Higgins (Benown Castle)
The Dictionary of Irish Biography records Matthew James Higgins as the only son of Matthew Higgins of Benown Castle, Co. Westmeath, and his wife Janette, daughter of James Baillie of Dochfour, Inverness-shire, Scotland. He was born in 1810 and became a journalist. He reported on The Famine in county Mayo in 1847.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Draft pedigree of Higgins of Benown, Co Westmeath, with abstracts of Higgins wills and of a chancery bill, 1730, 1713-1897. GO Ms 804,6; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of Mathew Higgins of Benown Castle, Co Westmeath by Janet, daughter of James Baillie, MP of Middlesex, 7 July 1900. GO Ms 111, 67-68; National Library of Ireland