Acheson
James and William Acheson are recorded as the owners of over 800 and 300 acres respectively in county Leitrim in the 1870s. The family estate was at Cavetown near Croaghan, county Roscommon where the family held another 300 acres. At the time of the first Ordnance Survey the Acheson family acted as agents for the Mulloy of Oakport estate.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavelawn | Faws | Eastersnow | Boyle | Croghan 25 | Boyle | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M852976
OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 33 |
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| Beech Abbey | Kilcanoran | Aughrim | Carrick on Shannon | Aughrim West 46 | Roscommon | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M914 938
OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 33 |
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| Drumcree Mill | Drumcree | Annaduff | Carrick-on-Shannon | Annaduff 27 | Mohill | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: N025967
OS Sheet: 32 Discovery map: 33 |
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] : 2.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Boyle Union, 63.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 314 (Roscommon)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Roscommon: Vol. I, 19.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Carrick on Shannon Union, 57 (Beech Abbey), 133 (Drumcree)