Estate: Butler (Crocknaraw)

Associated Families

• Graham (Ballynakill)
• Butler (Crocknaraw)

Description

In the early 1850s Thomas Crawford Butler leased land from Robert Graham of Ballynakill, county Galway. In 1862 he advertised for sale in the Landed Estates' Court an estate of more than 1000 acres at Crocknaraw, barony of Ballynahinch, county Galway, most of which he held in fee simple and presumably bought from the sale of the Graham estate in 1858. Charles Palmer Archer was tenant of 194 acres and had 'expended a large sum in building a mansion house' [at Garraunbaun]. The sale of Lot 2 of this estate was adjourned a number of times.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	OS Grid Reference / Map
Crocknaraw/Rockfield House Built in the early 1850s, when it was known as Rockfield, possibly by Thomas Butler who occupied it at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It later became a Protestant boys' orphanage. In the later 20th century known as Crocknaraw Guest House and renowned for its beautiful gardens.	Crocknaraw	Ballynakill	Clifden	Ballynakill 28	Ballynahinch	Galway	L655 579 Discovery map #37. OS Sheet #22.
Garraunbaun Built by Charles Palmer Archer in the 1850s, it later became the home of the Duane family. Home of the Lavelle family in the 1930s who sold it to Colonel Alfred Irwin. Restored and renovated by the present owner Neil O'Donohue in 2005.	Garraunbaun	Ballynahinch	Clifden	Ballynakill 28	Ballynahinch	Galway	L663 576 Discovery map #37. OS Sheet #22.

Archival sources

• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Butler, 22 Nov 1861, 25 Apr & 4 July 1862, 1 May & 4 July 1863, Vols 63,64, 66 & 68, MRGS 39/032-39/034, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), Butler, 22 Nov 1861, Vol 15, 41-50

Contemporary printed sources

• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Clifden Union, 29 (Crocknaraw)

Modern printed sources

• ROBINSON, Tim. Connemara, Part 1: Introduction and Gazetteer. Roundstone: Folding Landscapes, 1990: 30

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