. : KELLY, Martin T. Aughrim Park/Castle Lambert: A History. 168-181
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': MELVIN, Patrick. The composition of the Galway gentry. VII No. 1(1986), 82
- ''Irish Times'': Land Judges' Court sale reports, 5 March 1887, p.3