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Irwin (Kilcummin)
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At the time of Griffith's Valuation Bridget Irwin held land in the parishes of Kilcummin and Templemurry, barony of Tirawley, county Mayo. By the 1870s her representives owned 1822 acres in county Mayo. By 1876 Christopher Thomas P. Irwin of Rosses Point, county Sligo appears to be the owner of this property. Burkes Family Records refers to the marriage of Bridget Irwin, daughter of Christopher Irwin of Oran, county Roscommon to Robert Irwin, son of John Irwin of Emla in the 18th century.
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Irwin (Beechwood)
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Christopher Irwin of Newtown and Leabeg, barony of Ballymoe, county Roscommon was a younger brother of John Irwin ancestor of the Irwins of Rathmoyle and Fernhall. In 1749 John Irwin was farming at Oran; Patt Duigonan was described as an agent of Newtown; John Irwin, a gentleman, lived at Leabeg and James Irwin son and heir of Christopher Irwin of Newtown was living at Rocksborough in the parish of Kilbride. In the 1850s Daniel H. Irwin, held an estate in the parishes of Killinvoy and Kilmeane, barony of Athlone, and in the parish of Drumatemple, barony of Ballymoe, county Roscommon. He was an nephew and one of the heirs of John Ferrall. On 26 Nov 1856 Daniel H. Irwin of Beechwood, county Roscommon, married Clarinda, daughter of Leonard Hodson of Hodson's Bay. Over 1,200 acres in the baronies of Athlone and Ballymoe belonging to Irwin were advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates' Court in June 1858. A further 596 acres in the baronies of Castlerea and Ballymoe were offered for sale in June 1862. James Nolan Irwin of Beechwood owned 1,849 acres in county Roscommon in the 1870s.
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