Lemon
In 1856 John Drought Lemon, was leasing a property at Ballycrossaun, parish of Tiranascragh, barony of Longford, county Galway from the Dolphin family. At the same time he is recorded as one of the principal lessors in the parish of Tiranascragh. In the 1870s he appears to have resided at The Grove, Miltownpass, and Lemongrove, Mullingar, both in county Westmeath, at which time he was the owner of over 100 acres in county Galway and 263 acres in county Westmeath. John 'Lennon' held this same acreage at the time of Griffith's Valuation (publ. 1854) from Christopher Wilson. In 1861, John Lemon of The Grove, county Westmeath married Elizabeth daughter of Robert S Drought of Ridgemount, King's County (Offaly) so there appear to be more than one marriage connection between the Droughts and the Lemons.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Ormond View | Ballycrossaun | Tiranascragh | Portumna | Kilmalinoge 181 | Longford | Galway |
OSI Ref: M868110
OS Sheet: 118 Discovery map: 53 |
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Archival sources
- Deed of Assignment by John Frend of Dublin to Joseph Lemmon of Lemmongrove Co. Westmeath of lands in Oldtown, Co. Meath, Jan. 18, 1771. D. 18,543; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Portumna Union, 54.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 296
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1846''. (London:Slater, 1846): p.122 (Eyrecourt)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 84
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mullingar Union, 140 (Rathcam)
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 74
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 367
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 263