Mills
Members of the Mills family of county Roscommon attended Trinity College, Dublin in the 18th century. Captain Mills was governor of Roscommon Jail in the 1790s and lived in a 3 storied thatched house at Fairymount. Edward Mills was resident at Fairymount, parish of Kilgefin, barony of Ballintober South, county Roscommon, in the early 19th century. Fairymount was in the possession of Anne Lyster by the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairymount | Fairymount | Kilgefin | Roscommon | Kilgefin 85 | Ballintober South | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M925 715
OS Sheet: 36 Discovery map: 40 |
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| Cherryfield | Cherryfield or Drishaghan | Shankill | Strokestown | Elphin 96 | Roscommon | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M862 865
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 33 |
Archival sources
- Lease from Carncross Nesbitt, Aghmore, Longford to John Mills, Knockhale, Co Roscommmon of lands in barony of Boyle, 27 Oct 1746. Acc. No. 999/260/2; National Archives of Ireland
- Local History File - Mills; Roscommon County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 181
- WELD, Isaac. ''Statistical Survey of the county of Roscommon''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1832. : 651
- 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: 239 (Cherryfield)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 422 (Cherryfield)
Modern printed sources
- BURCHAELL, G.D. & SADLIER, T.N. (eds). ''Alumni Dublensis''. Dublin, 1935: 578
- ''Jnl. of the Association for the Preservation of Memorials to the Dead''.: Notes on the Mills family of Headford, Co Galway and Roscommon. X, 240