Simpson (Cloonnagashel)
James Simpson, a Scottish farmer and innovator, held the farm of Cloonnagashel, about 2200 acres in the parish of Ballinrobe, county Mayo, from the 3rd Earl of Lucan, from 1855 until the early 1880s. There was a court case between them in the early 1880s over compensation for improvements made by Simpson. He also rented the farm at Kilrush, parish of Kilcommon, from the Lindseys and died there in 1898.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Cloonnagashel | Cloonnagashel | Ballinrobe | Ballinrobe | Hollymount 37 | Kilmaine | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M232 670
OS Sheet: 110 Discovery map: 38 |
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| Kilrush House | Kilrush | Kilcommon | Ballinrobe | Hollymount 37 | Kilmaine | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M265 674
OS Sheet: 110 Discovery map: 38 |
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| Gallow's Hill | Knocknacroagha | Ballinrobe | Ballinrobe | Hollymount 37 | Kilmaine | Galway |
OSI Ref: M232 648
OS Sheet: 118 Discovery map: 38 |
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| Levally | Cappacurry | Ballinrobe | Ballinrobe | Hollymount 37 | Kilmaine | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M221 663
OS Sheet: 118 Discovery map: 38 |
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Archival sources
- P48 Lucan Papers; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
Contemporary printed sources
- COULTER, Henry. ''The West of Ireland: its existing condition and prospects''. Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1862: 151 & 173-176
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballinrobe Union, 67 & 69 (Simpson) & 95 (Laurie)
Modern printed sources
- MULLOY, Bridie. ''Itchy Feet & Thirsty Work: A Guide to the History & Folklore of Ballinrobe''. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association, 1990: 146-147
- ''Jnl. of the South Mayo Family Research Society'': Evictions on the Lucan Estate, Ballinrobe, 1848. VIII (1995), 59-68