Boswell

At the time of Griffith's Valuation John K. Boswell held two townlands in the parish of Ballindoon, barony of Ballynahinch, county Galway, previously part of the Bunowen estate of the O'Neills. Robinson writes that he was one of the first persons to scientifically develop a fishery (in the Doohulla area) in Ireland and England and that he sold his Connemara property to W. Young in the early 1860s. In the 1850s a John Boswell also held two townlands in the parish of Killinvoy, barony of Athlone, county Roscommon. At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s John Boswell owned some townlands in the parish of Cashel, County Longford, which he was leasing from the Dennehy estate. In April and November 1853, property owned by Maria Boswell in County Longford was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Emlaghmore Lodge	Emlaghmore	Ballindoon	Clifden	Bunowen 21	Ballynahinch	Galway	OSI Ref: L650 416 OS Sheet: 49 Discovery map: 44

Archival sources

Rent ledger of tenants in Kilronan Parish of Francis Boswell, c.1760-1786. Microfilm 4937. ; National Library of Ireland
Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Boswell , 19/04/1853, Vol 20, MRGS 39/009, (microfilm copy in University of Galway Library);; National Archives of Ireland
Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Boswell, 10/11/1853, Vol 24, MRGS 39/011, (microfilm copy in University of Galway Library);; National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Ballynahinch, 11 (Emlaghmore)

Modern printed sources

ROBINSON, Tim. ''Connemara, Part 1: Introduction and Gazetteer''. Roundstone: Folding Landscapes, 1990: 63-65
''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': LANE, Pádraig. Galway and Mayo fisheries in the mid nineteenth century: transferable assets. LXII (2010), 144-156