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The Significance of Landed Estates in Ulster 1600–1820

During this past century, which has witnessed the ownership of land in Ulster passing from landlords to tenants, the contribution of the estate system to society and the economy has been forgotten. Yet, as Thomas Jones Hughes has pointed out: 'The Ulster of the nineteenth century was a province of great houses, noble families and large estates. In 1876, out of a total of 41 estates on the island as a whole which were valued at £20,000 or more, 19 or nearly one-half, were based in Ulster. Of the estates that were valued at £10,000 and over, 27 were located in counties Down, Antrim and Armagh as opposed to nine in counties Wexford, Meath and Louth'.' Today we can visit several of the great houses and estates maintained by the National Trust and the Forestry section of the Department of Agriculture to appreciate something of their former style and magnificence, but these remains scarcely help us to comprehend the fundamental role that the landlord class played in the shaping of modern Ulster.