Landed Estates
University of Galway
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''Donegal Annual''

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Estate Records Citing this Source

Found 34 estate records citing this source.

Reference Estate Name Estate Description
Meehan, Helen. Ballyshannon gentry families. 71 (2019), pp.48-52. Allingham (Ballyshannon) A number of members of the Allingham family were leasing property from the Conolly estate in the Poo...
Helen. Ballyshannon gentry families. 71 (2019), pp.48-52. Dickson The Dickson family acquired lands in the Tullaghan area of the parish of Rossinver, county Leitrim,...
Helen. Ballyshannon gentry families. 71 (2019), pp.48-52. Johnston (Kinlough) The Johnston family from Fermanagh purhased land in Leitrim in the early 18th century. In 1802 McPar...
Ballyshannon gentry families. 71 (2019), pp.48-52. Knox (Prehen) In the 1870s George Knox was the owner of over 3600 acres in County Donegal as well as over 800 acre...
Potter, Mathew. The Earls of Arran and their estates in County Donegal. 60 (2008), pp.102-133 Gore (Castle Gore) In 1666 the Gores were granted extensive estates, over 14,700 acres, in the barony of Tirawley, coun...
Meehan, Helen. Ballyshannon gentry families. 71 (2019), pp.48-52. Tredennick (Camlin) In the 1870s William Tredennick of Fort William, Ballyshannon, was recorded as the owner of over 270...
. Hanna, Sam. John Hamilton, Brown Hall: tenants of the Ballydermot estate, 1821-1857. 74 (2022), pp.100-110. Hamilton (Coxtown) The Hamilton estate held lands in the parish of Inishkeel in the barony of Boylagh at the time of Gr...
Mac Arthur, C.W.P. The origin of an enduring myth: Wolfe Tone and Lord George Hill. 54 (2002), pp.17-18. t Hill (Kilmacrenan) Lord George Hill was among the principal lessors in the parish of Tullaghobegley at the time of Grif...
Mac Arthur, C.W.P. The authorship of “Facts from Gweedore”. 53 (2001), pp.90-101 Hill (Kilmacrenan) Lord George Hill was among the principal lessors in the parish of Tullaghobegley at the time of Grif...
MacAoidh, Seamus. Nixon: a tyrant landlord. 42 (1990), pp.45-48. Nixon (Donegal & Monaghan) Reverend Alexander Brown Nixon was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Raymunterdoney and...
Ó Ceallaigh, Seosamh. Alexander Nixon, Heathfield, Ballyboes. 71 (2019), pp.22-28. Nixon (Donegal & Monaghan) Reverend Alexander Brown Nixon was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Raymunterdoney and...
Rowland, Edward J. The Stewart and Wray families of Ards, County Donegal. 1700-1930. 69 (2017), pp.78-87 Stewart (Ards and Marble Hill) Alexander J.R. Steward of Ards, County Donegal was listed as the lessor of 46 townlands in the paris...
Conaghan, Patrick. Alexander Murray’s Killybegs project. 60 (2008), pp.258-274. Murray Stewart In the 1870s H.G. Murray Stewart of Gullygate House, Scotland, was the owner of over 50,000 acres in...
McWilliam, J.M. The Dickson and Conolly families of Ballyshannon. 4(1959), pp.111-117. Conolly (Castletown) At the beginning of the 18th century William Conolly of Castletown, county Kildare, purchased over 2...
Meehan, Helen. The Conynghams of Slane and Mountcharles. 51 (1999), pp.22-35. Conyngham Of Scottish descent, Henry Conyngham, member of parliament for county Donegal, supported the William...
Meehan, Helen, The Hamiltons of Brownhall. 60 (2008), pp.38-58. Hamilton (Brownhall & St. Ernans) James Hamilton was among the principal lessors In the parish of Inishkeel, barony of Boylagh and the...
Raymond Blair. A forgotten Donegal mansion: Glentogher House, Inishowen. 71 (2019), pp.29-33. Alexander (Inishowen) At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s, the representatives of James Alexander were among t...
Hanna, Sam. John Hamilton, Brownhall: tenants of the Ballydermot estate, 1821-1857. 74 (2022), pp.100-110. Hamilton (Brownhall & St. Ernans) James Hamilton was among the principal lessors In the parish of Inishkeel, barony of Boylagh and the...
Campbell, Liam. The Burt reclamation scheme. 74 (2022), pp.64-71. Brassey, McCormack and Wagstaffe (Raphoe North) Hussey de Burgh records Messers Brassey and [Walstaff] as the proprietors of almost 3000 acres in Co...
McClure, Malcolm. The Duke of Abercorn's visit to Ardara. 61 (2009), pp.83-95. Hamilton (Abercorn) In the 1870s the estates of the Duke of Abercorn in Ireland included almost 16,000 acres in County D...
Blair, Raymond A. Opposing high taxation and praising the Irish people. 65 (2013), pp.63-67. Clements (Donegal) The Earl of Leitrim’s estate was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Clondahorky, Clondav...
Dodds, Kenneth. James Hewitt, 4th Viscount Lifford. 63 (2011), pp.137-144. Hewitt (Viscount Lifford) In the 1870s Hussey de Burgh stated that Viscount Lifford's estate in County Donegal amounted to ove...
Hanna, Sam. Late eighteenth century maps of Ballybulgan townland and tenants. 71 (2019), pp.121-125. Hamilton (Coxtown) The Hamilton estate held lands in the parish of Inishkeel in the barony of Boylagh at the time of Gr...
Meehan, Helen. The Hamiltons of Brownhall. 60 (2008), pp.38-58. Hamilton (Coxtown) The Hamilton estate held lands in the parish of Inishkeel in the barony of Boylagh at the time of Gr...
Speers, Arthur. Three hundred years of the Brookes and other Ascendancy families at Lough Eske. 45 (1993), pp.94-103. Brooke (Lough Eske) In the 1870s the estate of Thomas Young Brooke amounted to over 15,000 acres in County Donegal. This...
Donnelly, Mowenna. Susanna Marie Brooke, her family, the Brookes and Lough Eske Castle. 41 (1989), pp.89-93. Brooke (Lough Eske) In the 1870s the estate of Thomas Young Brooke amounted to over 15,000 acres in County Donegal. This...
Blair, Raymond A. The entrepreneurial flair of George Adair. 66 (2014), pp.112-115. Adair (Kilmacrenan) In the 1870s John George Adair was the owner of over 16,000 acres in County Donegal, as well as prop...
Spiegelman, Robert. The Adairs of Donegal: towards a transatlantic game plan. Parts I-II. 1-259 (2007), pp.102-118, 60 (2008), pp.290-305. Adair (Kilmacrenan) In the 1870s John George Adair was the owner of over 16,000 acres in County Donegal, as well as prop...
Meehan, Helen. Ballyshannon gentry families. 71 (2019), pp.48-52. Barton The centre of the Barton estate was at Waterfoot near Pettigo in county Donegal. Through marriages w...
Roberts, Alan & Ferguson, W.S. Robert Boyd of Ballymacool. 42 (1990), pp.24-28. Boyd (Kilmacrenan) Hussey de Burgh states that John R. Boyd, of Ballymacool, Letterkenny, was the owner of over 5000 ac...
Chesnutt, Lulu. James Musgrave: a man of iron. 72 (2020), pp.107-112. Musgrave (Banagh) In the 1870s John and James Musgrave, of Belfast and Carrick, County Donegal, owned over 23,000 acre...
Plunkett, Tom. Extraordinary landlordism in western DonegaL, Valentine Ryan, Inishkeel. 2022 Ryan (Mountrath) Valentine, of Mountrath, Queen's County [Laois}, was recorded as the owner of over 5000 acres in Cou...
Cunningham, J.B. William Conolly's Ballyshannon estate. 33 (1981), pp.27-44. Conolly (Castletown) At the beginning of the 18th century William Conolly of Castletown, county Kildare, purchased over 2...
Hanna, Sam. A 1773 map of Ballintra and associated local families. 70 (2018), pp.103-106. Hamilton (Coxtown) The Hamilton estate held lands in the parish of Inishkeel in the barony of Boylagh at the time of Gr...