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Cotton Family of Arm, Castlerea. Various members of the Cotton family were leasing property in the barony of Castlereagh at the time of Griffith's Valuation and earlier in the nineteenth century. Wright Cotton held land in the parish of Cloonfinlough, barony of Roscommon in the 1850s, previously part of the estate of John Balfe. In the 1870s Wright Cotton of Hartstown, Clonsilla, Dublin, held over 200 acres in county Roscommon. Cox Cotton, son of William James Cotton of Longford House, Castlerea bought the Brierfield estate from the Hawkes family in the late 19th century.
(Left) Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland - Instituted A.D. 1841. For the best five acres of thorough draining in the Castlerea Union Farming Society. William Cotton - Arm - 1843. (Right) Co. Roscommon Farming Society 1874. Presented by C. French Esqr to Cox Cotton Esqr for best performance over Stone Wall - Jolly Boy. Longford House is best known as the birthplace, in 1860, of the first President of Ireland, Douglas Hyde. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was leased by Rev. John Oldfield to William Cotton and was valued at £10. It is still extant and occupied as a private dwelling. The Hawkes family built a chapel of ease at Brierfield in 1720. Brierfield House was their main residence in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was sold to Cox Cotton in the late 19th century and is no longer extant. William Lloyd was leasing a property valued at £8 to Laurence Henry at Arm, barony of Castlereagh, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Lewis records this property as Arm Lodge, a seat of W. Lloyd in 1837. In 1814 Arm Lodge was the residence of Mr. John Cotton and in the 1870s of William Garnett. Landed Estates Database and other sources. With thanks. |
