Johnston (Aran View)
In the 1850s Robert Johnstone held 157 acres of Ballyinsheen Beg, parish of Kilmoon, barony of Burren, county Clare, from Robert Fitzstephens Creagh and most of the townland of Fanore (over a thousand acres) in the parish of Killonaghan, from Jemima O’Brien. Robert Johnston of Aran View (Glasha Beg), parish of Killilagh, barony of Burren, had a son Robert also of Aran View, who owned 1,431 acres in county Clare in the 1870s. Weir writes that these Johnstons were connected to the Johnstons of Kinlough, county Leitrim and that the last male member of the family married a Miss O’Flaherty of the Aran Islands and went to live there. James Johnston lived at Kilmurvey on the Aran Islands in the 1950s when he was photographed by George Pickow, see http://call.library.nuigalway.ie:8180/Pickow/index.jsp
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fanore Lodge | Fanore More | Killonaghan | Ballyvaghan | Gleninagh 6 | Burren | Clare |
OSI Ref: M138 072
OS Sheet: 1 Discovery map: 51 |
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| Aran View | Glasha Beg | Killilagh | Ennistimon | Killilagh 60 | Corcomroe | Clare |
OSI Ref: R084 983
OS Sheet: 8 Discovery map: 51 |
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 110
- 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] : 238
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballyvaghan Union, 33
- 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 (Fantore)