Murtagh

Name	Description
Murtagh	In the mid-19th century James Murtagh was a Justice of the Peace living at Newpark (Carrowmurragh), parish of Kiltoom, barony of Athlone, county Roscommon and Riversdale, county Dublin. He had a son Patrick V C Murtagh who became a solicitor. Another family member John Murtagh of Ballaghkeeran, county Westmeath, was Deputy Chairman of the Athlone Poor Law Union. In July and December 1876 and again in December 1879, lands belonging to the Murtaghs in counties Roscommon (1,581 acres), Longford (464 acres) and Westmeath (354 acres) were for sale in the Landed Estates Court. In 1878 Murtagh Brothers and Company of Newpark, Athlone, owned 874 acres in county Westmeath, while James Murtagh of Newpark owned 1,004 acres in county Roscommon.
Lyster (Lysterfield)	The Lyster estate was in the parishes of Cam, Kiltoom and Taghmaconnell, barony of Athlone, county Roscommon. The senior branch of the family resided at New Park in the parish of Kiltoom but the male line died out in 1806. In 1828 James Lyster of Lysterfield was a member of the Grand Panel of county Roscommon. By the mid 19th century the estate had been taken over by the Court of Chancery. Elizabeth Robinson Lyster who married Frederick Trench, Lord Ashtown in 1785 was a descendant of Anthony Lyster of Lysterfield who died in the 1740s. Descendants of Anthony's brother John resided at Lysterfield from the late 18th century and by the 1880s the head of the family was living in Ontario, Canada.