French (Rocklawn)
The French estate amounted to over 800 acres in the 1870s including the townlands of Cloon and Pollaghrevagh in the parish of Claregalway, barony of Dunkellin. By 1906 Richard French was the owner of over 160 acres of untenanted land in the area. Following land agitation in the area the French family left Rocklawn.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocklawn | Pollaghrevagh | Claregalway | Galway | Carrowbrowne 40 | Dunkellin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M349313
OS Sheet: 82 Discovery map: 46 |
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Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Galway Union, 179
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 295.
- 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. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 171.
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Galway, http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/default.html: Claregalway Parish