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Hamilton (Castle Hamilton)
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Castle Hamilton was the seat of members of the Southwell family in the first half of the 19th century. The Hamiltons of Castle Hamilton, county Cavan were a junior branch of the Hamiltons of Ballyfatton, county Tyrone. Galbraith Hamilton of Dublin was the sixth son of Archibald Hamilton of Ballyfatton. His grandson was James Hamilton of Castle Hamilton, who purchased the estate from the Southwells in the mid-1840s. The Hamilton estate was located in the parishes of Killashandra, Kilmore and Kildallan and in 1876 amounted to 1,649 acres. The house was accidentally burnt in 1911. In 1904, Robert Claude Hamilton, third son of James Hamilton who died in 1895, was living at Drummany, parish of Killashandra.
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Southwell
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The Southwell family were established in county Limerick in the early 17th century. Their estate in the barony of Connello was purchased from William Godolphin and Edward Lloyd in April 1674 and amounted to over 4,800 acres. The 3rd Baron, Thomas George Southwell, was created a Viscount in 1776. The Southwell estate was mainly in the parishes of Nantinan, Rathkeale, Tomdeely and Kilscannell, barony of Connello Lower, Rathronan, barony of Shanid and Abbeyfeale, barony of Glenquin. The 400 acre fee farm estate of George and George Joseph Crowe in the parish of Nantinan, part of the Southwell estate, was advertised for sale in November 1852. Lord Southwell, of Victoria Castle, Kingstown and Castle Matrix, county Limerick, is recorded as the owner of 4,032 acres in county Limerick, 2,252 acres in county Cork, 329 acres in county Kerry, 1,147 acres in county Donegal and 4,017 acres in county Leitrim in the 1870s. In 1840, the Ordnance Survey Field Name Books indicated that the Southwell estate was the proprietor of townlands in the parish of Duagh, barony of Iraghticonnor, county Kerry. The agent for this property was Capt. Brown, county Limerick.
In 1741, Thomas George 3rd Baron Southwell married Margaret daughter and co heiress of Arthur Cecil Hamilton of Castle Hamilton, county Cavan. Their second son Robert Henry (1745-1817) succeeded to the Castle Hamilton property. In 1786, he married Fridiswede Moore of Tullyhallen, county Louth and they had a son Robert Henry who married a daughter of the Right Rev G. De La Poer Beresford, Bishop of Kilmore but left no heirs. In 1844 the estate was for sale and was bought by James Hamilton of Dublin.
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