Newtowngore
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Newtowngore or Newtown Gore, known before the Plantations of Ireland
as Ducarrick , is a village on the R199 regional road
in County Leitrim
, in the north of the parish of Carrigallen
.
(Estate) de Courcey – The de Courcey family held land in the parish of Drumreilly, barony of Dromahaire in the mid-19th century.
The de Courcey family held land in the parish of Drumreilly, barony of Dromahaire in the mid-19th century.
(Estate) Palmer (Leitrim) – The Palmer family were resident at Sriff or Shriff from at least the end of the 18th century. They held lands in the parishes of Drumlease and Drumreilly, barony of Dromahaire in the mid-19th century. Henry Manly Palmer of Sriff was a member of the Grand Jury for Leitrim in 1851. Isabella Palmer of Drumkeel is recorded as owning over 1300 acres (5.3 km²) in Leitrim in 1876. Thomas Robert Palmer, living at Friarstown in the 1870s, owned over 1600 acres (6.5 km²) in county Leitrim at that time. This family intermarried with the Cullen family of county Leitrim on a number of occasions.
Cruaich, he founded a church and ordained a priest to look after it name Bruscus. The site of this
Patrician church is thought to have been near Newtowngore. The ruin in the grounds of the present
Church of Ireland in Newtowngore is more likely the medieval church of Moy, which was dedicated to
St Patrick. Apart from this we know nothing of the early ecclesiastical history of Carrigallen. There are
two holy wells dedicated to the saint, one in Aughawillan and the second in Beaghmore. Nearby the latter
is a wart stone where people used to make the cure of the warts by washing them in the water which lay
in a hollow in the stone in Moy abbey in 1345.
Plantations of Ireland
Plantations in 16th and 17th century Ireland were the confiscation of land by the English crown and the colonisation of this land with settlers from England and the Scottish Lowlands....
as Ducarrick , is a village on the R199 regional road
Regional road
A regional road in Ireland is a class of road not forming a major route , but nevertheless forming a link in the national route network. There are over 11,600 kilometres of regional roads. Regional roads are numbered with three digit route numbers, prefixed by "R" A regional road in Ireland is a...
in County Leitrim
County Leitrim
County Leitrim is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the village of Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the local authority for the county...
, in the north of the parish of Carrigallen
Carrigallen
Carrigallen is a small village in County Leitrim, Ireland. It is located on the R201 and R203 roads in the east of the county. The English translation of Carraig Álainn is "beautiful rock"....
.
The Gore Family
The Gore Booth family built the first Lissadell House between 1750–1760, in front of the current house. The current house was built in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century and continued to be the home of the Gore Booth family until the 1990s. In 1906 the house and buildings were valued at £347. The house has been open to the public for many years. It is now owned by E. Walsh and C. Cassidy and is being restored. See www.lissadellhouse.comNewtown Gore
The parish contains 1,500 statute acres, including a great quantity of bog: the cultivation is principally by spade labour; limestone of the best kind is quarried at Newtown-Gore. The village comprises about 100 houses. It has a market for grain and provisions on Monday; and fairs are held onApril April, 4 May,Mayug. 9, 8 Oct., and the last Friday in Dec. Fairs are also held at Longfield on 17 May, Oct. 10 and 29 Dec.. There is a penny post to Killesandra and Ballinamore; and a constabulary police force has been stationed here. Petty sessions are held every alternate Saturday, but the manor court has been discontinued since the institution of the assistant barrister's court.Woodford Estate
Woodford (Estate) Collins – Robert Collins was the lessor of several townlands in the parishes of Drumreilly and Oughteragh, baronies of Carrigallen and Mohill, at the time of Griffith's Valuation.(Estate) de Courcey – The de Courcey family held land in the parish of Drumreilly, barony of Dromahaire in the mid-19th century.
The de Courcey family held land in the parish of Drumreilly, barony of Dromahaire in the mid-19th century.
(Estate) Palmer (Leitrim) – The Palmer family were resident at Sriff or Shriff from at least the end of the 18th century. They held lands in the parishes of Drumlease and Drumreilly, barony of Dromahaire in the mid-19th century. Henry Manly Palmer of Sriff was a member of the Grand Jury for Leitrim in 1851. Isabella Palmer of Drumkeel is recorded as owning over 1300 acres (5.3 km²) in Leitrim in 1876. Thomas Robert Palmer, living at Friarstown in the 1870s, owned over 1600 acres (6.5 km²) in county Leitrim at that time. This family intermarried with the Cullen family of county Leitrim on a number of occasions.
Building of note
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Moy Abbey
- Tripartite Life of St Patrick says that when Patrick was on his way to Magh Slecht to destroy Crom
Cruaich, he founded a church and ordained a priest to look after it name Bruscus. The site of this
Patrician church is thought to have been near Newtowngore. The ruin in the grounds of the present
Church of Ireland in Newtowngore is more likely the medieval church of Moy, which was dedicated to
St Patrick. Apart from this we know nothing of the early ecclesiastical history of Carrigallen. There are
two holy wells dedicated to the saint, one in Aughawillan and the second in Beaghmore. Nearby the latter
is a wart stone where people used to make the cure of the warts by washing them in the water which lay
in a hollow in the stone in Moy abbey in 1345.
See also
- List of towns and villages in Ireland