Estate: Strickland

Associated Families

• Ellison
• Dillon (Viscount)
• Strickland

Description

Members of the Strickland family acted as agents for the Dillon estate at Loughglynn, county Roscommon. According to the Irish Tourist Association File the town of Charlestown is called after Charles Strickland, agent to Lord Dillon, who had the town built in opposition to Bellahy, on the Knox estate. In 1872, Charles Strickland resided at Loughglinn House. Charles and Thomas Strickland offered lands for sale in the barony of Frenchpark, the property of Francis Ellison, deceased.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Castlemore (H576) The main residence of the Costello family until the early 19th century. Occupied by the rector of the parish, Reverend Plunket, at the time of the first Ordnance Survey and by Thomas Strickland at the time of Griffith's Valuation, who held the property from Viscount Dillon. Only the farm buildings still remain which are now situated in county Roscommon.	Castlemore	Castlemore	Castlereagh	Ballaghaderreen 57	Costello	Mayo	Lat/Lon: 53.90100 -8.61164 OSI Ref: M598 948 Discovery map #32. OS Sheet #74.
Loughglynn (H1201) Loughglynn was the main residence of the Dillon family, built circa 1715, extended in the 1820s and altered again in the early 20th century. It is recorded in 1814, 1837 and in Griffith's Valuation as the seat of Viscount Dillon. The Dillons were absentee landlords for much of the nineteenth century and their agents, the Stricklands, lived in the house. During the twentiethcentury the house served as a convent. Loughglinn House is still extant.	Loughglinn Demesne	Tibohine	Castlerea	Loughglinn 59	Frenchpark	Roscommon	Lat/Lon: 53.82940 -8.55136 OSI Ref: M637868 Discovery map #32. OS Sheet #20.

Archival sources

• James Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland, Galway: Manuscript account of the efforts of Mrs Strickland of Roscommon to induce the local population to grown flax, circa 1820. LE21
• Mayo County Library: Irish Tourist Association. Topographical and General Survey, 1941-1945. Parish of Kilbeagh. ITA/2/12
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Ellison & Strickland, 19 April 1872, Vol 105, MRGS 39/049, (microfilm copy in NUIG)

Contemporary printed sources

Many of these resources are now available online. For a list with Web links please see the Online Printed Sources Links

Modern printed sources

• Jnl. of the Roscommon Archaeological and Historical Society.: JORDAN, Bernadette. Charles Strickland – Land Agent. IV (1992), 79-80
• The Irish Genealogist: Miscellanea: List of persons who had been issued with game licences, published in the Roscommon and Leitrim Gazette, 5 Nov 1822. VII No 2 (1987), 307
• CONNOLLY, Paul. The landed estates of county Roscommon. Roscommon: [the auhor], 2018. : pp.153-157.
• McDERMOTT, Vera. The woodlands of Loughglynn. Leeds: [the author], 1998. : 8-15, 31-35.

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