Malcolmson (Portlaw)
Francis Malcolmson was the lessor of several townlands in the parish of Kilchreest, barony of Loughrea, in 1855. The Malcolmson estate in county Galway amounted to 395 acres in 1876 though Hussey de Burgh records William Malcolmson as owning only five acres in county Galway. Their main estate was in county Waterford where Frederick Malcolmson owned over 1400 acres at Portlaw as well as property in county Down. The founder of the Malcomson business empire was David Malcomson. He was born in Lurgan, county Armagh and came to Clonmel where he established a corn milling business at the end of the 18th century. He later moved to Portlaw, county Waterford. He married Mary Ffennel of Cahir Abbey and their sons, Joseph, Joshua, John and William became involved in the family business. In the mid 19th century Messers Malcomson, Pike and Fennell held land in the parish of Crohane, barony of Slievardagh, county Tipperary. In the 1870s Robert Malcomson of Kilcommon, Caher, owned 2,644 acres in county Tipperary. O'Donnell writes that Robert was a son of David Malcomson.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Mayfield (Portlaw) | Coolroe | Clonagam | Carrick-on-Suir | Portlaw 4 | Upperthird | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S462153
OS Sheet: 8 Discovery map: 75 |
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| Woodview House (Portlaw) | Coolroe | Clonagam | Carrick-on-Suir | Portlaw 4 | Upperthird | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S463153
OS Sheet: 8 Discovery map: 75 |
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| Milfort/Milford House (Portlaw) | Coolroe | Clonagam | Carrick-on-Suir | Portlaw 4 | Upperthird | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S460159
OS Sheet: 8 Discovery map: 75 |
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| Pouldrew House | Gortaclede | Kilmeadan | Waterford | Kilmeadan 70 | Middlethird | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S507117
OS Sheet: Discovery map: 75 |
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| Pouldrew Mill | Stonehouse | Kilmeadan | Waterford | Kilmeadan 70 | Middlethird | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S506118
OS Sheet: 8 Discovery map: 75 |
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| Minella | Raheen | St Mary's Clonmel | Clonmel | Clonmel, East Urban 74 | Glenahiry | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S215 224
OS Sheet: 1 Discovery map: 75 |
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| Woodlock House (Portlaw) | Mayfield or Rockett'scastle | Clonagam | Carrick-on-Suir | Portlaw | Upperthird | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S471160
OS Sheet: Discovery map: |
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Archival sources
- Copy ledger of Malcolmson's mill, Portlaw, Co. Waterford, 1795-1798 and 1830-1835. BR. WAT. 8; National Archives of Ireland
- Malcomson, family of: Notes on members of Malcomson family, originally of Armagh, in 18th and 19th centuries; with notes on family enterprises, including Lax Weir and Fishery, Limerick; Neptune Ironworks, Waterford; Portlaw Cotton Factory. N.6199, P.6935 ; National Library of Ireland
- Documents relating to the property and interests of the Malcomson family in Co. Tipperary, 1829-1842. 975/14 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Archer/Austen/Fennell include documents re Robert Malcomson of Kilcommon, Co Tipperary and William Malcomson of Milfort House, Portlaw. 99/62; National Archives of Ireland
- Brief account of the Malcomson family, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, and Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, with details of their association with Limerick City, and a pedigree of the family, c. 1700 -- c. 1925. T. 536 ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Papers re the Johnston, Malcomson and Greer families of Cos. Antrim, Down and Tipperary, c.1800 - 1972. T.2983 ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Documents re the Malcomson family & their property, 1825-1938. 999/284/2; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 166, 298
- 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] : 304.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Upperthird: 2 (Coolroe)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, 357-358 (Clonagam), Vol.II, 466 (Portlaw town)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 292 (Coolroe)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Middlethird: 56 (Gortaclede), 59 (Stonehouse)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.296
Modern printed sources
- HUNT, Tom. ''Portlaw, county Waterford: portrait of an industrial village and its cotton industry, 1825-1876''. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2000. : All
- DOLMEN HISTORY GROUP. ''Some traditions and history of the Deise'' Portlaw: Dolmen History Group, 2005. : 8-14
- O'DONNELL, Sean. ''Clonmel 1840-1900: anatomy of an Irish town''. Geography Publications, 1998: 272
- HICKS, David. ''Irish country houses: a chronicle of change''. Cork: The Collins Press, 2012. : 64-75.