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Colgan (Westmeath)
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At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Marcus Colgan was leasing land from Sir Richard Nagle, Robert Smyth and others in the county Westmeath parishes of Ardnurcher, Castletownkindalen and Kilbeggan. In the mid-1870s Hussey de Burgh records the land ownership of Mark Colgan, of Castlerickard, Enfield, county Meath, as 624 acres in county Meath, 175 acres in county Westmeath and 34 acres in King’s County (Offaly). Denis J Colgan owned 240 acres in county Westmeath at this time.
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