Backhouse
Joseph Backhouse is listed in ''Slater's Directory'' 1856 among the nobility and gentry of the area. Keenehan and others state that members of the Backhouse family resided in the locality until the 1940s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield House | Cultyconeen | Tumna | Carrick-on-Shannon Union | Killukin 50 | Boyle | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M911997
OS Sheet: 7, 11 Discovery map: 33 |
Modern printed sources
- KEENEHAN, John. ''St. Michael's Church, Drumlion, county Roscommon: church, people & landscape.'' Carrick-on-Shannon: Drumlion Church Committee, 2006. : John Keenehan et al. Old dwellings of distinction. 179-180.