Newcomen
In the late 17th century a junior branch of the Newcomen family of county Longford moved to Knock, county Roscommon. Knock was among the 9,000 acres + in counties Roscommon, Galway, Sligo and Mayo granted to Sir Thomas Newcomen in July 1677 and November 1678. The Newcomens were residing at Camlagh by the 1740s which was soon after leased to the Keoghs. The county Galway part of the Newcomen estate was in the parish of Annaghdown, barony of Clare but the main part of their estate was in the county Roscommon parishes of Taghmaconnell, barony of Athlone and Kilbride and Roscommon, barony of Ballintober South. In the 1870s two George Newcomens are recorded, one a minor and ward of the Court of Chancery, the other with an address in county Meath. Each owned an estate of over 2,200 acres in county Roscommon. Over 850 acres belonging to George A. Newcomen in county Galway were vested in the Congested Districts' Board on 31 March 1914. John Newcoman owned 574 acres in county Galway in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camlagh | Camlagh | Taghmaconnell | Athlone | Carrowreagh 19 | Athlone | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M869 391
OS Sheet: 50 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Esker | Esker | Taghmaconnell | Athlone | Castlesampson 6 | Athlone | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M935 398
OS Sheet: 51 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Newcomen Castle | Knock | Taghmaconnell | Ballinasloe | Carrowreagh 19 | Athlone | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M901 369
OS Sheet: 51 Discovery map: 47 |
Archival sources
- Rental of Newcomen estate in Leitrim, 1822. M.2978. ; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 47
- 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] : 336
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 298
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Roscommon: IV, 108 (Feakel), 110 (Esker) & 119 (Camlagh)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 586 (Esker & Camlagh)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Athlone Union, 21 (Esker)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballinasloe Union, 1 (Camlagh)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Roscommon: IV, 113
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 86 (Camlagh -Cruise)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 225, 236 & 252