Landed Estates
University of Galway
Reference Source

HARRISON, A (compiler).'' A roll of all gentlemen....High Sheriffs, MPs & other officers of county Leitrim, 1600-1909.'' Carrick-on-Shannon: printed by P. Brennan, 1910.

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Estate Records Citing this Source

Found 38 estate records citing this source.

Reference Estate Name Estate Description
8. O'Brien (Carrigallen) Acheson O'Brien of Drumsilla was High Sheriff of Leitrim in 1810. In 1852 and 1853 over 2000 acres...
4-9. Johnston (Friarstown) The Friarstown estate was held on lease by the Johnston family from the Earl of Milltown though Fria...
9-10. Waldron/Waldron Hamilton A Leicestershire family who settled at Cartron near Carrick-on-Shannon on the county Leitrim/Roscomm...
9. Peyton (Driney) This estate, amounting to 1210 acres was the property of Rev. Walter Peyton, incumbrant of Billas, V...
9. Peyton (Port) Port became part of the Peyton estate through the marriage of John Hamilton Peyton to Mary Cunningha...
10, 13. Peyton (Laheen) The estate at Laheen, which had previously been associated with the Reynolds family, came into the P...
13. Peyton (Castlecarra) In the 1870s Castlecarra was the home of William Peyton who owned almost 4000 acres in county Leitr...
14. Peyton (Loughscur) Richard Reynolds Peyton of Loughscur owned over 2500 acres in county Leitrim in the 1870s. He was Hi...
9, 11. Godley The Godley family held lands in the barony of Carrigallen, centred around the house at Killygar, som...
9-14. Tottenham The Tottenham family's main properties were based in Leinster, especially in the counties of Wicklow...
9-10. Jones (Leitrim) Catherine Penelope Jones was a lessor of land in several townlands in Drumreilly parish as well as e...
10, 12. O'Beirne (Drumsna) The O'Beirne estate was centred on Drumsna where they had a house at Jamestown. McParlan includes Mr...
10. Simpson (Clooncorick) A family who settled in the Drumsna area of county Leitrim at the beginning of the 18th century. Mr....
11. Walsh (Mohill) John Walsh was leasing property from Rev. Augustus Crofton in Mohill parish in the 1850s. He is also...
11. Keppel (Albemarle, Earls of) The Earls of Albemarle held over 2500 acres in Leitrim in 1876. George Thomas Keppel, later Lord Al...
11-12. Montgomery Hugh Lyons Montgomery was MP for Leitrim, 1852-57 and served as High Sheriff in 1840. In 1876 the Mo...
11. Mulloy In the later nineteenth century the Mulloy estate was centred on the demesne of Hughestown, county R...
11. Tenison/Tennison/King-Tenison This branch of the Tenison family is descended from members of the family who settled in the north...
11-14. Lloyd (Croghan & Leitrim) The Lloyd estate was centred on Croghan, close to Carrick-on-Shannon but located in county Roscommon...
12. Lane/Lane-Fox In 1666 Sir George Lane was granted lands in the counties Dublin, Meath, Kilkenny, Longford, Waterfo...
12, 15. Rowley (Co Leitrim) The Rowley family inherited the Campbell estate at Mountcampbell through the marriage, in 1766, of C...
6 Gore (Woodford) In 1703 William Gore of Woodford bought part of the estate of Charles O'Connor, attainted, in the ba...
10. Armstrong (Hollymount) The property at Hollymount seems to have been leased by the Algeo family to the Armstrongs sometime...
5. Armstrong (Garadice) Members of the Armstrong family of "Carrickmackeegan", Garadice, served as High Sheriffs of Leitrim...
1, 3. Reynolds (Loughscur) George Reynolds of Loughscur, county Leitrim, died in 1769. His only son George Nugent Reynolds was...
All Crofton (Mohill) In the 1870s Sir Morgan Crofton held almost 10,000 acres in county Leitrim. the estate was centred o...
3. Birchall The Birchall (sometimes spelt Burchall) estate held lands in the parish of Kiltoghert, county Leitri...
3-12. Nesbitt/Nisbett The main Nisbett estate was centred around Derrycarne Demesne near Dromod. They had originally lived...
3. Nicholson The Nicholsons received grants of land in Sligo under the Acts of Settlement and one of them became...
3-12. Lawder/Lauder The Lawders were a Scottish family who came to Ireland in the late 16th century marrying into landed...
4-5 King (Drumsna) The King family descend from the Reverend Edward King, Bishop of Elphin (1611-1639) who was granted...
4-5. Percy The estate at Garadice was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in May 1865 on behalf of fiv...
4 Parsons Gray indicates that the Percy family married into the Parsons family of Garadice thereby inheriting...
4-7. Cunningham (Port) McParlan includes Bryan Conyngham, Porte, on a list of "resident gentleman of property" in 1802. M...
4, 7, 11. St. George Richard St George, a member of a Cambridgeshire family, came to Ireland in the 17th century and was...
4 Coote The Coote family settled in Queen's county (county Laois) in the early 17th century and the head of...
4-5. Campbell (Mountcampbell) The Campbell family held an estate at Mount Campbell outside Drumsna since the early eighteenth cent...
4, 10. Wynne The Wynne family established themselves in Sligo in the later 17th century. They went on to become o...