Hewson (Trughanacmy)
George M. Hewson of Strand Street, Tralee, owned over 600 acres in county Kerry in the 1870s. Lands at Camp, county Kerry, the property of George Massy Hewson, were offered for sale in the Land Judges' Court in 1883 but the sale was adjourned. In the 1830s, the Ordnance Survey Name Books had recorded John Hewson as the owner of lands in Castleisland parish.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Lodge | Camp | Castleisland | Tralee | Castleisland 152 | Trughanacmy | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q975095
OS Sheet: 39 Discovery map: 71 |
Archival sources
- Land Judges' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Hewson, 20 April 1883, Vol 144, MRGS 39/064, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Typewritten case for counsel to advise plaintiffs in the Feale Fisher case Florence G. O’Halloran & George F. Hewson v O’Sullivan & others. Ms. U./121/5; University College Cork, Boole Library Archives
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 143
- 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] : 216
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Trughanacmy Barony: 80 (Camp)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS County Kerry: Vol.I, Castleisland Parish, 345, 366 (Camp House)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 166 (Kilgobbin Glebe)
Modern printed sources
- ''Irish Times'': Land Judges Court sale reports, 21 April 1883, p.3