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Estate: Knox (Castlereagh)

Associated Families

Description

The Knoxes came from county Donegal and settled at Castlereagh in the 17th century. By the early 19th century they held an extensive estate of more than 10,000 acres in the barony of Gallen, county Mayo, situated mainly in the parishes of Templemore, Kilconduff and Killedan. They also owned most of the parish of Doonfeeny, in the barony of Tirawley and land in the parish of Kilmeena, barony of Burrishoole. In 1853 Arthur Edward Knox sold his estates in the Encumbered Estates' Court. The first sale amounted to 16,178 acres in three county Mayo baronies Gallen, Burrishoole and Costello and in the barony of Coolavin, county Sligo and the second sale comprised 25,004 acres in the barony of Tirawley and 1059 acres in the barony of Gallen. He and his wife went to live at Trotton House in Sussex. Their eldest son founded the ''Irish Times'' newspaper in 1859.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	OS Grid Reference / Map
Castlereagh The house was badly damaged in 1798 and a new one subsequently built. There is a lithograph of the house included in the Encumbered Estates' Court sale rental. It was bought by Arthur E. Knox's brother Ernest Knox. On 1894 it was the residence of John V. Knox. The house has been demolished but portions of the walled garden remain.	Castlereagh	Killala	Killala	Killala 100	Tirawley	Mayo	G175 312 Discovery map #24. OS Sheet #14.
Doomore At the time of Griffith's Valuation the house at Doomore, barony of Leyny, valued at £5, together with over 200 acres was leased by Walter Henry from John F. Knox. In 1837 Lewis lists Doomore as the residence of Hugh Gray. McTernan notes that it was held by the Gray family from the mid-eighteenth to almost the mid-nineteenth century.	Doomore	Achonry	Tobercurry	Tobercurry 84	Leyny	Sligo	G512159 Discovery map #25. OS Sheet #31.
Glencalry Lodge Described as a neat shooting lodge at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. It was in the possession of George Bartlett by the time of Griffith's Valuation. By the 1870s Glencalry belonged to Colonel William F. Smyth of St Heliers, Jersey.	Glencalry Upper	Doonfeeny	Killala	Beldergmore 95	Erris	Mayo	F968 342 Discovery map #23. OS Sheet #12.

Archival sources

Irish Architectural Archive: Castlerea House photos & cuttings. 011/045 & 132/045
National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Knox, 10 Mar 1853, Vol 20, MRGS 39/009 (microfilm copy in NUIG)
National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Knox, 24 Nov 1853, Vol 25, MRGS 39/011, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Knox, 15 June 1854, Vol 26, MRGS 39/011, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Knox of Lifford, Co Donegal, of Castlereagh, Moyne, Rappa Castle, Broadlands, Netley Park, Bushfield, Greenwood Park, Lissodrone, Co Mayo and of Woodstock, Co Wicklow and Dublin city, c 1600-1824. GO MS 169, 280-289
National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Knox of Castlerea and Moyne, co Mayo and Woodstock, Co Wicklow, 1630-1835. GO MS 175, 6-8

Contemporary printed sources

GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Killala Union, 46
LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 101
LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 121
M'PARLAN, James. Statistical survey of the county of Mayo. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1802: 100
ORDNANCE SURVEY FIELD NAME BOOKS, County Mayo: Vol III, 124 & 151 (Glencalry) & Vol V, 4 & 23 (Castlereagh)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 366 (Castlereagh)
SLATER, Isaac. Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats. (Manchester: 1894) : xxiv, 64
TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 219

Modern printed sources

Landed Estates Database, 1.2.4 28 Sep 2009