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Mount Pottinger, Carrick on Shannon ?
« on: Thursday 05 June 25 19:29 BST (UK) »
The Pottinger family had a large estate in east Belfast but most of it was sold before 1800,
though there is still a district by the name of Mountpottinger.

Maj.Gen. John Pottinger died in April 1877 at his home 'Mount Pottinger', Carrick on Shannon.
Can anyone tell me: was that a house in the town, or did he have something more like a mansion nearby?  He is thought to have owned land in Keonbrook townland, but that doesn't necessarily mean he lived there.

Unfortunately he was with the army in India when Griffith's valuation was carried out, and didn't retire until 1863.  I don't know what other sources might help in the search.  There could well have been a newspaper announcement of his death, or that of his wife in March 1876, but I feel they are unlikely to have given a precise location of the house.
Bagwell of Kilmore & Lisronagh, Co. Tipperary;  Beatty from Enniskillen;  Brown from Preston, Lancs.;  Burke of Ballydugan, Co. Galway;  Casement in the IoM and Co. Antrim;  Davison of Knockboy, Broughshane;  Frobisher;  Guillemard;  Harrison in Co. Antrim and Dublin;  Jones around Burton Pedwardine, Lincs.;  Lindesay of Loughry;  Newcomen of Camlagh, Co. Roscommon;  Shield;  Watson from Kidderminster;  Wilkinson from Leeds

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Re: Mount Pottinger, Carrick on Shannon ?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 05 June 25 22:27 BST (UK) »
Leitrim County valuation 1871 gives the size and valuation
https://www.failteromhat.com/lo1876/leitrim.pdf.

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Re: Mount Pottinger, Carrick on Shannon ?
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 05 June 25 22:40 BST (UK) »
I read it was believed to be the townland of Keonbrook on a Wiki tree but thought that was too far from Carrick on Shannon but that’s the address on his death certificate
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1877/020546/7209840.pdf
And his wife the year before
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1876/020594/7225679.pdf

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Re: Mount Pottinger, Carrick on Shannon ?
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Re: Mount Pottinger, Carrick on Shannon ?
« Reply #4 on: Friday 06 June 25 06:49 BST (UK) »
Thank you, Sinann.  Most helpful.

I've since discovered that buried in my notes I have announcements in The Times and Freeman's Journal, saying they died at Mount Pottinger, Carrick on Shannon.  So it does look as though that was really in Keonbrook townland, though perhaps not Keonbrook House itself: the Landed Estates web site is not clear on that matter.
Bagwell of Kilmore & Lisronagh, Co. Tipperary;  Beatty from Enniskillen;  Brown from Preston, Lancs.;  Burke of Ballydugan, Co. Galway;  Casement in the IoM and Co. Antrim;  Davison of Knockboy, Broughshane;  Frobisher;  Guillemard;  Harrison in Co. Antrim and Dublin;  Jones around Burton Pedwardine, Lincs.;  Lindesay of Loughry;  Newcomen of Camlagh, Co. Roscommon;  Shield;  Watson from Kidderminster;  Wilkinson from Leeds

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Re: Mount Pottinger, Carrick on Shannon ?
« Reply #5 on: Friday 06 June 25 09:54 BST (UK) »
Irish Times, 4 May 1875

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Re: Mount Pottinger, Carrick on Shannon ?
« Reply #6 on: Friday 06 June 25 09:58 BST (UK) »
Saunder's News Letter, 13 Aug 1877

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Re: Mount Pottinger, Carrick on Shannon ?
« Reply #7 on: Friday 06 June 25 09:59 BST (UK) »
Diolch yn fawr!  So now we know.
Bagwell of Kilmore & Lisronagh, Co. Tipperary;  Beatty from Enniskillen;  Brown from Preston, Lancs.;  Burke of Ballydugan, Co. Galway;  Casement in the IoM and Co. Antrim;  Davison of Knockboy, Broughshane;  Frobisher;  Guillemard;  Harrison in Co. Antrim and Dublin;  Jones around Burton Pedwardine, Lincs.;  Lindesay of Loughry;  Newcomen of Camlagh, Co. Roscommon;  Shield;  Watson from Kidderminster;  Wilkinson from Leeds

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Re: Mount Pottinger, Carrick on Shannon ?
« Reply #8 on: Friday 06 June 25 10:04 BST (UK) »
Croeso.
Mayo Examiner 13 July 1878
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