Estate: Domvile

Associated Families

• Trench (Heywood)
• Domvile
• Waithman

Description

The Domviles bought the county Mayo estate of the Trench family of Heywood, county Laois in 1833 and following the death of Sir Frederick William Trench in 1859 the Domviles inherited his estate in county Roscommon. Sir Compton Domvile had married Helena Sarah, the eldest sister of Sir Frederick W. Trench, in 1815. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Domvile estate was located mainly in the parishes of Manulla, barony of Carra, Killasser, barony of Gallen and Aghamore, barony of Clanmorris. Lands in county Tipperary, formerly the property of Christopher Domville, deceased, were sold in the Landed Estates Court in April 1863. The purchaser was Edward Egan. In December 1865 the county Roscommon estate of the Domviles amounting to 5779 acres in the baronies of Athlone and Moycarn was advertised for sale in the Landed Estates' Court. Most of it was purchased by the Waithmans. In 1876 the Domviles of Heywood, Abbeyleix, owned 6,040 acres in county Mayo and other estates in counties Dublin and Laois. By March 1916 the sale of the estate to the Congested Districts' Board had been accepted by the Domviles. The National Library holds a large collection of Domvile estate papers.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Moyvannan Castle (H1169) 16th century tower house with late 19th century extension. In the sale rental of the Domvile estate 1865 it is described as a handsome and commodious residence. In 1986 Moyvannan was restored by Don Panoz, Chairman of the Elan Corporation.	Moyvannan	Kiltoom	Athlone	Kiltoom 15	Athlone	Roscommon	Lat/Lon: 53.48113 -8.03314 OSI Ref: M978 479 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #48.

Archival sources

• Irish Architectural Archive: Moyvannon Castle cuttings. 133/024
• National Archives of Ireland: Solicitors' Papers re Domvile estate, settlements and deeds re trusts, including reference to estates in Cos Mayo and Sligo. Acc. 1095/9
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Domvile, 1 Dec 1865, Vol 79, MRGS 39/039, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Library of Ireland: Domvile Papers, memoranda of papers relating to the Trench estate in Cos Mayo and Roscommon, made at Heywood, Co Laois in 1814. MS 9393
• National Library of Ireland: Domvile Papers, c 250 miscellaneous documents, including rentals and maps re Trench estates in Cos Laois, Mayo and Roscommon, 19th cent. MS 11,368
• National Library of Ireland: Domvile Papers, rentals Co Mayo estates 1833-1851. MS 11,816
• National Library of Ireland: Manuscript map showing proposed road at Moyvannan the property of Sir Charles W. C. Domvile, 1860. 21 F. 103(7)
• National Library of Ireland: Forty-three deeds relating to properties of the Domville family in Counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Clare, Mayo, Antrim and Roscommon, 1616 - 1864. D. 18,175-18,219

Contemporary printed sources

• HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878: 131
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland, [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 54

Modern printed sources

• Irish Times: Landed Estates Court sale report, 29 April 1863, p.3
• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 422
• MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). Burke's Irish Family Records. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 374
• NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Domvile, originals now in National Library. No. 494

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