Fetherstonhaugh (Bracklyn)

Name	Description
Fetherstonhaugh (Bracklyn)	A family from the north of England who settled in Ireland in the mid-seventeenth century. Various branches settled in different counties but mainly in County Westmeath. The senior branch descend from Cuthbert Fetherstonhaugh who settled at Dardistown, county Westmeath, about 1726. He married Mary Magan of the Umoe family. From their eldest son John descend the Fetherstonhaughs of Dardistown, Mosstown and Grouse Lodge. From their second son Thomas descend the Fetherstonhaughs of Bracklyn, Rockview and Griffinstown. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) the Bracklyn estate was in the parishes of Killagh, Killucan and Killulagh. At the same time the Fetherstonhaughs of Rockview held an estate in the parishes of Faughalstown, Killulagh, Mullingar and Churchtown, while Reverend John Fetherstonhaugh of Griffinstown owned an estate in the parish of Killucan. In the mid-1870s family members owned the following acreages in county Westmeath; Cecil Howard Digby Fetherstonhaugh of Bracklyn Castle 4,711 acres; the representatives of Reverend John Fetherstonhaugh of Griffinstown 2,234 acres; Richard Steele Fetherstonhaugh of Rockview, Killucan, 2,709 acres and 439 acres in County Meath; Rupert Pennefather Fetherstonhaugh of Balrath (Rockview family) 923 acres; William Fetherstonhaugh of Grouse Lodge 1,075 acres.