Plunket
Family title
Baron Plunket
Description
Given the title Baron Plunket in 1827, this family intermarried with the Lynch Blosses and the Guinnesses.
Estate(s)
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Mitchell (Toormakeady Lodge) | The Toormakeady Lodge estate in the parish of Ballyovey, barony of Carra, county Mayo, was bought by the Mitchells brothers, Abraham and Joseph, in 1875, from William Horsfall. The Mitchells were progressive mill owners with a well established family business in Bradford, England. On 1 Feb 1900 they sold the main bulk of their estate, amounting to 13,157 acres to the Congested Districts' Board for £16,599. A further 688 acres was purchased by the Board in November 1905. The Mitchells came to Toormakeady for holidays until 1913 when they sold the remaining 400 acres of their estate. |
| Plunket (Baron Plunket) | During the 19th century the Plunkets, many of whom were prominent clerics in the Church of Ireland, held a sporting estate in the parish of Ballyovey, barony of Carra, county Mayo, from the Lynch Blosses. Thomas Plunket, Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry and 2nd Baron Plunket purchased a large part of the Lynch Blosse estate in the barony of Carra in 1859. He also bought the Ballybanaun estate of the Moores of Moorehall sold in the Encumbered Estates' Court in 1854, so that by the end of the 1850s he owned approximately 14,200 acres in the county. At this time he was involved in a very public dispute with Father Lavelle, the local parish priest, concerning proselytising activities on his estate. Following the bishop's death in 1866 his daughters sold the Tourmakeady Lodge estate to William Horsfall, a worsted manufacturer from Bradford. In 1875, Horsfall sold the estate to the Mitchell brothers, also from Bradford, Yorkshire. The Bishop's sister Catherine Plunket also owned land in the parish at Cappaghduff where she built Drimbawn House. She left her property to a McCausland cousin from county Donegal. In the 1970s Drimbawn was the home of the actor Robert Shaw. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Lord Plunkett held an estate in the parish of Shandrum, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, county Cork. The Plunket family’s county Monaghan estates were bought by Dr Patrick Plunket, older brother of William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron. In 1795, Dr Plunket purchased the interest of William Giles of Rakane, county Cavan, in the Raw estate in the parish of Aghnamullen and in 1802 he bought the interest of the de Clifford family in the Milltown estate in the parish of Ematris held in perpetuity from Baron Cremorne. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation these estates were in the possession of Bishop Thomas Plunket and included four townlands in the parish of Tedavnet, north of Monaghan town, part of the See estate of the Bishop of Clogher held in perpetuity by James Rose of Monaghan. In the late 1870s the 4th Baron Plunket owned 1,057 acres in county Cork, 2,592 acres in county Monaghan and 185 acres in county Dublin. |
| McCausland | In 1868 Sir Richard Bolton McCausland inherited the Cappaghduff property, parish of Ballyovey, barony of Carra, county Mayo, of his first cousin Catherine Plunket. In the mid 1870s he owned 850 acres in county Mayo and 48 acres in county Dublin. He was married to Fanny Blake of Castlegrove, county Galway. The estate was sold to the Congested Districts' Board on 17 May 1906. |
| Moore (Moore Hall) | An estate in the parishes of Ballintober, Ballyovey and Burriscarra in the barony of Carra, county Mayo, held by the Moore family, formerly of Ashbrook, parish of Templemore, barony of Gallen and Alicante, Spain. The Moores, who were Catholic, bought their Moore Hall property from the McDonnells and their Ballintober and Ballyovey estates from the Blakes in the early 1790s. They built a large house, which was burnt down during the Civil War. The Ballintober and Ballyovey estates were advertised for sale in 1854. The Ballyovey estate was bought by Lord Thomas Plunket, Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry. The Moores managed to keep most of the Ballintober estate. Mr. John Hall purchased the Gorteenmore property. In the 1870s George Augustus Moore owned 12,371 acres in county Mayo and 110 acres in county Roscommon. Most of the Moorehall estate was sold to the Congested Districts' Board in 1912. John Moore, elected President of the Republic of Connaught in 1798, George Henry Moore,supporter of tenant right, and George Augustus Moore, author, were all members of this family. |
| Rose (Mullaghmore) | In the mid-19th century Gertrude Rose of Mullaghmore House, county Monaghan, held an estate of about 4,000 acres in the parish of Tedavnet. She was the youngest child of Dr Thomas Rose, an army surgeon, and his wife Mary Anne Mair. She inherited the estate at the age of 21 following the death of her uncle James Rose in 1841. In 1821 Scotsman, James Rose, bought his estate from the Bishop of Clogher for £20,000. Four other townlands were leased directly from Thomas Plunket, Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry. Edward Fiddes was agent to the estate in the 1840s and 1850s and Edward Lucas of Castleshane was trustee until Gertrude Rose reached the age of 21 in 1849. |