Atkinson (Kilbarron)
Thomas John Atkinson was the proprietor of over 3400 acres in County Donegal in the 1870s. The Atkinsons are recorded among the principal lessors in the parish of Kilbarron, barony of Tirhugh, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s. This family was established in the Ballyshannon area since the early seventeenth century when Thomas Atkinson was among those named as burgesses in the Borough of Ballyshannon. Burke suggests that the family derive from a Captain Charles Atkinson, originally of an ancient Yorkshire family.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavangarden House | Cavangarden | Kilbarron | Ballyshannon | Cavangarden | Tirhugh | Donegal |
OSI Ref: G900648
OS Sheet: 107 Discovery map: |
Archival sources
- Assignment, in consideration of £1,750, of a mortgage the parties are Rev. Thomas Stack, the Archbishop of Dublin, and Thomas John Atkinson of Cavangarden, Co. Donegal. D623/B/5/36; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Rent book (estates day book) for the Connolly estate in Tirhugh including Cavangarden, 1875-1883. D3451/1/3/12.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Lease of lands at Twomilestone, county Donegal by Thomas Lipsett, to Thomas Atkinson, Cavangarden, 1815. D.2214.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballyshannon Union, p.46 (Cavangarden)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.II, p.49.
- 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] : p.13.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: p.36 (Cavan Garden)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.223