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Blessington Estate (Gardiner) Papers, Co. Tyrone

Collection held in the National Library of Ireland, Dublin
Transcribed & submitted by Len Swindley
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The Blessington Estate consisted of a number of townlands in Ardstraw, Cappagh, Bodoney Lower and Bodoney Upper parishes. Encumbered with debts and mortgages, the Estate went to auction in 1848.

TYRONE RENTAL 1882-94

Townlands of

CARRIGANS

CARNAGAN

CORICKBEG

CORICKMORE

CROSH & TULLYMUCK

GORTANAGAN

LURGANBOY & BELTANY

GLASSEYGOLGAN

KILLYMORE

LISLEA

MEENAGARROW

LEARDEN

STRAWLETTERDALLAN

A collection of individual leases survive for the years 1804-1808, 1809-1828, 1828-1829 and a small number for 1763-1776

 

COUNTERPART LEASES:

1763

BERAGH

Samuel & James Denny

Alexander McCausland & Robert Buchanan

 

CARRIGANS

Thomas Borland jun & sen

William Kerr, Richard Scott & William McAlray

 

CLOGHOGALL

John & James McElroy

William Smith & James Beatty

 

GLASMULLAGH

William Rodger elder & younger

 

KILLYNURE

John Gyly

Samuel Patrick

John & James Robinson

 

LISLIMNAGHAN

Matthew Smith et al

Arthur Crawford

 

LISNAGER

John Gibson

John Murelagh & Alexander McCracken

John McCullogh

Robert Provens

 

STRALETTERDALLAN

John Hunter et al

Thos McDonnell et al

James Stewart, William Fulton etc

 

TANTRAMURRAY

William Scott et al

William Graham et al

 

TATRACONNAGHTY

John & William Given et al

 

TATTYNURE

William McConnell et al

 

TULLY

James Alexander

John Giffin et al

William Givan

 

1764

NEWTOWNSTEWART:

DEER PARK

Oliver Nicholls

 

GLENCORDEL

John Scott, Patrick Orr elder & younger

Ann McCausland

 

1766

TATNAGOLE

John Orr, farmer

Joshua Scott

William Scott

 

1804

KILLYBRACK

Samuel Johnson

ALDOGHEL

James Adams

 

1806

BELNATIBBRIT

William, James, Patrick & Thomas Collins

 

BERAGH

Robert & James Hamilton

 

GORTNACREA

Robert Scott, farmer

 

LISNAFIN

James & Robert Hood (2 leases)

 

1807

GORTNACREA

George Buchanan

 

1808

CASTLETOWN

James Forde

Archibald Graham

TATRACONAUGHTY

Henry Given (2 leases)

Rev James McClintock

 

CASTLETOWN

Archibald Melon

Mark Melon

Archibald Stewart

 

1809

PUBBLE

William Moore

 

GORTNACREA

Charles Buchanan

George Buchanan

 

KILLYMORE

Thomas Barber

James Ellis

 

1810

PUBBLE

David Ross

 

DEER PARK

Nathaniel Drew

 

1811

CALKILL

Alex Denny

 

1813

LEGLAND

Lease for one year to Marquis of Abercorn

 

1814

CLOGHOGAL

Elizabeth Sidney Hamilton, widow

 

1819

NEWTOWNSTEWART

Rev George Houston & surrender of leases by Rev Thomas Houston & Margaret Houston, widow to Count Alfred D’Orsay, Luke Norman & Alexander Worthington.

Thomas Corne

 

NLI Ms 36, 612/1-4 Rentals & Receiver's Accounts 1871-6

NLI Ms 36, 612/5 Rental Ledger for the Mountjoy Estate May 1882-March 1895