Pilkington (Tore)
Estate(s)
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Pilkington (Tore) | According to Burke’s Landed Gentry Richard Pilkington acquired ‘extensive property’ in Westmeath and King’s County (Offaly) at the end of the 17th century and settled at Rathgarrett or Tore. O’Brien gives a detailed account of this family. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) family members held lands in the parishes of Clonfad, Kilbride and Newtown. In the 1870s Henry Mulock Pilkington of Tore owned 89 acres in King’s County and 1,683 acres in county Westmeath while William Pilkington of Kilbride owned 376 acres. |
| Low/Lowe (Newtown Low) | In 1667, William Lowe was granted 5,217 acres in the barony of Moycashell, county Westmeath and two years later a further 512 acres. He and his brothers were soldiers in Cromwell’s army. The Lows were connected by marriage to the Pilkington, North and Cuppage families but by the 19th century the family appear to have died out in county Westmeath. Lewis wrote in 1837 that Newtownlow (N382368), formerly the residence of the Low family is now in ruins. http://www.bomford.net/IrishBomfords/Chapters/Chapter23/low_family_of_newtown.htm |