Reference Source
GLIN, Knight of, GRIFFIN, D. J. & ROBINSON, N.K (eds).'' Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland''. Dublin: Irish Architectural Archive/Irish Georgian Society, 1989.
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Estate Records Citing this Source
Found 154 estate records citing this source.
| Reference | Estate Name | Estate Description |
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| 131. | Fleming | McTernan states that the Flemings came into possession of lands in Sligo in the wake of the Cromwell... |
| 131. | Neynoe | The Neynoe family owned this estate in Ballysumaghan parish since the 18th century. They appear to h... |
| 131. | Fenton | The Fenton family held land in and around Easky throughtout the 19th century. Various family members... |
| 131. | Phibbs (Seafield) | The Phibbs family acquired an estate in Kilmacowen in the late 18th century. The estate was based ar... |
| 131. | Cooper (Markree) | Edward Cooper was a soldier in Richard Coote [Lord Collooney]'s, regiment of horse. He is known in... |
| 95. | Nesbitt/Nisbett | The main Nisbett estate was centred around Derrycarne Demesne near Dromod. They had originally lived... |
| 95. | Ormsby Gore | Lord Harlech's estate held land in the baronies of Leyny, Tireragh and Tirerrill in county Sligo as... |
| 95. | La Touche | The La Touche family owned extensive estates in Kildare and Wicklow as well as property interests in... |
| 95. | Johnston (Kinlough) | The Johnston family from Fermanagh purhased land in Leitrim in the early 18th century. In 1802 McPar... |
| 95. | Crofton (Mohill) | In the 1870s Sir Morgan Crofton held almost 10,000 acres in county Leitrim. the estate was centred o... |
| 69. | Blake (Ardfry) | By patent dated 24 Feb 1681 the Blakes were granted almost 12,000 acres in counties Galway and Mayo,... |
| 69. | Geoghegan/O'Neill (Bunowen) | Art Geoghegan of Castletown, county Westmeath, was transplanted to the confiscated O'Flaherty lands... |
| 69. | Blake (Towerhill & Bunowen) | The Blakes of Menlo Castle, county Galway, held the lands of Clonyne and Clooneen or Towerhill, pari... |
| 69. | Daly (Castledaly) | This branch of the Dalys were descended from the Dalys of Killimer and also Dalysgrove, near Ahascra... |
| 69. | Shawe-Taylor | Walter Taylor was granted almost a thousand acres in the barony of Kiltartan, county Galway in Febru... |
| 69, 72 & 74. | D'Arcy (Kiltullagh & Clifden Castle) | The D'Arcy family of Kiltullagh, parish and barony of Athenry, county Galway, was founded by Patrick... |
| 69. | Gregory | The Coole estate was purchased by Robert Gregory from the Martyns of Tullira in 1768 on his return f... |
| 72, 75. | Daly (Dunsandle & Carnakelly) | The Daly family of Dunsandle derived from Daly of Carnakelly in the parish of Kiltullagh. They bough... |
| 74. | Burke (Marble Hill) | The Burke family of Marble Hill were among the most influential families in county Galway in the 19t... |
| 74. | Smyth (Masonbrook) | The Smyths acquired property in and around the Loughrea area in the early 19th century. In 1828 they... |
| 76, 78, 79. | Persse (Roxborough & Moyode) | The Persse family first received grants of land in counties Galway and Roscommon in the 1670s. Some... |
| 78-79. | Joyce (Rahasane) | The Joyce family of Rahasane were connected with the Joyces of Mervue and also of Corgary. They hel... |
| 78-79. | Ffrench (Rahasane) | In 1675 the ffrenches bought the lands of Cummer and Drumgriffin in the barony of Clare which had be... |
| 78. | St. George (Tyrone House) | The St.George estate was centred on the house at Tyrone, parish of Drumacoo, barony of Dunkellin, bu... |
| 69. | Hickman (Athenry) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation William V.F. Hickman was leasing a property valued at £30 to Wil... |
| 69 | Mahon (Beech Hill) | The Mahons of Beech Hill, near Loughrea, county Galway, were a branch of the Mahon family of Castleg... |
| 69 | Mahon (Belleville) | The Mahons bought the Belleville estate in the parish of Monivea, barony of Clare, county Galway, fr... |
| 69 | Blake (Ballyglunin) | In ''Blake Family Records'' Martin J. Blake states that Martin Blake of Cummer, county Galway, purch... |
| 69 | French (Brooklodge) | At least two generations of Frenches, a junior branch of the Frenches of Tyrone, lived on the Brookl... |
| 69 | Blake (Corbally) | The Blakes had owned an estate at Corbally, parish of Ardrahan since the 15th century. In 1824 a... |
| 69 | Blake (Castlegrove) | By his will (1612) Robert Blake of Ardfry left the lands of Castlegrove or Fartigare as they were o... |
| 69 (Castletown). | Vesey (Castlebar) | George Vesey of Castlebar held the townland of Cahernabrock, parish of Shrule, barony of Kilmaine, c... |
| 69 | Eyre (Clifden) | Thomas Eyre of Bath, Somerset, bought much of the property of John D'Arcy of Clifden, county Galway,... |
| 69 | Dillon (Clonbrock) | The Dillons were a Norman family who initially received grants of land in Westmeath and who later ac... |
| 69 | Trench (Clonfert) | John E. Trench was a significant landowner in the parish of Ballymacward, barony of Kilconnell and t... |
| 69 | Evans (Cross House) | At the time of Griffith’s Valuation John C. Evans was leasing a number of townlands from Lord Fitzge... |
| 72 | Daly (Dalystown) | In 1814 the Rt. Hon Denis Bowes Daly was the owner of the Dalystown estate, the son of Hyacinth Dal... |
| 72 | O'Farrell/Farrell (Dalystown Demesne) | In the 1830s Dalystown House is described as the home of Dr. O'Ferrall. At the time of Griffith's Va... |
| 72 | Burke (Danesfield) | The Burkes of Danesfield, parish and barony of Moycullen, county Galway, owned an estate of about 2,... |
| 72 | Eyre (Eyrecourt & Eyreville) | Giles Eyre, Eyrecourt Castle and Thomas Knutford Eyre, Eyreville, are described as resident propriet... |
| 72 | Davis/Davies (Kilconnell) | John Davies was resident at Castle-bin, Kilconnell, in 1814. The estate of George Davies, in the par... |
| 72 | Bodkin (Ballymacward) | In the early 19th century the Hampstead estate was occupied by the Bodkin family. |
| 74 (Knockbane) | O'Flaherty (Knockbane) | This branch of the O'Flaherty family of Renvyle had an estate in the parish and barony of Moycullen,... |
| 74 | Lawrence (Lawrencetown) | The Lawrence family are first recorded in east Galway in the late 16th century. A John Lawrence marr... |
| 74 | Blake (Menlo) | The Blakes, raised to the peerage as baronets in 1622, were established at Menlough on the bank of t... |
| 74 | Blake (Merlin Park) | The Blakes of Moyne, parish of Shrule, county Mayo, were descended from the Blakes of Ardfry, county... |
| 76 (Monivea) | Ffrench (Monivea) | The Monivea estate, barony of Tiaquin, county Galway, was acquired by the ffrenchs from the O'Kellys... |
| 76-77 | Bellew (Mountbellew) | The Bellew family of Williamstown, county Louth, were granted lands in the parish of Moylough, baron... |
| 76 (Mountbernard & Mounthazel) | Browne (Moyvilly & Mounthazel) | The Moyvilly estate, near Oranmore, county Galway, was granted to the Brownes under the Acts of Sett... |
| 78 (Netterville) | Netterville | The descendants of a younger son of the 1st Viscount Netterville established an estate at Lecarrow,... |
| 78 | Nugent (Pallas) | In 1677 Thomas Nugent was granted an estate of 3,250 acres in the baronies of Leitrim and Longford,... |
| 78 (Portumna Castle) | Burke (Clanricarde) | The Clanricarde estate was one of the largest in county Galway. Lord Clanrickard, a minor, is liste... |
| 78 | McDermott (Ramore/Rathmore) | James Anthony McDermott of Ramore married Mary Agnes Blake of Cregg Castle in the early 19th century... |
| 78 | Kelly (Rookwood) | This family is well recorded in Vera Hughes' book. Crofton Kelly and his wife Elizabeth Threwles we... |
| 78 | Thewles | In the 18th century Wentworth Thewles of Harristown, Co Kildare, owned lands in counties Mayo, Leitr... |
| 78 | Bermingham/Birmingham (Rosshill) | Colonel John Browne owned a substantial estate in the barony of Ross, county Galway, at the end of t... |
| 78 | Clements & Caulfield | The Rosshill estate in the parishes of Ross, Cong and Ballinchalla, barony of Ross, county Galway, w... |
| 78 (Ryehill) | Roche (Ryehill) | In the late 18th century the Ryehill estate in the parish of Monivea, barony of Tiaquin, county Galw... |
| 78 (Somerset) | Seymour (Galway) | The Seymour family first settled in east Galway in the late 17th century. The families at Ballymore... |
| 78 | McDermott (Springfield) | According to William Keaveney this estate in the parish of Templetogher, barony of Ballymoe, county... |
| 78 (Weston) | Mahon (Castlegar) | The Mahons were settled at Castlegar from the early 18th century. In 1711 the Earl of Clanricarde l... |
| 69 (Castletown) | O'Hara (Lenaboy) | The O'Haras of Lenaboy had been established in the town of Galway since the early 18th century and m... |
| 110 | Bingham (Bingham's Castle) | The Bingham family of Newbrook, parish of Robeen, county Mayo, later Barons Clanmorris, inherited ha... |
| 110 (Bloomfield) | Ruttledge (Bloomfield) | In May 1749, Peter Ruttledge of Cornfield and Carrowkillen, parish of Robeen, barony of Kilmaine, co... |
| 110 | Jackson (Carrowmore) | The Carrowmore estate of the Vaughans passed by marriage to a junior branch of the Jacksons of Ennis... |
| 110 (Castlebar House) | Bingham | The Binghams were military commanders sent to Connacht in the 16th century, where they settled in th... |
| 110 | Cuff | Sir James Cuff was granted the town and lands of Ballinrobe, barony of Kilmaine, county Mayo, under... |
| 110 | Gore (Castle Gore) | In 1666 the Gores were granted extensive estates, over 14,700 acres, in the barony of Tirawley, coun... |
| 110 (Castle Lackin) | Knox (Castle Lackan) | The Knoxes of Castle Lackan, parish of Killala, barony of Tirawley and later of Creagh, parish of Ba... |
| 110 (Castle Lackin) | Palmer (Kenure Park) | The Palmer family held extensive estates in counties Mayo and Sligo, some of which they were granted... |
| 110 (Castlerea) | Knox (Castlereagh) | The Knoxes came from county Donegal and settled at Castlereagh in the 17th century. By the early 1... |
| 110 (Clogher) | Lynch/Crean Lynch | A junior branch of the Lynch Blosse family baronets, who obtained leases of the Clogher estate, in t... |
| 110 (Greenwood Park) | Knox (Greenwoodpark) | A junior branch of the Knoxes of Rappa held an estate in the parish of Kilfian, barony of Tirawley,... |
| 110 (Hollymount) | Lindsey (Hollymount) | This branch of the Lindsey family were descended from a younger son of the first Lindsey of Turin, p... |
| 110 | Vesey | In December 1698 John Vesey, Archbishop of Tuam from 1679 to 1716, bought almost 750 acres in the Ho... |
| 110 | Bourke (Killala) | Walter James Bourke of Killala Castle, Co Mayo, leased much of the land in the parish of Templemore,... |
| 110 (Moorehall) | Moore (Moore Hall) | An estate in the parishes of Ballintober, Ballyovey and Burriscarra in the barony of Carra, county M... |
| 110 | Browne (Neale) | A family established at The Neale, county Mayo, from the 16th century which they were regranted alon... |
| 110 | Knox (Netley Park) | Henry William Knox and his brother John sold almost 3000 acres in the parishes of Crossmolina and Ki... |
| 110 (Newbrook) | Bingham (Newbrook) | This estate was founded by John Bingham of Foxford, county Mayo, younger brother of Sir Henry Bingha... |
| 110 | Browne (Raheens) | A junior branch of the Brownes of the Neale held an estate in the parishes of Aglish and Islandeady,... |
| 110 (Rappa) | Knox (Rappa) | Originally a Crofton estate which passed through a marriage connection to a younger son of the Knoxe... |
| 110 | Palmer (Summerhill) | In 1741 James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley, leased an estate in the parish of Templemurry, barony of T... |
| 125 | Browne (Claremount) | There are references in the will of the 1st Earl of Altamont to the purchase of part of the Bell est... |
| 125 (Castlerea House) | Sandford/Wills Sandford | The descendants of Captain Theophilus Sandford of Moyglare, county Meath, settled at Castlerea, coun... |
| 125 (Ballanagare & Clonalis) | O'Conor Don | The O'Conor Don ancestral lands were in County Roscommon centred on Clonalis House near Castlerea.... |
| 125 | French (Cloonyquin) | ''Burke's Irish Family Records'' states that Arthur French of Tyrone bought Cloonyquin from the Righ... |
| 125 (French Park) | French /ffrench (Frenchpark) | Patrick French fitzStephen of Galway is recorded as the earliest member of the family to be associat... |
| 127 (Kilronan Castle) | Tenison/Tennison/King-Tenison | This branch of the Tenison family is descended from members of the family who settled in the north... |
| 127-128 | Grace | The Mantua estate in county Roscommon came into Grace ownership in the 18th century through the marr... |
| 127-128 (Mote Park) | Crofton (Mote Park) | The senior branch of the Crofton family settled at Ballymurray, county Roscommon in the 16th century... |
| 127 | Plunkett (Mountplunkett) | The Plunketts were a Catholic family residing at Mountplunkett from the 18th century. Christopher Ge... |
| 127 | Talbot (Mount Talbot) | The Talbots were descended from a younger son of the Talbots of Malahide in the 16th century. They w... |
| 127 & 129 | King (Kingston/Lorton) | The King estate was one of the largest in Connacht including lands in Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo as wel... |
| 127 (Rockville) | Lloyd (Rockville) | Rockville, originally a Blackburn property, came into the possession of the Lloyd family following t... |
| 127 (Runnamoat) | Balfe | The Balfe family were settled at Heathfield in county Roscommon in the 18th century but had moved to... |
| 124 & 127 (Thomastown) | Naghten (Thomastown) | The Naghtens or O'Naghtens were one of the old Gaelic families who managed to retain some of their f... |
| 125 (The Palace) | O'Conor (Mount Druid) | Denis O'Conor was one of the principlal lessors in the parish of Kilcorkey, barony of Castlereagh at... |
| 41-42 | Gloster | Members of the Gloster family, George, James and Richard, held land in county Clare mainly in the pa... |
| 41 | Wilson (Belvoir) | The Wilson family settled at Belvoir, near Sixmilebridge, county Clare, in the 18th century. Richar... |
| 41 (Birchfield), 42 (Seamount) | O'Brien (Birchfield) | Cornelius O'Brien was the son of Henry O'Brien of Ennis, county Clare and Helen O'Callaghan of Kilgo... |
| 41 | Butler (Castlecrine) | The Butlers of Castlecrine, parish of Kilfinaghta, barony of Bunratty Lower, county Clare, descend f... |
| 41 | Brown (Clonboy) | A family who settled at Clonboy, O'Briensbridge, county Clare in the early 18th century. They marri... |
| 41 | Bindon | The Bindon family were located in the counties of Clare and Limerick from the late 17th century. Dav... |
| 41 (Cornfield & Fort Fergus) | Ross-Lewin (Ross Hill) | The Ross-Lewin estate was in the parishes of Kilchreest and Killadysert, barony of Clonderalaw, coun... |
| 41 (Cullaun) | Steele (Cullane) | A family originally from Somerset, who settled in county Clare in the early 18th century and acquire... |
| 41 (Drumconora) | Crowe (Dromore) | The Crowe family were living at Nutfield, near Ennis, county Clare in the 1780s. Burke records that... |
| 41 (Fenloe) | Hickman (Fenloe) | Gregory Hickman was an English merchant in the south of England in the first half of the 17th centur... |
| 41 (Finnevara) | Skerrett (Finavarra) | In his will dated 26 November 1681 James Skerrett FitzMarcus of Galway, merchant, left his county Cl... |
| 41 (Hazelwood) | Singleton | The Singletons came from Lancashire and settled in county Clare at the end of the 17th century. John... |
| 41 (Kiltanon) | Molony (Kiltanon) | This family were established in county Clare from the early 17th century and the Kiltanon branch are... |
| 41 (Lismehane) | O'Callaghan/O'Callaghan Westropp (Kilgory & Maryfort) | The county Cork estates of the O'Callaghans were confiscated in the mid 17th century and the family... |
| 41 (Moyriesk) | Fitzgerald/Foster Vesey Fitzgerald (Moyriesk) | This family of Fitzgeralds was originally Fitzgerald Fitzgibbon but the surname Fitzgibbon was dropp... |
| 41 (New Grove), 42 (Tyredagh) | Browne (Newgrove) | The Brownes were Elizabethan settlers. In 1765 Thomas Browne of Newgrove married Mary Wesby and had... |
| 42 | Henn (Paradise) | The Henns, an English family, were granted lands in county Clare by the Earl of Thomond at the end o... |
| 42 (Raheen) | Brady/Brady Browne | The Brady family in county Clare were descended from Hugh Brady, post-Reformation bishop of Meath. L... |
| 42 (Riverstown) | Tymons | Weir writes that a John Tymons was resident at Riverston, county Clare, in 1799. Michael Blood of B... |
| 42 | Woulfe (Teermaclane) | Teermaclane, parish of Killone, barony of Islands, county Clare, was acquired by Nicholas Woulfe fro... |
| 42 | Dalton (Woodpark) | The Anglo Norman family of Dalton was established in county Clare from the early 17th century. Mich... |
| 49 (Bunratty Castle) | Studdert (Bunratty) | The Reverend George Studdert, rector of Kilpeacon and Rathkeale, county Limerick, was the son of Geo... |
| 101 | Pery | Sometime in the mid 17th century Susanna Sexton, eventually heiress to the Sexton estates in county... |
| 101 & 104 (Ballynagarde, Fort Elizabeth & Rawleystown) | Croker (Ballynagarde) | The Crokers settled in county Limerick in the 17th century and were resident at Ballynagarde early i... |
| 101 (Ballynoe) | Cox (Ballynoe) | Burke's (1886) records Robert Cox having received a grant of lands at Ballynoe, county Limerick, in... |
| 101 (Caherline, Castleconnell) | Gabbett (Caherline) | A Shropshire family who were established at Caherline, county Limerick by the end of the 17th centur... |
| 101 & 104 (Cahir Guillamore & Rockbarton) | O'Grady (Cahir Guillamore) | Descended from a younger son of the O'Gradys of Kilballyowen, county Limerick, Standish O'Grady, son... |
| 101 (Castle Oliver) | Gascoigne/Trench (Castle Oliver) | Richard Oliver of Castle Oliver, county Limerick, took the additional name of Gascoigne when he and... |
| 101 | Cooper (Cooperhill) | Samuel Cooper of Cooper Hill, parish of Kilkeedy, county Limerick, died in 1779 aged 62 years, accor... |
| 101 (Curragh Chase) | De Vere | This family were descended from Vere Hunt, a Cromwellian soldier who was granted land in county Lime... |
| 101 (Elm Park) | Massey (Elm Park) | The Lords Clarina are descended from Eyre Massey, sixth son of Hugh Massy of Duntrileague, county Li... |
| 101 (Glenduff) | Ievers (Mountievers) | The first member of this family to settle in county Clare in the 1640s was Henry Ievers. He was a c... |
| 101 (Glenduff) | Staveley/Stevelly (Co Limerick) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Robert Jones Stavelly held an estate in the parishes of Monagay,... |
| 101 (Glen View) | Russell (Limerick) | A branch of the Russell family held land in the parish of Kilfergus, barony of Shanid, county Limeri... |
| 101 (The Grange) | O'Grady/Grady (The Grange) | The O'Gradys of The Grange, parish of Fedamore, county Limerick, were a branch of O'Gradys of Kilbal... |
| 101 (The Grange) | Croker (The Grange) | Edward Croker, son of the Reverend Robert Croker of the Ballynagarde family and his wife Margaret O'... |
| 101 (Greenmount) | Greene (Greenmount) | Captain Thomas Greene was granted land in counties Kerry, Limerick and Clare in 1668. The Greenes o... |
| 101 (Hermitage) | Massy | The Massy family are descended from a Cromwellian soldier Captain Hugh Massy who was granted 3,055 a... |
| 101 (Kilballyowen) | O'Grady (Kilballyowen) | This was the senior family of O'Grady in Munster. This family was located in the Kilballyowen area... |
| 101 (Linfield) | Lloyd Apjohn (Linfield) | This branch of the Lloyd family are descended from Rickard Lloyd, a younger son of Thomas Lloyd of T... |
| 104 (Mount Shannon) | FitzGibbon | The FitzGibbon family were established at Ballysheedy, county Limerick, from the mid 18th century.... |
| 104 (Riddlestown Park) | Blennerhassett (Riddlestown) | The Blennerhassett family acquired estates in county Kerry from the forfeitures of the Earl of Desmo... |
| 104 (Ryves Castle) | Ryves | In 1667 William and John Ryves were granted over a thousand acres in the barony of Coslea and 168 ac... |
| 104 | Deane | Matthew Deane came to Ireland in the mid 17th century and purchased lands in county Cork. He was ma... |
| 104 (Springfield Castle) | Petty-Fitzmaurice (Marquess of Lansdowne) | This estate owes its origins to Sir William Petty, renowned cartographer, mathematician and scientis... |
| 104 (Tervoe) | Monsell (Limerick) | Originally from England, this family sold their estates in Somerset and purchased estates in county... |
| 101 (Grove) | O'Dell/Odell | The Odell/O'Dell family were established at Ballingarry, county Limerick from the late 17th century.... |
| 69 (Beech Hill) | Villiers (Kilpeacon & Beech Hill) | The Reverend Fitzgerald in a footnote in his book gives an account of the owners of Kilpeacon, count... |
| 45 | Crone | John Crone of Doneraile, county Cork, an attorney, married Frances Fennell of Limerick in 1747 and t... |
| 45 | Cotter | A family, possibly of Danish origin, who were settled in county Cork from at least the 16th century.... |
| 45 | Courtenay (Ballyedmond) | Ballyedmond, parish of Templenacarriga, barony of Barrymore, county Cork, was originally a Browne pr... |
| 45 | Colthurst | In 1702 Nicholas Colthurst of Ballyally, county Cork, purchased over 1,000 acres from the trustees f... |
| 45 | Meade | A family of Gaelic extraction located originally in county Cork, who by the mid 18th century held la... |