From Carrigdrumruske to Carrick-on-Shannon: the St George estate, 1613-1864

Mairead Lynch

• Publisher: Four Courts Press
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781801511971
• Edition: 0
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Irish History
• Index: History

Beginning on the eve of the Leitrim Plantation and concluding in the wake of the Great Famine, this is the story of the St George family and their Carrick-on-Shannon estate. It explores how military prowess and political acuity helped build their wealth, power and status and the extent to which they ultimately became victims of the institutions they helped to create.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Maynooth Studies in Local History
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Creating the legacy, 1603–91
• 2. Paying the price, 1691–1791
• 3. The rise of the Catholic community, 1791–1830
• 4. ‘It is finished’, 1830–64
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1: Sir George St George and his descendants
• Appendix 2: Lieut. General St. George and his descendants
• Appendix 3: Tenants of Carrick estate, 1681 and 1723
• Appendix 4: Inhabitants of Carrick estate in the diocese of Elphin, 1749
• Notes
• Abbreviations
• Index
• Fig. 1: Map of Co. Leitrim, 1776
• Fig. 2: Map of Co. Roscommon, 1776
• Fig. 3: Island of Muckruske, c. 1602
• Fig. 4: Funeral entry for Sir George St. George, c. 1661
• Fig. 5: Major General Richard St George, 1744
• Fig. 6: Carrick town, 1768
• Fig. 7: Charles Manners St. George, 1840
• Fig. 8: Carrick-on-Shannon bridge, 2020
• Fig. 9: Hatley Manor, 2023
• Table 1: Estimated population of Leitrim and Roscommon, 1660
• Table 2: Tenants of Carrick town, 1723
• Table 3: Carrick schools, 1826
• Table 4: Ejectments and surrenders, Carrick estate, 1846 and 1850
• Table 5: Population and occupied houses, Carrick estate, 1841 and 1851