Estate: Gethin

Associated Families

• Gethin (Baronet)

Description

Under the Restoration settlement Richard Gethin, created a baronet in 1665, was granted a large estate in county Cork (over 5,500 acres) and premises in Waterford and Wexford. He established the manor of Gethinsgrott, barony of Fermoy, in county Cork. The Gethin family later acquired extensive lands in the south eastern part of County Sligo as well as property in Sligo town. They also leased property from other estates notably the Gore Booths. In 1853 parts of Sir Richard Gethin's estate was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. By 1906 Percy Gethin still held over 200 acres of untenanted land at Kingsborough, barony of Tirerrill.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Percymount (H45) At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Wynne held this property at Kiltycahill, when it was described as "Painter's house" and valued at £5. The property had been owned by the Gethin family until its sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in the early 1850s. McTernan states that races were frequently held on the lawn at Percymount between the 1870s and the 1940s. The house is now in a derelict condition.	Kiltycahill	Calry	Sligo	Calry 54	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.26570 -8.42517 OSI Ref: G723353 Discovery map #16. OS Sheet #15.
Primrose Grange House (H50) A building formerly used as a school is labelled Primrose Grange House on the 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey map and later editions. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was described as being in the possession of Nicholson's Charter Schools and was valued at £20. The building was sold in 2017.	Grange North	Killaspugbrone	Sligo	Knockaree 60	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.25260 -8.55392 OSI Ref: G639339 Discovery map #16. OS Sheet #14.
Kevinsfort (H57) Kevinsfort House was built c.1820. It was the home of various other families at different times in the 19th century, including Capt. George Dodwell. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it seems to have been leased by Alexander Popham to John Stoll and valued at £52. McTernan notes that Popham was Dodwell's son-in-law. The property was sold by the Pophams in 1923. Kevinsfort is still extant and occupied.	Ballydoogan	St. John's	Sligo	Kilmacowen 59	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.27080 -8.50044 OSI Ref: G674359 Discovery map #16. OS Sheet #14.
Earlsfield (H95) Earlsfield had earlier been a Dodwell property. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was leased from the Gore-Booth estate by Capt. Richard Gethin and was valued at £20. Slater records it as the seat of Francis Gethin in 1894. It is still extant and has served as a convent for many years.	Carrowcauly or Earlsfield	Emlaghfad	Sligo	Ballymote 31	Corran	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.09554 -8.51361 OSI Ref: G664164 Discovery map #25. OS Sheet #33.
Ballindoon House (H199) Ballindoon or Kingsborough House in the townland of Kingsborough was built c.1820. An earlier house, known as Kingsborough, stood on the site.At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John Gethin was in possession of the house at Kingsborough which was valued at £20. In 1906 Percy Gethin owned the property then valued at £22. The house is still extant. In 2018 it was offered for sale.	Kingsborough	Killadoon	Boyle	Killadoon 2	Tirerrill	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.08090 -8.33312 OSI Ref: G782147 Discovery map #25. OS Sheet #34.
Holywell (H1573) In his 1802 description of the Wynne estate McParlan mentions that Rev. Richard Wynne was about to build at Holywell, along the shore of Lough Gill. At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Wynne was leasing the house in Cloghermore to James Patterson when it was valued at almost £7. In 1894, Slater refers to it as the seat of Captain Gethin. This house is still extant and has recently been extensively renovated.	Cloghermore	Calry	Sligo	Calry 54	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.25862 -8.39287 OSI Ref: G744345 Discovery map #16. OS Sheet #15.
Derroon House (H1592) Derroon House is recorded on the 1st edition OS map. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Capt. Richard Gethin was leasing a property at Derroon from the Gore-Booth estate valued at almost £3.	Derroon	Emlaghfad	Sligo	Ballymote	Corran	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.09910 -8.51977 OSI Ref: G660168 Discovery map #25. OS Sheet #33.
Drumcliff (H3607) The townland of Drumcliff South formed part of the Gethin estate in this area in the eighteenth century. This house was leased to Charles Allen at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £12 10s. The house had a succession of owners in the twentieth century and is still extant and occupied.	Druncliff Couth	Drumcliff	Sligo	Drumcliff West	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.31938 -8.48412 OSI Ref: G685413 Discovery map #16. OS Sheet #8.
Oakfield House (Sligo) (H4887) In 1786 Wilson notes a house close to Cloverhill House as the seat of Mr. Deboots [?]. This may be Oakfield House. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, this property was leased from Captain Richard Gethin by Joseph Holmes. It is described as a herd's house and was valued at £3 10s at the time. An extensive farm is still extant at the site.	Derrydarragh or Oakfield	St. Johns	Sligo	Kilmacowen	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.25555 -8.49412 OSI Ref: G678342 Discovery map #25. OS Sheet #14.

Archival sources

• National Archives of Ireland: Accounts, rentals & correspondence re Gethin estate, 1855-1909. M.949-952.
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Gethin, 6 December 1853, Vol 25, MRGS 39/010, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: J.C. McDonagh (1939), Deeds, rentals, correspondence & accounts re the Crofton, Irwin, Dodwell & Gethin families & property in Cos Sligo & Roscommon, 1615-1828. Small Accs. Index 71, D.11482-11564
• National Archives of Ireland: Marriage settlement, Sir Richard Gethin & Frances Weller Poley, 1846, & Inland Revenue Schedule of Gethin's property in Co Sligo, 1886. 1078/5
• National Archives of Ireland: Eric B. Porter Collection includes conveyance of Killcanaway, borough of the county of Cork, Gethin of Crott, Co Cork to Boulton, 9 Jan 1703/4. Small Accs. Index 78, D.11,808
• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Gethin of Percymount & Ballymoat, county Sligo, 1600-1907. GO MSS 114.
• Sligo County Library: Rental of John Gethin's estate, 1847-53, Estates Vol 3
• Sligo County Library: Rental of Percy Gethin's estates, 1896, 1899, 1903, F.C/D.2/18
• Sligo County Library: Map of Kingsborough estate of John Gethin. 1834 & 1837. .
• Sligo County Library: Letters, invoices relating to estate. F.C/D.2/77.
• Sligo County Library: Rental of the estate of Capt. Percy Gethin, 1889-1900. Robinson Collection.
• Sligo County Library: Rental of the estates of John Gethin, 1848-1852.
• Sligo County Library: Rentals of the estate of Richard Gethin, 1849-64.
• Sligo County Library: Rentals of estate of John Gethin, 1844-50. Robinson Collection.
• Sligo County Library: Rental of the estate of Richard Gethin, 1854-58. Robinson Collection.
• Sligo County Library: Valuations of the Gethin estate. Robinson Collection.

Contemporary printed sources

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

• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Sligo Union, 72 (Drumcliff), 86 (Percymount), 109 (Primrose Grange), 136 (Derrydarragh or Oakfield), 266 (Earlsfield)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Boyle Union 79.
• 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. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 179?
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 318, 174 (Maj. Bridgeman)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I, 246, 599
• ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Sligo: Vol I, 389, 470
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 389
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland, 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 97, 111, 139, 214, 226, 266
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 321
• SLATER, Isaac. Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats. (Manchester: 1894) : xxvi, 48 (Earlsfield), xxviii, 33 (Holywell),

Modern printed sources

• Irish Times: Doyle, Rose. Classic Georgian estate on the lakeshore. 27 September 2018, Property , p.12.
• DAY, Angélique & McWILLIAMS, Patrick (eds). Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland; counties of South Ulster. Belfast: Inst. of Irish Studies, 1998. : 177.
• EGAN, Ursula et al. Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo, Vol. I: South Sligo. Dublin: Stationery Office, 2005. : 483.
• MOSLEY, Charles (ed). Burke's Peerage and Baronetage. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999: I, 1132-1134
• McTERNAN, John C. Sligo: the light of bygone days, Vol.I Houses of Sligo and associated families. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 159-160 (Percymount), 257-258 (Ballindoon), 323-325 (Drumcliff), 328-329 (Earlsfield), 358-360 (Hollywell)
• McTERNAN, John C. The light of bygone days, Volume II: Sligo families. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 110-116
• NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Gethin papers relating to Ludlow, Knox, Dodwell, Plunkett & Gethin families and lands in counties Sligo, Roscommon, Dublin, Meath & Westmeath. No. 298.
• NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Supplementary report on the Gethin papers from 1733. No. 362.