Landed estates in King’s County over 1,000 acres c. 1838 Landlord     

SOURCE: Land Agents And Estate Management in King’s County During the Great Famine, 1838-53.

Ciarán Joseph Reilly. Thesis for the Degree of Phd Department of History. National University of Ireland, Maynooth. September 2010

 

Location

Size(acres)

Absentee / Resident

Earl of Digby

Geashill

30,627

A

Earl of Rosse

Parsonstown

25,167

R

Earl of Charleville

Tullamore

23,370

A

Capt Thos Bernard

Kinnitty

15,979

R

Marquis of Downshire

Edenderry

13,928

A

Garrett O'Moore

Cloghan

9,456

R

Henry Peisley L’Estrange

Moystown

8,000

R

Armstrong

Ballycumber

6,042

R

Col Lloyd

Shinrone

5,481

R

FV Bennett

Thomastown

5,322

R

Thomas Mulock

Lemanaghan

5,200

R

RJE Mooney

Doon

4,800

R

Francis L Dames

Rhode

4,809

R

Lord Ashtown

Bracknagh

4,414

A

Lord Rossmore

Sharavogue

3,992

A

Rev Henry King

Ballylin

3,900

R

Trinity College

Endrim/ Creggan

3,885

A

Earl of Norbury

Durrow

3,598

R

Robert Cassidy

Killyon

2,582

A

Sir George Gore

Ferbane

2,306

A

Dr Steeven’s Hospital

Philipstown

2,237

A

Frederick Ponsonby

Cloghan

2,134

R

Mrs. Dowdall

Clara

2,095

R

James Rolleston

Frankford

2,031

R

 

Lord Ponsonby

Philipstown

2,000

A

Andrew Gamble

Killooly

1,808

R

Lord Trimleston

Rhode

1,600

A

O'Connor Morris

Pallas

1,423

R

Lord Mornington

Clara

1,360

A

Erasmus Smith School

Banagher

1,315

A

Sir William Cox

Tinnycross

1,240

A

Lord Bloomfield

Moneygall

1,230

R

George Rait

Rhode

1,200

R