Smith (Drumheel)
In the mid-19th century the county Cavan estate of William Smith, agent to the Richardson Brady estate, was in the parishes of Crosserlough, Drung and Kilmore. Margaret Smith also held two townlands in the parish of Crosserlough. In 1876 William Smith’s representatives with an address at Drumheel, Bellananagh, owned 2,431 acres in the county, while Margaret Smith of Belfast owned 516 acres. The estate of George Stewart Smith was in the process of being sold to the tenants in 1905, see http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1906/nov/29/george-stewart-smith-estate-cavan
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumheel House | Drumheel | Kilmore | Cavan | Killykeen | Upper Loughtee | Cavan |
OSI Ref: N404996
OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: 34 |
Archival sources
- Letters to William Stewart Richardson Brady from William Smith of Drumheel, agent for his Co. Cavan estate, about estate and financial business, the sale of the Blackwood/Brady estate of Clonervy in 1855 and Richardson Brady's failure to buy part of it, the purchase of additional land for Richardson Brady in 1856, Co. Cavan elections and politics, etc. 1851-1861. D2002/C/48; 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: 221
- 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] : 417
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cavan Union, 284 (Drumheel)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: xi & I, 184