Fawcett (KIlbarron)
Members of the Fawcett family were among the property owners in the parishes of Kilbarron and Drumhome, barony of Tirhugh, County Donegal, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. Robert [Faussett] was a lessor in the parish of Conwal, barony of Kilmacrenan at the same time. In April 1870 members of the Fawcett family offered over 130 acres in the barony of Tirhugh for sale in the Landed Estates Court. In the 1870s, Robert [Faussett], County Inspector, RIC, County Armagh, was the proprietor of over 3000 acres in County Donegal. Robert Fawcett of Downpatrick, County Down, owned over 1200 acres in Donegal at the same time. Beattie notes that the Congested Districts Board began to acquire parts of the Fawcett estate from 1903 onwards.
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowantreehill (Kilbarron) | Rowantreehill | Kilbarron | Ballyshannon | Carrickboy | Tirhugh | Donegal |
OSI Ref: G917592
OS Sheet: 107 Discovery map: |
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Archival sources
- Map of Fawcett's estate, Co. Donegal. From the Ordnance Survey sheets 107 and 110, 1907. 15 A 17. ; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Fawcett, 6 Jul 1869, Vol 96, MRGS 39/046, (microfilm copy in University of Galway Library); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballyshannon Union, p.44 (Rowantreehill).
- 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.153.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.225.