Hawkes (Brierfield)
Charles Hawkes settled in county Roscommon in the late 17th century and was a younger son of Captain John Hawkes, who founded the Hawkes family of county Cork. In the mid 19th century the Hawkes' county Roscommon estate was in the parish of Cloonygormican, barony of Ballymoe. In the 1870s Charles Hawkes of Brierfield owned over 720 acres in county Roscommon. Gormley states that the Briarfield estate was later acquired by the Cotton family. The estate was divided by the Irish Land Commission and the house demolished.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brierfield | Brierfield | Cloonygormican | Castlerea | Carrowduff 61 | Ballymoe | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M821 759
OS Sheet: 28 Discovery map: 40 |
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| Portumna | Portumna | Lickmolassy | Portumna | Portumna 183 | Longford | Galway |
OSI Ref: M847051
OS Sheet: 127 Discovery map: 53 |
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| Faragher Lodge | Newtown Farragher | Cloonygormican | Castlereagh | Carrowduff 61 | Ballymoe | Roscommon |
OSI Ref:
OS Sheet: 35 Discovery map: 40 |
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| Ardkeenagh House | Ardkeenagh (Plunkett) | Kilcooley | Strokestown | Tulsk 112 | Roscommon | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M857805
OS Sheet: 28 Discovery map: 33 |
Archival sources
- Draft pedigrees & copies of deeds of family of Hawkes of Briarfield & Skekyn, Co Roscommon, 1627-1780. MS 802: 10; National Library of Ireland
- Baker, Ringwood & Gordon, solicitors' collection, includes miscellaneous papers re Mrs Hawkes. Small Accs. Index 105, M.3869; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 211
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 316
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castlerea Union, 2
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Portumna Union, 39
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Roscommon: I, 276 & 286 (Brierfield)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 44 (Brierfield & Faragher Lodge) & 71 (Ardkenna)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 77 (Brierfield) & 273 (Lodge)
- LEGG, Marie Louise (ed). ''Census of Elphin 1749''. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2004: 374 (Bryanfield)