Butson
The Ordnance Survey Name Books record the Butson estate as the proprietor of church lands in the parish of Ardrahan in the 1830s for which John Ball of Gort acted as agent. Reverend Archdeacon Butson of Clonfert was a significant owner of land in the barony of Longford, county Galway, at the time of Griffith's valuation and also held some land in the parish of Taghmaconnell, barony of Athlone, county Roscommon. He is also recorded among the principal lessors in the parish of Kilburne, barony of Middlethird, county Waterford. In the 1870s the Butson estate amounted to over 3700 acres in county Galway as well as lands in counties Roscommon and Waterford.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Brendan's | Glebe | Clonfert | Ballinsloe | Clonfert 16 | Longford | Galway |
OSI Ref: M958205
OS Sheet: 101 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Abbeyland Cottage | Abbeyland Great | Clonfert | Ballinasloe | Clonfert 16 | Longford | Galway |
OSI Ref: M930180
OS Sheet: 108 Discovery map: 53 |
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| Abbeyland House | Abbeyland Great | Clonfert | Ballinasloe | Clonfert 16 | Longford | Galway |
OSI Ref: M928177
OS Sheet: 108 Discovery map: 53 |
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| Cloonconra | Cloonconra | Clonfert | Ballinasloe | Clonfert 16 | Longford | Galway |
OSI Ref: M941202
OS Sheet: 100, 101 Discovery map: 47 |
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : 119, 121, 124.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 294.
- 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] : 66.
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Galway, http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/default.html: Ardrahan Parish
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of names of proprietors and area and valuation of properties in counties in Ireland, held in fee or perpetuity or long leases at chief rents,'' 1876. (412) LXXX. 395: 148.