Irwin (Streamstown)
Various members of the Irwin family are recorded as the owners of land in county Sligo in the 1870s. McTernan notes that this branch had been prominent in Sligo social and political life in the eighteenth century, serving as magistrates, Grand Jurors and High Sheriffs. However, as the ninetenth century progressed the family tended to live out of the county, principally in Dublin. In the 1870s, Burton Irwin was recorded as the owner of over 5000 acres in County Donegal. At the time of Griffiths Valuation he was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Aughnish, Clondavaddog, Killygarvan and Tullyfern in the barony of Kilmacrenan. In 1883 Bateman noted B. Irwin as the owner of over 5,700 acres in counties Sligo and Donegal. Burton Irwin died in 1898 and papers relating to both his Sligo and Donegal estates are held at the Public Record Office, Northern Ireland.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streamstown | Streamstown | Achonry | Tobercurry | Streamstown 83 | Leyny | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G554170
OS Sheet: 32 Discovery map: 25 |
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| Muckelty | Muckely | Achonry | Tobercurry | Streamstown 83 | Leyny | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G551155
OS Sheet: 32 Discovery map: 25 |
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| Roxborough | Roxborough | Kilbride | Roscommon | Roscommon Rural 90 | Ballintober South | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M883 676
OS Sheet: 39 Discovery map: 40 |
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| Mount Irvine or Mount Irwin | Mount Irvine | Kilfree | Boyle | Cuilmore 9 | Coolavin | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G628076
OS Sheet: 39 Discovery map: 32 |
Archival sources
- Rental of Burton Irwin's estate, 1881-1895. Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Rental of Henry Irwin estate, 1854-58. . Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Rental of estate of Mrs. Jane Irwin, 1849-51. Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Rent ledger of Henry Irwin's estate, 1842-54. Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Late 19th century valuations, Irwin estate. Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Abstracts of wills of Irwin family of counties Sligo, Leitrim, Monaghan and Galway. GO MSS 141.; National Library of Ireland
- Hamilton & Craig, solicitors' collection, includes deeds re the Irwin family of Barnhill & Roxborough, Co Roscommon & the Vesey family, 1776-1808. Small Accs. Index 64, D.8751, D.8756, D.8952, CO 1834-1839; National Archives of Ireland
- Boxes of deeds and leases relating to the estate of Burton Irwin of Streamstown, Co. Sligo [the Sligo part of which was left to Sir Henry Gore-Booth, 5th Bt, on Irwin's death in 1898). D4131/A/6.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.226 (Donegal), p.321 (Sligo)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Tobercurry Union 47
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Sligo: Vol I, 41-42
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 364
- 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: 224 (Streamstown) & 238 (Roxborough)
- 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] : 232
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol. I, 6 (Muckelty)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxxiii, 13 (Streamstown)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 395 (Streamstown), 421 (Roxborough)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.239
Modern printed sources
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': GRAY, Edward Stewart. The Irwins of Roxborough, Co Roscommon and Streamstown, Co Sligo. I, No 2 (1937), 51-56
- McTERNAN, John C. ''Sligo: the light of bygone days, Vol.I Houses of Sligo and associated families''. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 145-146.(Mt. Irwin), 187-188 (Streamstown)
- WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto and Windus, 1885): p.542.