 During the 18th century, the primary landlords were the Bishop of Derry and the Marquis of Donegal.In 1810, the townlands of Tullagh, Kinnea, Letter, Dunaff, and Urrismenagh were sold an absentee landlord - Sir Robert Harvey.In 1904, the Irish nationalist Sir Roger Casemont spent six months learning Gaelic at an Irish Language College in Urris.