Fetherstonhaugh (Carrick and Glenmore)
Description
A family who settled at Carrick, Co Westmeath in the early 18th century.
Estate(s)
| Name | Description |
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| Fetherstonhaugh (Carrick and Glenmore) | The Fetherstonhaughs of Carrick, county Westmeath, descend from Thomas Fetherstonhaugh, who married Mary Sherlock. Their eldest son William was ancestor of the Carrick line and their fourth son was ancestor of the Fetherstons baronets of Ardagh. The Carrick branch of the Fetherstonhaughs had family connections with the Wills of Willsgrove, county Roscommon, the Ormes of Abbeytown, Crossmolina and the Perkins of Ballybroony, county Mayo. Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh (born 1793), a younger brother of William of Carrick, acquired the property of the Ormes of Glenmore in the county Mayo parishes of Crossmolina, Kilfian and Moygawnagh in the Encumbered Estates' Court. He was also in possession of the two townlands in the parish of Moygawnagh previously held by Andrew Browne, Mount Hazel, county Galway. His grandson, another Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh of Glenmore and Dublin, was a Member of Parliament for North Fermanagh 1906-1916. In 1876 Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh owned 9,261 acres in county Mayo and 1,016 acres in county Westmeath. The elder brother, William Fetherstonhaugh (born 1783) married Elizabeth Orme and had six sons, including Godfrey of Ballinderry, Mullingar and Henry of Carrick Lodge, Mullingar and three daughters. Their eldest son William married Alicia Berry of Eglish Castle, King's County (Offaly) and they had three sons and five daughters. At the time of Griffith's Valuation (publ. 1854) William Fetherstonhaugh's estate was in the parishes of Ardnurcher and Carrick. In the 1870s William Fetherstonhaugh of Carrick owned 871 acres. When William died in 1879 he was succeeded by his grandson Francis Bryan Fetherstonhaugh. |
| Browne (Moyvilly & Mounthazel) | The Moyvilly estate, near Oranmore, county Galway, was granted to the Brownes under the Acts of Settlement. It was formerly an estate belonging to the Ffrench family. Andrew Browne of Moyvilla is listed as a resident proprietor in county Galway in 1824. The Blakes of Kiltolla became indebted to the Brownes during the 18th century and in settlement sold their Mounthazel estate, near Mount Bellew, to the Brownes. The Brownes then moved their main residence from Moyvilly to Mounthazel. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the Mounthazel estate comprised of eight townlands in the parish of Ballymacward, barony of Tiaquin and townlands in the parishes of Boyounagh, barony of Ballymoe and Dunmore, barony of Dunmore, county Galway, some of them purchased from the Cuff and Eyre families. The Brownes also held land in the parishes of Moygawnagh and Kilfian, barony of Tirawley, county Mayo, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In the 1870s Andrew Browne of Mounthazel owned 1,939 acres in county Galway and 2,953 acres in county Mayo while his first cousin Colonel Andrew Browne of Mount Bernard owned 1,644 acres in county Galway. The Mounthazel estate passed by marriage to the De Stacpoole family in 1883. In 1887 Virginia Maude, daughter of Lieutenant-General Andrew Browne, married Captain Hugh O'Connor Henchy of Stonebrook, county Kildare and they inherited Moyveela Castle. |
| Orme (Abbeytown & Glenmore) | The Ormes of Abbeytown held an estate in the parish of Crossmolina, barony of Tirawley, county Mayo from the mid 18th century. A younger son lived at Glenmore in the early 19th century. The Abbeytown estate of over 5000 acres was sold in the Encumbered Estates' Court in 1852 and the Glenmore estate of 4556 acres in the parishes of Crossmolina and Moygawnagh in 1853. |
| Fetherstonhaugh (Bracklyn) | A family from the north of England who settled in Ireland in the mid-seventeenth century. Various branches settled in different counties but mainly in County Westmeath. The senior branch descend from Cuthbert Fetherstonhaugh who settled at Dardistown, county Westmeath, about 1726. He married Mary Magan of the Umoe family. From their eldest son John descend the Fetherstonhaughs of Dardistown, Mosstown and Grouse Lodge. From their second son Thomas descend the Fetherstonhaughs of Bracklyn, Rockview and Griffinstown. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) the Bracklyn estate was in the parishes of Killagh, Killucan and Killulagh. At the same time the Fetherstonhaughs of Rockview held an estate in the parishes of Faughalstown, Killulagh, Mullingar and Churchtown, while Reverend John Fetherstonhaugh of Griffinstown owned an estate in the parish of Killucan. In the mid-1870s family members owned the following acreages in county Westmeath; Cecil Howard Digby Fetherstonhaugh of Bracklyn Castle 4,711 acres; the representatives of Reverend John Fetherstonhaugh of Griffinstown 2,234 acres; Richard Steele Fetherstonhaugh of Rockview, Killucan, 2,709 acres and 439 acres in County Meath; Rupert Pennefather Fetherstonhaugh of Balrath (Rockview family) 923 acres; William Fetherstonhaugh of Grouse Lodge 1,075 acres. |