Staunton/Lynch Staunton
The Stauntons, originally from Buckinghamshire, England, settled in county Galway in the mid 17th century and were established on an estate centred at Cargin Castle in the barony of Clare by the early 18th century. 18th century members of the family were distinguished diplomats and Oriental scholars and absentee landlords. The estate was leased to the Frenchs of Monieva in the mid 18th century. The estate came back into Staunton possession in the 1780s and William Skerrett of Carrownacroagh acted as agent. Clydagh House was built in the early 1820s. The estate eventually passed to a member of the Lynch family of Duras to whom the Stauntons were connected by marriage. George Staunton Lynch took the additional surname of Staunton. The Lynch Stauntons also had 2 townlands in parish of Shrule, barony of Kilmaine, county Mayo. Between the 1830s and mid 1850s Staunton lands in the parish of Annaghdown were sold to Mary Woodcock and George Stanfort. In the 1870s the Lynch Stauntons owned 1,395 acres in county Galway and 733 acres in county Mayo. Michael Carroll states that the house was burnt in 1922 and was sold by the Lynch Staunton family in 1947.
Associated Families
Archival sources
- Wilson Lynch Papers. LE6; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
- Pedigree of Staunton of Oldbury and Cargine, Co Galway, Grenada & Buckinghamshire, c 1634-c 1792. GO MS 112: 60-61; National Library of Ireland
- Confirmation of arms to the descendants of Mark Lynch of Duras Park and to his eldest son George Staunton Lynch of Clydagh House, 10 Sept 1859. GO MS 108: 276-277; National Library of Ireland
- Documents re the Stauntons' interest in the tithes of the parish of Cargine and property in Grenada, 170-1862. 999/241; National Archives of Ireland
- Lynch Staunton of Clydagh Papers, 1923-1929. GSO1/8; Galway County Council Archives
- Estate records of Denis J. Kirwan and Sons, land agents, Tuam, mid 19th - mid 20th centuries, including account book of rents received, 1909-1921. Acc. No. 5124; National Library of Ireland
- Ffrench of Monieva Papers, rental ledger. MS 4920 ; National Library of Ireland
- Carraigin cuttings. 131/006; Irish Architectural Archive
- Waterdale House photos. 022/095; Irish Architectural Archive
- Clydagh House auction catalogue 1981. RP.D.31.7; Irish Architectural Archive
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 341
- 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] : 284
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 299
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Tuam Union, 16
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 4
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Galway, http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/default.html: Clydagh
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 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: 211 & 218 (Waterdale)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 399 (Waterdale)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 564
- SEMPLE, Maurice. ''Reflections on Lough Corrib''. Galway: the author, 1974: 154-156
- ''Jnl. of the Irish Family History Society'': CARROLL, Michael H. A Brief History of Clydagh House. XV (1999), 19-21