Johnston (Kilmacrenan)

James Johnston was among the principal lessors in the parish of Gartan, Barony of Kilmacrenan, County Donegal, at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s. Hussey de Burgh records James Johnston of Summerhill, Stranorlar, was the owner of over 1100 acres in County Donegal in the 1870s. However, the Chief Tenants report records James Johnston as the owner of over 7700 acres in the early 1870s.

Associated Families

No associated families were found for this estate

No houses were found for this estate

Archival sources

Wilson & Simms solicitors collection: title deeds, etc., pertaining to the Johnston estate at Churchill and Edenmore, Co. Donegal, 1713-1883, including maps of Drimevis, Co. Donegal, in 1789 and 1799. D2298. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Four deeds relating to the Johnston estate, Stranorlar, 1787, 1803, 1863 & 1865. D.9956-9959.; National Library of Ireland
Four deeds relating to the Johnston estate in Stranorlar, Co. Donegal, 1787, 1803, 1863, 1865.; National Library 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] : p.237.