Identity Statement
| Title | Archives of the Groves of Castle Grove House |
| Archive Reference | IE DON P 88 |
| Web Link to this Entry | https://iar.ie/archive/archives-groves-castle-grove-house |
| Creation Dates | 1820-1969 |
| Extent Medium | 53 items |
Context
Creator(s): Groves of Castlegrove
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Administrative History ↴
Castlegrove House belonged to the Groves of Letterkenny. William Grove built Castle Grove House in 1730. He was the High Sheriff of Donegal. His son Thomas was also High Sheriff but died without leaving an heir. William's second son James married Rose Brook, daughter of Basil Brook. One of their children, Thomas, took the name of Brook/Brooke and married his cousin Mary Susanna Grove. William's sister, Dorothy Grove married John Wood, of 9th Light Dragoons, in 1802. They lived in Castle Grove House. Their son, James Grove Wood Grove, was born in 1803. He became a Justice of the Peace, High Sheriff, and a barrister-at-law. He married Frances Judith, daughter of Robert Montgomery of Convoy House. Therefore there is some overlap of the two families in the Archives collection. James and Frances Grove Wood Grove's daughter, Dorothea Alice, married Reverend Charles Boyton of Derry in 1871. James and Frances Grove Wood Grove's son, John Montgomery Charles, was born in 1847. He also became a J.P. and was Secretary to the Grand Jury. John was also Land Agent for the estate of Colonel Robert George Montgomery in 1890 - 1893. John married Lucy Georgina in 1886, daughter of Major General William Maunsell Gabbett, East India Company's Artillery. John and Lucy's children included Lucy Dorothea and their only son, James Robert Wood Grove. James was born in 1888, joined the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1908 and served in the First World War (despatches) and became a major in 1919; later joined Royal Tank Corps, 1924. He married Eileen Edmonstone (Beatrice) Kirk of County Antrim. -
Archival History ↴
The collection was purchased from Emerald Isle Books, Belfast. -
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴
Purchase
Content & Structure
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Scope & Content: Groves of Castlegrove ↴
Among the surviving records are photograph albums, financial documents and a series of letters from James Grove to his mother, Lucy, while he served in the army before, during and after the First World War (1913- 1919).
Correspondence also includes letters to Dorothea Alice Grove, J.M.C. Grove’s sister, in the 1880’s when she lived in Buncrana and later in Castle Grove.
Among the surviving records are photograph albums, financial documents and a series of letters from James Grove to his mother, Lucy, while he served in the army before, during and after the First World War (1913- 1919).
Correspondence also includes letters to Dorothea Alice Grove, J.M.C. Grove’s sister, in the 1880’s when she lived in Buncrana and later in Castle Grove.
The Grove collection also includes handwritten recipe books dating back to the 1820’s, farm accounts and a number of books.
The collection also includes a trustee account relating to the Ards Estate owned by the Stewarts. James Grove was a trustee of the will of Alexander Stewart of Ards.
A related collection consists of rentals, farm accounts, music scores, manuscripts, books, notebooks and files relating to Charles Boyton and the Montgomerys of Convoy House.
Castlegrove House is now a country hotel. -
Appraisal Destruction ↴
Permanent Retention -
Accruals ↴
No further accruals expected. -
Arrangement ↴
Among the surviving records are photograph albums, financial documents and a series of letters from James Grove to his mother, Lucy, while he served in the army before, during and after the First World War (1913- 1919).
Correspondence also includes letters to Dorothea Alice Grove, J.M.C. Grove’s sister, in the 1880’s when she lived in Buncrana and later in Castle Grove.
Among the surviving records are photograph albums, financial documents and a series of letters from James Grove to his mother, Lucy, while he served in the army before, during and after the First World War (1913- 1919).
Correspondence also includes letters to Dorothea Alice Grove, J.M.C. Grove’s sister, in the 1880’s when she lived in Buncrana and later in Castle Grove.
The Grove collection also includes handwritten recipe books dating back to the 1820’s, farm accounts and a number of books.
The collection also includes a trustee account relating to the Ards Estate owned by the Stewarts. James Grove was a trustee of the will of Alexander Stewart of Ards.
A related collection consists of rentals, farm accounts, music scores, manuscripts, books, notebooks and files relating to Charles Boyton and the Montgomerys of Convoy House.
Castlegrove House is now a country hotel.
Conditions of Access & Use
| Creation Dates | 1820-1969 |
| Extent Medium | 53 items |
| Material Language Script | English |
Allied Materials
| Originals Information | Held at Donegal County Archives. |
| Copies Information | Not photocopied. Some items digitised. |
| Related Material | P/89 Montgomerys and Boytons |
Descriptive Control Area
| Archivist Note | Donegal County Archives Archivist |
| Rules/Conventions | ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000. |
| Date of Descriptions | 2006 |