Thompson (Clonfin)
At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s, John Thompson was among the principal lessors in the parish of Granard and in the parish of Killoe, barony of Longford. In the 1870s, Hussey de Burgh noted John Edward Thompson of Cloonfin, Granard and Wilmonah House, Shankill, County Dublin as the owner of over 1600 acres in County Longford. Devaney notes, however, that some Thompson property in Killoe parish was purchased by John S. Ireland in the Landed Estates Court. In 1864 John Thompson offered for sale the rental of over 500 acres at Esker in the barony of Longford in the Landed Estates Court. The original grant was from the estate of Sir Arthur Forbes. In May 1871 Thompson offered for sale almost 1150 acres in the baronies of Granard and Longford in the Landed Estates Court. The sale notice recites the tenure history of the properties which also involved members of the Beatty, Bond and Forbes families. In 1882 over 300 acres in the barony of Granard as well as dwelling houses in Longford town were offered for sale in the Land Judges' Court by members of the Kenny family. This property was leased from the Thompson estate. Burke states that this Thompson family is descended from Captain William Thompson who came to Ireland during the Williamite Wars in the 1690s.
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloonfin House | Cloonfin | Granard | Granard | Bunlahy | Longford |
OSI Ref: N273798
OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 41 |
Archival sources
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Thompson, 5 May 1864, Vol 72, MRGS 39/035-36, (microfilm copy in University of Galway Library); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Thompson, 26 May 1871, Vol 101, MRGS 39/047-48, (microfilm copy in University of Galway Library); National Archives of Ireland
- Land Judges’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Kenny, 3 Nov 1882, MRGS 39/063-64, (microfilm copy in NUIG);; National Archives of 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.55 (Longford)
- 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] :
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Granard Union, p.89 (Cloonfin)