Scanlon/Scanlan (Drewsborough)
In the 1870s William Scanlon of Drewsborough owned 540 acres in county Clare. The estate of William Scanlan, desceased, was offered for sale in the Land Judges court in March 1881 by Timothy Bunton, trustee. Amounting to over 1300 acres it was situated in the barony of Islands and Tulla Upper, county Clare and the barony of Leitrim, county Galway. The Galway estate had amounted to over 700 acres in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drewsborough | Drewsborough | Tomgraney | Scarriff | Scarriff 136 | Tulla Upper | Clare |
OSI Ref: R634 835
OS Sheet: 28 Discovery map: 58 |
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| Bunavory | Bunavory | Tulla | Tulla | Tulla 154 | Tulla Upper | Clare |
OSI Ref: R481 804
OS Sheet: 35 Discovery map: 58 |
Archival sources
- Landed Judges' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Scanlan, 8 March 1881, Vol 141, MRGS 39/062, (microfilm copy in NUIG); 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] : 406
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 113, 299
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Tulla Union, 60 (Bunavory)
Modern printed sources
- WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 47, 108
- ''Jnl. of the East Clare Heritage Group: Sliabh Aughty'': O’GORMAN, Michael. Drewsboro. 1 (1989), 10-14
- MADDEN, Gerard. ''A History of Tuamgraney & Scariff since earliest times''. Tuamgraney: East Clare Heritage, 2000: 142-144