Estate: Bevan (Camas)

Associated Families

• Pery (Earl of Limerick)
• Southwell (Baron and Viscount Southwell)
• Bevan (Camas)

Description

Burke's ''Irish Family Records'' states that Thomas Beevin leased the lands of Camass, county Limerick, from Sir Standish Hartstonge Baronet in 1703 and it is obvious from the Ordnance Survey Name Books that the Bevans held Camas from the Earl of Limerick in the 1840s. Thomas Beevin's grandson Henry adopted the spelling 'Bevan'. Henry had 3 sons, from his second son descend the Bevans of Lemonfield, who mortgaged their North Camass property to the senior branch of the family in 1836. Members of the senior branch of the family intermarried with the Purdon, Gubbins, Furnell, Massy and Cooke families. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Frederick Bevan held an estate located in the parishes of Bruff, Dromin, Uregare, barony of Coshma and Darragh, barony of Coshlea. In the 1870s the Reverend Frederick Bevan of Camass owned 72 acres in county Limerick and he eventually went to live in Australia. His father John Bevan of Elton House owned 1,000 acres in the county and their cousin Joseph Bevan of Glenbevan owned 586 acres. Lands in the barony of Connello Lower bought by Joseph Bevan in the Encumbered Estates' Court, formerly part of the Southwell estate, were advertised for sale in July 1879 by members of the Bevan, Finch and Taverner families. The estate of William Bevan, situated in the barony of Kilconnell, county Galway, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates court in October 1854.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Lemonfield (H2334) Sometimes spelt Leamonfield, this house was the home of a junior branch of the Bevan family in the first half of the 19th century. Griffith's Valuation records Thomas Bevan as the occupier holding the property from the Reverend William Lloyd. It was valued at £14. ''Burke's Irish Family Records'' refers to Arthur Russell of Lemonfield, sixth son of John Norris Russell of Limerick. He died 1890.	Lemonfield	Knocknagaul	Limerick	Roxborough 57	Pubblebrien	Limerick	Lat/Lon: 52.59419 -8.64642 OSI Ref: R562 494 Discovery map #65. OS Sheet #13.
Camas (H2349) The seat of the Bevan family located on the estate of the Earl of Limerick. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was held by Frederick Bevan from the Earl of Limerick and valued at £29. The house is now demolished but the farm buildings remain.	Camas South	Monasteranenagh	Kilmallock	Bruff 22	Smallcounty	Limerick	Lat/Lon: 52.48038 -8.58145 OSI Ref: R605 367 Discovery map #65. OS Sheet #31.
Elton (H2358) In 1786 Wilson notes Elton as the seat of Mr.Grady. Leet records the Reverend Thomas Grady [of Cappercullen] as the occupier of Elton in 1814. Mrs Grady lived at Elton in 1837 and Mrs Mary Jane Grady was resident at the time of Griffith's Valuation. She held the property in fee. The buildings were valued at £34. Described in the rental of 1853 as having a "cheerful and commanding aspect". The tenant from year to year was John Simms. In the later part of the 19th century this house belonged to the Bevans of Camas. The original house is not extant.	Elton	Knockainy	Kilmallock	Emlygrennan 34	Smallcounty	Limerick	Lat/Lon: 52.43243 -8.44848 OSI Ref: R695 313 Discovery map #65. OS Sheet #40.
Glenbevan (H2565) Lewis records J. Bevan as the proprietor of Glen-Bevan in 1837 and Joseph Bevan occupied the house and 173 acres at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The property was located on the Evans estate. The residence of Mr John Hedderman in 1943, this house is still extant and occupied.	Glenbevan	Croom	Croom	Ballynabanoge 14	Coshma	Limerick	Lat/Lon: 52.49240 -8.68763 OSI Ref: R533 381 Discovery map #65. OS Sheet #31.
Milltown (H2574) In the 18th century Miltown was the residence of a branch of the De Lacy family. Mill-town, Bruff, was the residence of Mrs Bevan in 1814. George Gubbins was the occupier in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held the property valued at £40+ from Edward B. Hartopp. In 1831 George Gubbins married Elizabeth Blood nee Hartopp. This house is named Milltown George on the first Ordnance Survey map.	Milltown	Uregare	Killmallock	Uregare 24	Coshma	Limerick	Lat/Lon: 52.46719 -8.51947 OSI Ref: R647 352 Discovery map #65. OS Sheet #40.
Darragh House (H2594) The residence of Fred Bevan in the early 1850s, held by him in fee and valued at £12+. In the 1870s Hamilton Geale/Gale lived at Durragh Lodge. The house is now known as Darragh House and is still extant and occupied. Self catering accommodation is available, see www.darraghcottages.com.	Darraghmore	Darragh	Kilmallock	Darragh 33	Coshlea	Limerick	Lat/Lon: 52.30407 -8.40320 OSI Ref: R725 170 Discovery map #73. OS Sheet #57.

Archival sources

• Limerick Studies Department, Dooradoyle: Irish Tourist Association Survey file for parish of Banogue, barony of Coshma, 1943. Limerick North East 5
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates Court (O'Brien) rentals. William Bevan estate. 7 October 1854. Vol. 30. MRGS 39/013. (Microfilm copy at NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Casey & Bevan, 25 Oct 1855, Vol 36 (17), MRGS 39/017, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Bevan, 16 May 1856, Vol 39 (47), MRGS 39/019, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Land Judges’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Bevan, Finch & Taverner, 25 July 1879, Vol 137 (13), MRGS 39/061, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Hoey & Denning, solicitors collection, includes miscellaneous papers including wills in case Bevan v Westropp re property of Michael Stacpoole, Milford House, Limerick, 1817-1889. Small Accs Index 99, Parcel 9 & T.5791-5792, T.5799-5800, T.5949, T.5971-5972

Contemporary printed sources

• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Barony of Pubblebrien, 47 (Lemonfield); Barony of Smallcounty, 88 (Camas South): Barony of Coshma, 44 (Glenbevan)
• HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878: 32
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 87 (Camus), 263 (Lemonfield), 288 (Milltown)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 436 (Glen-Bevan), II, 198 & 240 (Leamonfield)
• ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: Parish of Monasteranenagh, V, 111-119
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 146

Modern printed sources

• Irish Ancestor: DE BREFFNY, Brian. Bevan of Co Limerick. VI (1974), 1-5
• BENCE-JONES, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 136 (Glenbevan)
• MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). Burke's Irish Family Records. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 107-108

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