Estate: Wynne

Associated Families

• Wynne

Description

The Wynne family established themselves in Sligo in the later 17th century. They went on to become one of the dominant forces in political and economic life for the next two centuries. As well as estates in Sligo they held over 15,000 acres in county Leitrim. Owen Wynne served as High Sheriff of that county in 1724 and went on to become High Sheriff of Sligo later. McParlan gives a detailed description of Hazelwood in his account of Sligo in 1802. John Wynne was the lessor of several townlands in the parishes of Killasnet, barony of Rosclogher and Cloonlogher, barony of Dromahaire, county Leitrim, in 1856. Previously, in 1855, he had offered for sale lands at Garryduff, barony of Tireragh and property in the city of Dublin. John Wynne also served as High Sheriff of Leitrim, in 1834. The Wynne's Tireragh lands were held under fee-farm grant from John ffolliott and Edward Nicholson. In 1876 Owen Wynne offered for sale some of his estate in the barony of Carbery. The Irish Times reported that many of the lots were sold out of court while it also gives a detailed breakdown of the purchasers' of the other lots. Properties which Owen Wynne offered for sale in the Land Judges' Court in 1881 in and around the town of Sligo included lands leased from the Wood Martin estate. In 1906 Owen Wynne is recorded as the occupier of Hazelwood Demesne including a mansion house.

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.
Hazelwood (H46) Hazelwood was designed for Owen Wynne by the architect Richard Castle and built between 1720 and 1740. Reverend William Henry's account of Sligo in 1739 contains a detailed account of the house. Wilson describes it in 1786 as "a fine and elegant seat". It remained the home of the Wynne family for 200 years. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was owned by John Wynne and was valued at £120. The estate was sold to the Land Commission in the 1920s and the house has had various uses including army accommodation, psychiatric hospital and more latterly, part of an industrial building. Though neglected it survives intact.	Hazelwood Demense	Calry	Sligo	Calry 54 & Sligo Urban	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.25579 -8.43120 OSI Ref: G719342 Discovery map #16. OS Sheet #15.
Rathbraughan (H245) The 1st edition OS map indicates the house at this location was known as Auburn Cottage. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Edward Smith {Smyth] leasing from William Green and valued at £23. McTernan writes that Smyth was the agent for Lord Palmerston's estate. At times it was leased by members of the Gethin family. It was demolished in the 1980s when Rathbraughan housing estate was built.	Rathbraughan	Calry	Sligo	Calry 54	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.28530 -8.46990 OSI Ref: G694375 Discovery map #25. OS Sheet #14.
Clogherevagh (H333) The house at Clogherevagh now forms part of St. Angela's College, a constituent college of NUI, Galway. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage estimates that the house was built c.1890. At the time of Griffith's Valuation much of the townland was the property of John Wynne's estate. In 1894 Slater notes it as the residence of John Cochrane.	Clogherrevagh	Calry	Sligo	Calry 54	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.25864 -8.38519 OSI Ref: G749345 Discovery map #16. OS Sheet #15.
Ellenville or Ardaghowen (H705) The first edition OS Map suggests the house on this site was known at that time as Ellenville. It is now known as Ardaghown, still extant but derelict and was under renovation in 2006. McTernan indicates that it was originally built as a dower house for the Wynne estate. In the 1850s it was held by Owen Wynne from Capt. James Martin and valued at £35.	Rathquarter	Calry	Sligo	Sligo North Urban 57	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.27187 -8.45747 OSI Ref: G702360 Discovery map #25. OS Sheet #14.
Drumlease Glebe (H1289) Reverend Wilby Wynne was occupying Drumlease Glebe, barony of Dromahaire, at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £20. This house is shown on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map. The building is still extant but was damaged by fire in 2002. McParlan includes John Carter and brothers "of Drumlease" on a list of "resident gentlemen of property" in 1802.	Conaghil	Drumlease	Manorhamilton	Drumahaire 36	Dromahaire	Leitrim	Lat/Lon: 54.23022 -8.26531 OSI Ref: G827313 Discovery map #25. OS Sheet #15.
Mount Shannon (H1465) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Francis Olpherts was leasing Mount Shannon, barony of Carbury from John Wynne. The house was then valued at £35. McTernan states that Olpherts had recently been appointed agent to the Wynne estate and later married Marianna Wynne of Ardaghowen. The house is still recorded by Slater as being in his possession in 1894. It has had a number of owners since the early twentieth century but is still extant and occupied.	Shannon Eighter	Calry	Sligo	Drumcliff East 55	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.29068 -8.47150 OSI Ref: G693381 Discovery map #16. OS Sheet #14.
Cregg House (H1479) Michael Jones, formerly of Lisgoole, county Fermanagh, is described as of Cregg House in 1854. His representatives still held the property in the 1870s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was occupied by Capt. Alex Lumsden, son-in-law of Michael Jones, leasing from John Wynne, when it was valued at £25. Cregg House afterwards came into the possession of the Sisters of La Sagesse and is now a Special Needs facility.	Cregg	Drumcliff	Sligo	Drumcliff West 56	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.30577 -8.51623 OSI Ref: G664398 Discovery map #16. OS Sheet #8.
Faughts Cottage (H1497) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Phillip Parke was leasing a property at Faughts, barony of Carbury, valued at £7, from John Wynne. This appears to be the house described on both the First and 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey maps as "Faughts Cottage". A house is still extant at the site.	Faughts	Calry	Sligo	Calry 54	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.28545 -8.42844 OSI Ref: G721375 Discovery map #16. OS Sheet #15.
Millbrook House(Drumcliff) (H1535) Edward Simpson was leasing a house, mill and associated buildings at Ballincar, barony of Carbury valued at £16 from the Wynne estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He offered the property for sale in the Landed Estate's Court in April 1873. The sale notice indicates that he held it on a Fee Farm Grant from Owen Wynne dated 1868. The original house is no longer extant.	Ballincar	Drumcliff	Sligo	Drumcliff West 56	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.30138 -8.49313 OSI Ref: G679393 Discovery map #16. OS Sheet #8.
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.
Tully House (Carbury) (H1579) Charles Simpson was leasing a house valued at £6 at Tully, barony of Carbury, from the Wynne estate, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A house is still extant at the site.	Tully	Drumcliff	Sligo	Drumcliff East 55	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.30864 -8.47478 OSI Ref: G691401 Discovery map #16. OS Sheet #8.
Lisnalurg House (H1584) George Robinson was leasing Lisnalurg House from the Wynne estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £14. McTernan notes that it was sometime the accommodation of the estate agent. It is still extant and occupied by descendents of the Wynne family.	Lisnalurg	Drumcliff	Sligo	Drumcliff East 55	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.29247 -8.47459 OSI Ref: G691383 Discovery map #25. OS Sheet #14.
Belleview Cottage (H1585) Robert Whiteside was leasing the property at Lisnalurg, known as Belleview Cottage from the Wynne estate, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was valued at £8. The site is now occupied by a house known as Ardeevin	Lisnalurg	Drumcliff	Sligo	Drumcliff East 55	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.29155 -8.47919 OSI Ref: G688382 Discovery map #25. OS Sheet #14.
Summerhill (Carbury) (H1586) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John Gowan was leasing a house valued at £6 at Lisnalurg, from the Wynne estate. This is the house known as Summerhill which, in the 1870s, was acquired by the Anderson family who remained in possession until 1922. It is still extant.	Lisnalurg	Drumcliff	Sligo	Drumcliff East 55	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.29786 -8.47465 OSI Ref: G691389 Discovery map #25. OS Sheet #14.
Lower Shannon House (H3679) John Duncan was leasing this property from the Wynne estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10.McTernan notes that it was purchased by his relatives from the Wynne estate in the early twentieth century. The property was sold again in the 1920s to the Donaghy family and continues in their possession.	Shannon Eighter	Calry	Sligo	Drumcliff East	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.28798 -8.47300 OSI Ref: G692378 Discovery map #16. OS Sheet #14.
Belvoir (Sligo) (H4885) Wilson refers to Belvoir, situated on the other side of the Garavogue river from Hazelwood, as the seat of Mr. Ormsby in 1786. By the time of Griffith's Valuation, the property here is held by John Wynne and referred to as "a servant's house", valued at £2 15s. Buildings are still extant at the site.	Carns	St. John	Sligo	Calry 58	Carbury	Sligo	Lat/Lon: 54.25215 -8.44344 OSI Ref: G711338 Discovery map #16. OS Sheet #15.

Archival sources

• Irish Architectural Archive: Hazelwood House Photographs. 016/009 & Hazelwood Demesne Photographs, 016/010.
• Leitrim County Library: Wynne estate letters. File 564.
• National Archives of Ireland: Papers of Alexander Bell and Co, solicitors, include documents re the Wynnes of Co Sligo. Small Accs. Index 9
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Wynne, 7 December 1855, Vol 37, MRGS 39/018, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Simpson, 18 April 1873, Vol 109, MRGS 39/050, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Land Judges' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Wynne, 8 November 1881, Vol 142, MRGS 39/063, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Army Museum, London. : Military correspondence, 1694-1854.
• National Library of Ireland: Microfilm copies of Wynne family papers, originals in PRONI.
• National Library of Ireland: Deeds relatihng to Wynne estates in Lurganboy & Killanummery, 17th-19th Century. D.16,729-70.
• National Library of Ireland: Deeds relating to Wynne properties in county Leitrim. D.16,771-16,805.
• National Library of Ireland: Deeds relating to Wynne property in Glencar & Rosfrian, county Leitrim, 1744-1832. D.16,720-28.
• National Library of Ireland: Maps of estate of Owen Wynne in Leitrim & Sligo, 1761-1807. Ms. 750.
• National Library of Ireland: Rental & rent-ledgers of Owen Wynne estates in Leitrim & Sligo, 1798-1825. Mss. 3311-3313.
• National Library of Ireland: Map of lands at Ballaghmeehan, Co. Leitrim, part of estate of Owen Wynne, 1828. 21 F 96.
• National Library of Ireland: Twenty eight deeds relating to Wynne property in barony of Carbury, county Sligo, 1730-1830. D. 16,646-673.
• National Library of Ireland: Thirty deeds relating to Wynne property in barony of Carbury, 1726-1786. D.16,549-78.
• National Library of Ireland: Twenty-nine deeds relating to Wynne property in barony of Carbury, county Sligo, 1734-1830. D. 16,604-632.
• National Library of Ireland: Rent and expense books of Owen Wynne's estate, 1737-61 and 1764-68. Mss.5780-5782.
• National Library of Ireland: Twenty deeds relating to Wynne property in barony of Carbury, 1738-1807. D.16,674-693.
• National Library of Ireland: Rent ledgers of Owen Wynne's estate, 1738-53 and 1768-1773. Mss. 5830-5831.
• National Library of Ireland: Deeds relating to Wynne estates in Drum and Drumcliffe, 1760-94. D.16,633-645.
• National Library of Ireland: Account books, Hazelwood estate, 1760-61 & 1770-78. MSS 4199-4200.
• National Library of Ireland: Map of Slishgarrow, 1776. 21 F 96.
• National Library of Ireland: Deeds relating to Wynne estate at Ballytivnan, 1786-1803. D.16,579-16,603.
• National Library of Ireland: Report of numbers of workers employed on estate, 1810-1814. MSS 5829.
• National Library of Ireland: Income & espenditure accounts, Hazelwood, dates between 1828-1854. MSS 9911-9916.
• National Library of Ireland: Day book of Wynne estate, 1834-1840. MSS 3235.
• National Library of Ireland: Oats account book, 1834-7. MSS 9917.
• National Library of Ireland: Deeds between Owen Wynne & Henry Hughes concerning lands at Corbo, county Roscommon, 1783. D.16,836-7.
• Public Record Office, Northern Ireland: Wynne Papers, estate, family and military records. D429 & MIC666.
• Sligo County Library: Tree-planting records, Wynne estate, 1786-1844. F.C/D.2/25
• Sligo County Library: Correspondence, Edward Martin to Owen Wynne, 1758-66. F.C/D.2/4.
• Sligo County Library: Rentals of Sligo estates of Owen Wynne, 1825-27.
• Sligo County Library: Sale Catalogue of Hazelwood estate, 1922. F.c./D.2.24.
• Sligo County Library: Microfilm copies of rentals of Wynne estates, 1798, 1894, 1903-4. M.F./R,20/23.
• Sligo County Library: Maps showing boundaries of estates of John Wynne and Roger Parke, Rathbraughan and Shannon, 1859.
• Sligo County Library: Rentals of Wynne estate, 1900-06. Robinson Collection.
• Sligo County Library: Marriage settlement, Charles B. Wynne, Clogherevagh & Emily Frances Gore-Booth, 1862. F.C./D.5/134.
• Trinity College Dublin: 19th-20th century family correspondence. TCD MSS 10247.

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. : Manorhamilton Union, 37 (Drumlease Glebe)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Sligo Union, 76 (Cregg), 83 (Cloghermore), 85 (Faughts), 88 (Hazelwood), 94 (Carns), 120 (Shannon Eighter)
• COULTER, Henry. The West of Ireland: its existing condition and prospects. Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1862: ---
• 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] : 485
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 215
• LEGG, Marie Louise (ed). Census of Elphin 1749. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2004: Listed under St. John's Parish, 523
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I, 246
• McPARLAN, James. Statistical Survey of the county of Leitrim. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1802. : 110.
• McPARLAN, James. Statistical Survey of the county of Sligo (Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1802). : 5-6.
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 392.
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 306, 324
• SLATER, Isaac. Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats. (Manchester: 1894) : xxviii, 33 (Hazelwood)
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 93 (Lurganboy Lodge, Hazelwood)

Modern printed sources

• Irish Times: Landed Estates Court sale reports, 8 November 1876, p.3
• Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society: Nĺ CHINNÉIDE, Síle. A Frenchman’s Tour of Connacht in 1791. XXXV1 (1977), 30-42
• The Irish Genealogist: GRAY, Edward S. Some notes on the High Sheriffs of county Leitrim, 1701-1800. I (1941), 303.
• Weekly Irish Times: 25 July 1936 Hazelwood
• BENCE-JONES, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 150
• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 780-782
• GUTHRIE-JONES, Winston. The Wynnes of Sligo & Leitrim. Manorhamilton: Drumlin Publishing, 1994. : ALL
• HARRISON, A (compiler). A roll of all gentlemen....High Sheriffs, MPs & other officers of county Leitrim, 1600-1909. Carrick-on-Shannon: printed by P. Brennan, 1910. : 4, 10.
• Historical Manuscripts Commission Reports: Letter from Owen Wynne to Lord Townsend concerning visit to Elphin & Boyle, 1769. XI, App. 4, 1887, 405.
• MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). Burke's Irish Family Records. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 1226-1231.
• McTERNAN, John C. Sligo: the light of bygone days, Vol.I Houses of Sligo and associated families. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 135-136 (Millbrook), 159-160 (Percymount), 241-243 (Ardaghowen or Ellenville), 291-292 (Clogherevagh), 307-309 (Cregg), 348-350 (Hazelwood), 358-360 (Hollywell), 381-382 (Lisnalurg), 390-391 (Lower Shannon), 402-403 (Mount Shannon), 458-459 (Summerhill)
• McTERNAN, John C. The light of bygone days, Volume II: Sligo families. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 355-362
• McTERNAN, John. A Sligo miscellany: a chronicle of people, places and events of other days. Sligo: Avena publications, 2000. : 144-146.
• NATIONAL INVENTORY OF ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE. An introduction to the architectural heritage of county Sligo. Dublin: Stationery Office, 2007. : 18-20.
• NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: Wynne Papers, 17th-20th centuries. Nos. 83 & 426
• TIMONEY, Martin A (ed). Dedicated to Sligo: thirty-four essays on Sligo's past. Sligo: Publishing Sligo's past, 2013. : Timoney, Martin A. "Hints towards a natural and topographical history of the county of Sligoe" by the Rev. William Henry, 1739", p.151-152. [Hazlewood]
• TIMONEY, Martin A (ed). Dedicated to Sligo: thirty-four essays on Sligo's past. Sligo: Publishing Sligo's past, 2013. : Lyons, Wendy. "Hazelwood House: Sligo's first and most important Palladian house". pp.183-186.
• Ó DUIGNEÁIN, P. Lurganboy: a social history. Lurganboy, county Leitrim: Lurganboy Development Assoc., 199-. : 7-8