Evans (Loughpark)
This family trace back to a Hugh Evans of Ballinrobe, county Mayo, in the early 18th century. His descendant Francis Evans of Prior’s Wood, Dublin and Robinstown, county Westmeath, barrister-at-law, had a number of children, the eldest of whom, Nicholas born 1795, settled at Loughpark. The Evans of Belgarrow descend from Francis’ second son also named Francis who married Alicia Ogle. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Nicholas Evans held an estate located in the parishes of Ardnurcher and Castletownkindalen, while other family members held land in the parishes of Ardnurcher and Newtown. In the mid-1870s the estate of Nicholas Evans of Loughpark amounted to 1,011 acres.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| New Forest | Higginstown | Newtown | Mullingar | Newtown 102 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N379377
OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: 48 |
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| Robinstown | Robinstown | Carrick | Mullingar | Carrick 98 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N409244
OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 48 |
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| Loughpark | Loughpark | St Feighins | Castletowndelvin | Kinturk | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N489689
OS Sheet: 7 Discovery map: 41 |
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| Rockfield | Sraduff | Castletownkindalen | Mullingar | Streamstown 66 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N300426
OS Sheet: 31 Discovery map: 48 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Magan, Colthurst, Fetherston H, 24 June 1853, Vol 21 (51), MRGS 39/010, (microfilm copy in UG) Rockfield; National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Colgan, 10 June 1879, Vol 136 (29), MRGS 39/060, (microfilm copy in UG) Rockfield; 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: 83
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mullingar Union, 110 (Sraduff); 116 (Higginstown)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 268 (Robinson)