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Welcome to the McClintock of Seskinore website. The McClintocks are originally from Scotland they settled in Ireland in 1597. Alexander McClintock a barrister in Dublin amassed a fortune which enabled him to buy Drumcar, Newtown, Co. Louth. Another Alexander McClintock of Newtown, Co. Louth, married Mary Perry of Perrymount and Moyloughmore, Co. Tyrone, their son; Samuel inherited Seskinore. Seskinore was part of the lands of Moyloughmore contained in a fee farm granted to James Perry in 1662 by Sir. Audley Mervyn. The Estate at its height consisted of 4553 acres including the townlands of Drumconnelly, Tullyrush, Tullyharm, Tullytemple, Rarone, Upper Mullaghmore, Lower Mullaghmore including the Mansion House and 10 acres, Moylagh, Ranelly, the mill at Ranelly, Froughmore, Tullyvalley, Kilgort and Camowen, all situated in the Barony of Omagh (East) and the lands of Knockadreenan in the Barony of Armagh. The Wyndham Act of 1903 and subsequent land sales reduced the estate to 363 acres. Seskinore remained in the family until 1941 when it was sold to the Ministry of Agriculture by the Trustee of the last owner; Xenia Joynson-Wreford. Xenia's direct ancestor's include Charlemagne, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire , Kings and Queens of Spain, France, Italy, Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales. |
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