“Going North”: Landed Estates in the counties of Cavan, Donegal & Monaghan, 1700-1914

“Going North”: Landed Estates in the counties of Cavan, Donegal & Monaghan, 1700-1914

Seminar

Monday 6 November 2023

3-5pm – G010 Seminar Room, Ground Floor, Hardiman Research Building

& on Zoom

Speakers: Ms. Virginia Teehan, CEO, Heritage Council

Dr. Jonathan Cherry (DCU)

Prof. Terence Dooley, (Maynooth University)

Dr. William Roulston (Ulster Historical Foundation)

Marie Boran & Brigid Clesham (Researchers, Irish Landed Estates Project) will present the updated Irish Landed database.

All welcome.

The Irish Landed Estates database has been based at the Moore Institute, University of Galway, since 2005. Since that time our database https://landedestates.ie/) has had over 1 million views and is linked to by all the major research resources such as the National Archives and the National Library of Ireland. As well as data relating to estates in all the counties of Connacht and Munster,  data relating to the three Ulster counties of Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan has recently been added.

3pm:                Welcome by Dr. Laurence Marley, Discipline of History, University of Galway

3.15pm:           Address by Virginia Teehan, CEO, Heritage Council, principal research funder for Ulster Landed Estates addition

Reflections on Ulster Landed Estates

3.30pm. Dr. Jonathan Cherry (DCU).  The Maxwell estate, Farnham, County Cavan

3.50pm: Dr. William Roulston. The estates of the Dukes of Abercorn in County Donegal.

4.10 pm: Prof. Terence Dooley (Maynooth University). The Marquis of Bath’s estates in County Monaghan.

4.30. Q&A with the three speakers

4.40. The Irish Landed Estates database: a demonstration with Marie Boran & Brigid Clesham.

4.50. Thanks & Close of Seminar

Registration

If participating online, please use this link to register for the event: https://bitly.ws/YBoZ