Birchall
The Birchall (sometimes spelt Burchall) estate held lands in the parish of Kiltoghert, county Leitrim. The estate was centred on Blackrock House, near Drumshanbo. Robert Birchall, of Lishugh, county Roscommon and Blackrock, was High Sheriff of Leitrim in 1670. Arthur J.Birchall of Blackrock was a member of the Leitrim Grand Jury in 1851. The Birchall estate was just over 1,400 acres in the 1870s. Walford, in 1885, noted connections between this family and that of Duckworth of Mount Erris, county Roscommon. In 1906 the Birchall estate held less than 100 acres of untenanted land in the Drumshanbo area as well as the mansion house at Blackrock.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackrock | Blackrock | Kiltoghert | Carrick-on-Shannon | Drumshanbo | Leitrim | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: G965108
OS Sheet: 23 Discovery map: 26 |
Archival sources
- Mortgage John W. Birchall to the Scottish Provident Insurance, 19 Aug 1878. Small Accs. Index 65, D.16237; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Carrick-on-Shannon Union 49
- 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] : 34
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 303
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 344.