Introduction to the Rathdonnell Papers
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This is a document summarising some of the most interesting and significant content within the Rathdonnell archive (D4132 and MIC632) held in PRONI.
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Lord Rathdonnell's family name is McClintock-Bunbury, and he is the representative of the McClintock family, formerly of Drumcar, Co. Louth, and the Bunbury family of Lisnavagh, Co. Carlow. However, the estates which the family owned and which their archive documents are by no means confined to Cos Louth and Carlow.
The McClintock family owned or leased lands in Co. Fermanagh and, to a much lesser extent, Co. Tyrone, and the Bunbury family married, in 1773, Katharine Kane, the heiress to lands all over the place. Indeed, it is probable that the Lords Rathdonnell had property in more counties than any other Irish peerage or gentry family.