Johnston (Ahascragh)
Sir Henry Grattan Bellew records the Johnston family as originally Scottish weavers. O'Gorman states that James Johnston took a lease of lands in the parish of Fohenagh originally belonging to the Hodson family of Tooloobane. In 1873 he acquired their entire Fohenagh estate in the Landed Estates Court. By 1906 a substantial amount of the Hampstead estate was in his possession including Hampstead House. Townlands in the parish of Fohenagh were sold to the tenants by the Irish Land Commission in the 1920s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampstead | Hampstead | Ballymacward | Ballinasloe | Ballymacward 7 | Kilconnell | Galway |
OSI Ref: M657382
OS Sheet: 60, 72, 73 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Cloonatleva | Cloonatleva Lower | Fohenagh | Mountbellew | Annagh 143 | Kilconnell | Galway |
OSI Ref: M715367
OS Sheet: 73 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Fohenagh | Fohenagh | Fohenagh | Mountbellew | Annagh | Kilconnell | Galway |
OSI Ref: M722383
OS Sheet: 60 Discovery map: 47 |
Archival sources
- Hampstead House. Photographs. 024/077.; Irish Architectural Archive
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mountbellew Union, 7.
- 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] : 237
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 296
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 307.