Geoghegan (Jamestown)

MacGeoghegan or Geoghegan were large landowners in county Westmeath until the confiscations of the late 17th century. One branch of the family continued to hold a large amount of land in the 18th century and were tenants of the Malones. Kedagh Mac Geoghegan was the son of Bryan Geoghegan of Carne and a Geoghegan of Donore. In 1736, Kedagh married Ann, daughter of Sir George Browne of The Neale, county Mayo and they lived at Jamestown. They had three sons who all died childless and one daughter Mary who married Thomas Nagle in 1763 and inherited Jamestown. One of their sons was the legendary ‘Jack the Buck’. See https://www.christiesrealestate.com/article/55559-a-truly-historic-irish-estate

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Rosemount House/Oldcourt	Ballybrickoge	Kilcumreragh	Athlone	Kilcumreragh 14		Westmeath	OSI Ref: N238427 OS Sheet: 31 Discovery map: 48
Jamestown Court	Jamestown	Conry	Mullingar	Jamestown		Westmeath	OSI Ref: N311454 OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: 48

Archival sources

Grant by the Commission of Grace to Edward Geoghegan of lands in Co Westmeath, 11 Nov 1685. Co 2421; National Archives of Ireland
Pedigree of Geoghegan of Castletown, Jamestown, and of Carne, Rosemount or Ballybrickogue, Co Westmeath, 434 AD -1799. GO Ms 168, 345-350; National Library of Ireland
Copies of Hadley (gunsmiths) deeds referring to Hugh Geoghegan of Castletown, Terence and James Geoghegan of Garryduff and James Clibborn of Moate, 1712-1761. GO Ms 800, 3; National Library of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 79 (Rosemount)

Modern printed sources

''The Irish Genealogist'': Abstract of will of B Geoghegan of Rosemount, 1807. I, I, No 3, April 1938
Woods, James. ''Annals of Westmeath Ancient and Modern''. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers and Walker, (1907): 234, 296-300, 323-324