Landed Estates
University of Galway

Smith

Henry Jeremiah Smith of Beabeg, county Meath, appears to have bought most of the McLoughlin estate at Newfield. In 1861 he was advertising for sale in the Landed Estates' Court his Newfield estate of 8,277 acres. By 1876 most of this property belonged to the Gibbings family.

Houses

Name Townland Civil Parish PLU DED Barony County Map Ref  
Newfield House, Newfield Burrishoole Newport Newport West 148 Burrishoole Mayo OSI Ref: L891 959
OS Sheet: 67
Discovery map: 30
Photo of Newfield House,

Archival sources

  • Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Smith, 28 Nov 1861, Vol 63, MRGS 39/032 (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
  • Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), McLoughlin, 16 July 1850, Vol 2, MRGS 39/001 (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland

Modern printed sources