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Books, Maps & Other Resources Ireland & Northern Ireland Genealogy & History More Ireland, Northern Ireland & Irish Resources BOOK - The Blessington Estate 1667-1908. By Kathy Trant 
The Blessington Estate, 1667-1908 tells the story of the landlords and the tenants in the Blessington area. Everyone shares the common heritage of landlord, agent, middleman and tenant that was to cast such a long shadow over Irish life. Everyone has a link with the background – the plantations, the wars of the 17th century, 1798, the Famine and the Land League. The author who now lives in the Blessington area, began her research for the book as a result of her post graduate studies on the land estate system in Ireland and the Blessington Estate. The rich historical information gathered from the Public Record Office in Northern Ireland proved the incentive to publish the book. The tenants were a varied group, comprising farmers with large holdings, smallholders and at the bottom of the pile the landless cottiers and labourers, many of whom disappeared without trace in the middle of the 19th century. The landlords came from two families - the Boyles and the Hills or the Downshires as the latter are more usually called. Michael Boyle, Archbishop of Dublin, later Archbishop of Armagh and Chancellor of Ireland, founded Blessington in 1667. The Downshires inherited the Blessington estate in 1778 but they are also associated with County Down where they owned vast estates in the past and gave their name to Hillsborough town and castle. The castle is now the official residence of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. The book is written in a lively readable style which brings that long-vanished world to life, and is an important contribution to the social history of Ireland. It includes maps, portraits and archival prints. 239 pages; softcover; 5.5 X 8.25"; index; biblio; illus; photos; maps ISBN 1901737519
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