Irwin (Leitrim & Monaghan)
William N. Irwin, a medical doctor, held land at Beihy, parish of Cloone, barony of Mohill, county Leitrim, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. William N. Irwin of Terkeenan, county Monaghan, is recorded as holding over 800 acres in county Leitrim in 1878 as well as property in Armagh and Longford. He served as a magistrate in county Monaghan. McParlan records Richard Irwin of Dromsalla on his list of "resident gentlemen of property" in 1802. Ephraim Irwin continued to hold small amounts of land in the parish of Carrigallen at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Note on Chancery Inquisition concerning the estate of Francis Edgeworth Co Cavan. [14 March 1630] Original recovery: William Percy of Aghatawny, Co. Cavan, gentlemen, v. John Irwin of Drumsillagh, Co. Leitrim, concerning lands in Co. Cavan. [1734] Final concord, John Irwin, Dumsillagh, Co. Leitrim, and Martin Armstrong of Garadice, Co. Leitrim, concerning lands in barony of Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim, with translation. [1734] T808/531; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 233
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 304
- McPARLAN, James. ''Statistical Survey of the county of Leitrim''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1802. : 111.
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 170.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mohill Union, 7.