Creator(s): Grattan, Henry (1746-1820)
Grattan, James (1787-1854)
Grattan, Henry (1789-1859)
Grattan Bellew, Pauline (1838-1908)
Cosby family (Ireland)
Cuff family
Administrative History ↴
The Stradbally estate in Queen's County was granted to Francis Cosby in 1562. In 1782, Henry Grattan Senior received £50,000 from the Irish Parliament, with which he bought the Stradbally estate and a house at Tinnehinch, Co. Wicklow. Henry Grattan Junior's daughter Pauline married in to the Bellew family of Mount Bellew, Co. Galway in 1858 and inherited the estates the following year. In 1908, Sir Henry Grattan Bellew succeeded to the estates. The Grattan Bellews retained ownership of a large estate in Galway and Roscommon until the early 20th century. The family's remaining estate was acquired by the Irish Land Commission in 1937 and the house demolished. The House at Tinnehinch was destroyed in the 1950s.
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴
Unknown
Content & Structure
Scope & Content: Grattan, Henry (1746-1820)
Grattan, James (1787-1854)
Grattan, Henry (1789-1859)
Grattan Bellew, Pauline (1838-1908)
Cosby family (Ireland)
Cuff family ↴
This is a collection of estate and family papers concerning the Grattan Bellew family of Tinnehinch, Co. Wicklow and Mount Bellew, Co. Galway between 1609 and 1942. The collection includes deeds, leases, rentals, legal papers, estate correspondence, maps, surveys, accounts and various bills and receipts relating to the estates of Stradbally, Cuffsboro, Dunrally Fort, Moyanna in Queen’s County and others. Also included are political papers and correspondence of Henry Grattan (1746-1820) and his sons James and Henry, as well as photographs, newspapers cuttings, ephemera, and miscellaneous documentation relating to the previous owners of the estates, the Cosby and Cuffe families.
Appraisal Destruction ↴
Permanent Retention
Arrangement ↴
The collection is arranged as follows: I. Estate Papers II. Family Papers III. Correspondence IV. Miscellanea.
Conditions of Access & Use
Access Conditions
Access with a valid National Library of Ireland Readers Ticket.
MS 49,674/4/1-3 is withdrawn as it contains items not fit for consultation/in need of conservation.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.
The Mount Bellew Papers are held in the Department of Manuscripts at the National Library of Ireland, see Collection List 33.
Descriptive Control Area
Archivist Note
Fiona Hughes
Rules/Conventions
NLI guidelines based on ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000, and Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
