Landed Estates
University of Galway

Burrowes

Description

Catherine Burrowes, wife of the Rev J Burrowes, rector of Castleconnor, Co Sligo, was the eldest daughter of Bishop Stock of Killala.


Estate(s)

Name Description
Burrowes Church land in the parish of Kilcummin, barony of Tirawley, county Mayo, was recorded as being in the possession of the Reverend J. Burrowes and his wife in the 1830s and 1850s. The Burrowes were related to the family of Bishop Stock of Killala.
Stock The Stock family held land in the parishes of Kilbride and Lackan, barony of Tirawley, county Mayo, some of it was leased from the Bishop of Killala (Church of Ireland) . In 1876 they owned 1299 acres in county Mayo. A rental of the estate of St George Stock, dated 1864, is included in the Stock Papers at the National University of Ireland, Galway.