Landed Estates
University of Galway
Reference Source

O'Byrne, Robert (ed). A vanishing world: the Irish country house photographs of Father Browne. Dublin: Messenger Publications, 2024.

Source Details

Category Modern printed sources

Estate Records Citing this Source

Found 9 estate records citing this source.

Reference Estate Name Estate Description
pp.18-21 (Adare Manor) Quin/Wyndham-Quin Thady Quin (1645-1726) of Adare, county Limerick, had two sons from whom descend the Earls of Dunrav...
pp.30-33 (Mount Congreve) Congreve Burke indicates that this family originated in Staffordshire and descend from John Congreve, residen...
pp.34-37 (Lismore Castle) Cavendish In 1753 the Cavendish family, Dukes of Devonshire, inherited the Lismore estate, mainly located in c...
pp.42-45 (Curraghmore) Beresford/Le Poer Beresford The Beresford family, Marquis of Waterford and Viscount Tyrone, owned land in various parts of Irela...
pp.46-49 (Frenchpark) French /ffrench (Frenchpark) Patrick French fitzStephen of Galway is recorded as the earliest member of the family to be associat...
pp.72-75 (Dromoland) O'Brien (Dromoland) The introduction to the Inchiquin Papers in the National Library of Ireland records that, in about 1...
pp.80-83 (Knocklofty) Hely Hutchinson The Hutchinsons were established at Knocklofty, barony of Iffa and Offa West, county Tipperary, from...
pp.84-87 (Rockingham) King (Kingston/Lorton) The King estate was one of the largest in Connacht including lands in Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo as wel...