Landed Estates
University of Galway
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''Weekly Irish Times''

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Estate Records Citing this Source

Found 43 estate records citing this source.

Reference Estate Name Estate Description
16 May 1936 O'Brien (Dromoland) The introduction to the Inchiquin Papers in the National Library of Ireland records that, in about 1...
6 June 1936 Adare Manor Quin/Wyndham-Quin Thady Quin (1645-1726) of Adare, county Limerick, had two sons from whom descend the Earls of Dunrav...
13 June 1936 Lough Cutra Castle Gough The Goughs were a Wiltshire family members of whom settled in the south of Ireland in the 1620s. Sir...
20 June 1936 Castle Freke Evans/Evans-Freke John Evans, of Welsh descent, settled in the city of Limerick in the early 17th century. In 1666 Geo...
11 July 1936, Curraghmore Beresford/Le Poer Beresford The Beresford family, Marquis of Waterford and Viscount Tyrone, owned land in various parts of Irela...
25 July 1936 Hazelwood Wynne The Wynne family established themselves in Sligo in the later 17th century. They went on to become o...
8 Aug 1936 Thomastown Mathew (Thomastown) The Mathew family of Thomastown, county Tipperary had close connections in the 17th century with the...
5 September 1936 Ballyheigue Castle Crosbie (Ballyheige) Reverend John Crosbie, bishop of Ardfert in the early 1600s, was the common ancestor of the Crosbies...
17 October 1936 Dromana Villiers Stuart/Stuart (de Decies) The introduction to the Public Record Office Northern Ireland list of the Villiers Stuart papers sta...
6 Feb 1937 Mitchelstown Castle King (Kingston/Lorton) The King estate was one of the largest in Connacht including lands in Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo as wel...
13 March 1937 Glin Castle Fitzgerald (Knight of Glin) The Knight of Glin is a title which was in existence for six centuries, borne by a branch of the Fit...
10 Apr 1937 Lismore Castle Cavendish In 1753 the Cavendish family, Dukes of Devonshire, inherited the Lismore estate, mainly located in c...
15 May 1937 Bunratty Castle Studdert (Bunratty) The Reverend George Studdert, rector of Kilpeacon and Rathkeale, county Limerick, was the son of Geo...
22 May 1937 Ardtully Orpen (Glanarought) Burke describes the Orpen family as claiming great antiquity. They settled in Ireland after the Crom...
26 June 1937 Mallow Castle Jephson-Norreys (Mallow Castle) Following the Desmond Rebellion in the 16th century, Mallow Castle was granted to Sir John Norreys,...
21 Aug 1937 Markree Castle Cooper (Markree) Edward Cooper was a soldier in Richard Coote [Lord Collooney]'s, regiment of horse. He is known in...
4 Sept 1937 Mount Ievers Ievers (Mountievers) The first member of this family to settle in county Clare in the 1640s was Henry Ievers. He was a c...
18 Sept 1937 Castle MacGarrett Browne (Castlemagarret) The Brownes of Carrowbrowne, parish of Oranmore, county Galway, had estates in the counties Galway,...
6 Nov 1937 Doneraile Court St. Leger A Norman family who first established connections with the Province of Munster in the mid 16th centu...
13 Nov 1937 Newtown Anner Osborne (Newtown Anner & Beechwood) The Osbornes were established in county Waterford from the early 17th century and were granted lands...
3 Dec 1937 Lissadell Court Gore Booth The Gore Booth family were descended from Sir Francis Booth who was granted land at Ardtermon, bar...
11 Dec 1937 Glinsk Castle (includes list of house articles) Burke (Glinsk) Ulick Burke of Glinsk, parish of Ballynakill, barony of Ballymoe, county Galway, was created a baron...
8 Jan 1938 Tulira Martyn (Tulira) In 1824 Edward Martyn is listed as a resident proprietor in county Galway. John Martyn was the owner...
15 Jan 1938 Rockingham King (Kingston/Lorton) The King estate was one of the largest in Connacht including lands in Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo as wel...
22 Jan 1938 Castle Bernard Bernard According to Burke, the first Francis Bernard settled in Ireland around the time of Elizabeth I. In...
12 Mar 1938 Strokestown House Mahon/Pakenham-Mahon In February 1666 Captain Nicholas Mahon was granted over 2,700 acres in the barony of Roscommon and...
2 Apr 1938 Kilbrittain Castle Stawell (Kilbrittain) Burke's "Landed Gentry of Ireland" (1912) traces the lineage of this family back to the 12th century...
16 Apr 1938 Derreen Lodge Petty-Fitzmaurice (Marquess of Lansdowne) This estate owes its origins to Sir William Petty, renowned cartographer, mathematician and scientis...
23 Apr 1938 French Park French /ffrench (Frenchpark) Patrick French fitzStephen of Galway is recorded as the earliest member of the family to be associat...
14 May 1938 Kenmare House Browne (Kenmare) Smith states that Sir Valentine Browne was granted over 6000 acres in county Kerry after the Desmond...
19 Nov 1938 Westport House Browne (Westport) A very large estate in county Mayo, much of it formerly Bourke property, was acquired by Colonel Joh...
11 June 1938 Castle Hyde Beecher/Becher Burke's ''Irish Family Records'' and Smith both indicate that the Beechers were originally a Kent...
18 June 1938 Portumna Castle Burke (Clanricarde) The Clanricarde estate was one of the largest in county Galway. Lord Clanrickard, a minor, is liste...
9 July 1938 Dunsandle Daly (Dunsandle & Carnakelly) The Daly family of Dunsandle derived from Daly of Carnakelly in the parish of Kiltullagh. They bough...
16 July 1938 Temple House Perceval The Perceval family succeeded to lands in Sligo in the mid 17th when George Perceval married Mary Cr...
10 September 1938 Donamon Castle Caulfeild (Dunamon) The Dunamon estate was held under a lease for 500 years from John King, Lord Kingston to Thomas Caul...
24 September 1938 Castle Fogarty Lenigan (Castle Fogarty) In 1788 James Fogerty of Castle Fogarty, near Thurles, county Tipperary, died childless and his sist...
8 Oct 1938 Derriquin Bland (Derryquin) The Blands were originally a Yorkshire family who settled in Kerry in the early 18th century. Franci...
22 Oct 1938 Longford House Crofton (Sligo) The Croftons acquired land in the 17th century from the McSweeneys which had previously been part of...
29 Oct 1938 Mote Park Crofton (Mote Park) The senior branch of the Crofton family settled at Ballymurray, county Roscommon in the 16th century...
12 Nov 1938 Ardrum & Blarney Castle Colthurst In 1702 Nicholas Colthurst of Ballyally, county Cork, purchased over 1,000 acres from the trustees f...
Castle Freke, 20 June 1936 Freke In 1702 and 1703 Percy Freke of Rathbarry [Castle Freke], county Cork, purchased parts of various fo...
Notification of sale of Dunloe Castle. 28 November 1936 Mahony (Dunkerron North) The Mahonys were originally a Gaelic Irish family, various branches of which held lands in Cork, Ker...