Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann National Library of Ireland Collection List 149 Mahon Papers (MS 47,791-47,969 and MS L 199-262) (Accession No. 3573A) A collection of estate and personal papers generated by the Mahon family, Ahascragh, County Galway, relating to their estates in Counties Galway and Roscommon, 1690-1957. Compiled by Dr Conor McNamara, holder of the National Library of Ireland, History Studentship, 2009/2010. Table of Contents INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 5 The History of the Mahon Family of Castlegar............................................................ 5 The Mahon Estates ........................................................................................................ 7 The Mahon Collection ................................................................................................... 8 Arrangement................................................................................................................. 11 Allied Material.............................................................................................................. 12 Bibliographical References.......................................................................................... 12 The Pedigree of the Mahon Family of Castlegar ....................................................... 13 I. ESTATE PAPERS....................................................................................................... 18 I.i. Title Deeds and Related Documents.................................................................... 18 I.i.1. Title deeds and related documents pertaining to land in County Galway........ 18 I.i.2. Title deeds and related documents pertaining to County Roscommon ............ 22 I.i.3. Title deeds and related documents pertaining to land in other Counties.......... 23 I.i.4. Schedules of deeds and related documents ...................................................... 23 I.ii. Lease Agreements................................................................................................. 25 I.ii.1. Lease agreements for land in County Galway ................................................ 25 I.ii.1. (a) Lease agreements for land in the parish of Ahascragh .......................... 25 I.ii.1. (b) Agreements with tenants on the Mahon estate at Ahascragh ................ 31 I.ii.1. (c) Agreements with tenants on the Mahon estate in the Barony of Kilconnell.............................................................................................................. 32 I.ii.1. (d) Agreements for land in the Barony of Dunmore ................................... 32 I.ii.1. (e) Agreements for land in the Baronies of Kilconnell and Loughrea ........ 32 I.ii.1. (f) Agreements for land in the Baronies of Kiltartan and Leitrim............... 34 I.ii.1. (g) Agreements relating to the Hussey family, Courtown, County Kildare 35 I.ii.2. Lease agreements for land in County Roscommon......................................... 37 I.ii.2. (a) Agreements for land at Tarmonbarry..................................................... 37 I.ii.2. (b) Agreements with tenants on the Mahon estate at Tarmonbarry ............ 43 I.ii.3. Agreements for land in County Dublin ........................................................... 43 I.ii.4. Proposals for lease agreements ....................................................................... 45 I.iii. ‘Protestant Discovery’ of the Mahon Estates in County Galway ................. 46 I.iii.1. Legal papers ................................................................................................... 46 I.iii.2. Agreements & mortgages............................................................................... 47 I.iv. Estates Commissioners and Land Commission Papers................................... 50 I.iv.1. Land Commission papers regarding the Mahon estate................................... 50 I.iv.1. (a) Official Papers....................................................................................... 50 I.iv.1. (b) Correspondence regarding the sale of the estate................................... 53 I.iv.1. (c) Improvements and estimates required by the Land Commission ......... 54 I.vii.2. Estate Commissioners papers regarding the sale of Tarmonbarry................ 54 I.vii.2. (a) Official papers...................................................................................... 54 I.vii.2. (b) Personal and financial papers regarding the sale................................. 55 I.vii.2. (c) Correspondence regarding the sale ...................................................... 55 I.v. Estate Accounts..................................................................................................... 56 1 I.v.1. Annual farm accounts for the Castlegar estate. ............................................... 56 I.v.2. Annual farm accounts for Tarmonbarry estate................................................ 59 I.v.3. Loose, draft and rough accounts...................................................................... 60 I.v.4. Farm sales and auctions at Ahascragh............................................................. 61 I.vi. Labour Accounts ................................................................................................. 63 I.vi.1. Labour accounts for the Castlegar estate........................................................ 63 I.vi.2. Diaries of work by farm staff ......................................................................... 68 I.vii. Estate Rentals ..................................................................................................... 70 I.vii.1. Annual rentals for the Galway estate ............................................................ 70 I.vii.2. Annual rentals for the Roscommon estate..................................................... 73 I.viii. Estate Correspondence..................................................................................... 74 I.viii.1. Correspondence regarding the Galway estate .............................................. 74 I.viii.2. Correspondence regarding the Roscommon estate ...................................... 77 I.ix. Distress and Relief, 1816-1825............................................................................ 80 I.ix.1. Correspondence.............................................................................................. 80 I.ix.2. Relief efforts................................................................................................... 81 I.ix.3. Accounts, rentals and returns ......................................................................... 82 1.ix.4. Evictions and memorials................................................................................ 83 I.x. Grazing, Tillage & Stock ..................................................................................... 85 I.x.1. Agisment (grazing) agreements for the Castlegar estate................................. 85 I.x.2. Grazing returns ................................................................................................ 86 I.x.3. Conacre agreements......................................................................................... 86 I.x.4. Tillage returns.................................................................................................. 87 I.x.5. Stock valuation lists......................................................................................... 87 I.x.6. Tithe material................................................................................................... 88 I.xi. Farm Enterprises............................................................................................... 89 I.xi.1. Timber valuation books.................................................................................. 89 I.xi.2. Poultry accounts ............................................................................................. 90 I.xi.3. Dairy accounts................................................................................................ 90 I.xi.4. Stables accounts ............................................................................................. 91 I.xi.5. Game accounts and returns............................................................................. 91 I.xi.6. Gamekeepers’ accounts, 1892-1906............................................................... 91 I.xii. Income Tax Material, 1848-1861 ...................................................................... 93 I.xiii. Estate Maps, Surveys and Valuations............................................................. 94 I.xiii.1 Estate maps pertaining to County Galway .................................................... 94 I.xiii.2 Estate maps pertaining to County Roscommon .......................................... 100 I.xiii.3 Estate maps pertaining to other counties..................................................... 101 I.vii.4 Ordinance Survey maps ............................................................................... 101 I.vii.5. Maps noting tenants and arrears.................................................................. 103 I.vii.6. Surveys and valuations................................................................................ 104 II. FAMILY PAPERS................................................................................................. 106 II.i. Marriage Settlements .......................................................................................