John Irwin Esq. : Short Biography

John Irwin Esq. of Camlin (1762-1842) was the son of John Irwin & Rebecca Phibbs (see Rushfield). "Eriwine" and "Erwinne" are old English first names, derived from the "ir afon" meaning "green water" in old Celtic languages.

SEAT AT CAMLIN

In 1814 Camlin (parish of Eastersnow, Boyle) was the seat of John Irwin (1762–1842).

In 1837, at the time of the 1st Ordnance Survey, Camlin was being leased by John Irwin from the estate of Guy Lloyd and was described as "a good house of three stories". Lewis recorded Camlin as the seat of John Irwin Esq. and that the parochial school of Estersnow, under the patronage of Mrs Irwin, of Camlin, afforded instruction to about 80 children in 1837. 

Lewis also recorded Granny as the seat of Thomas Irwin Esq. (In March 1852, the estate of Thomas Irwin, the elder, at Granny East, barony of Boyle, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates court. This included a "comfortable residence" depicted in the sale notice.)

MARRIAGES

John Irwin Esq.'s first marriage was to Mary Ormsby.  In the winter of 1798, John Irwin Esq. married  Elizabeth O Malley (1770-1840), who was a direct descendant of the pirate queen Gráinne Mhaol aka Grace O'Malley.

Children

John Irwin III (1800-1842) married Emily Bolton (d.1904)

Mary Irwin 1801-1864 married Caleb Robertson Esq. of Tangier House BOYLE

George O Malley Irwin 1802-1876

Rebecca Irwin 1806-1876

Mira Irwin 1808-1892 married John Duke Esq. of Moylurg House, Clogher, Boyle

Andrew Irwin (1809-1874) married Belinda Bolton (1826-73)

William Irwin (1810-1889) married Eliza Jane Crump

Dorothea Irwin 1812-1874

DEATH & INHERITANCE

John Irwin Esq. died in May 1842. His eldest son, John Irwin III died two months later in July 1842, whose son (John Irwin Jr) inherited the Camlin estate. At the time of Griffith's Valuation in 1857, the representatives of John Irwin Jr., a minor, (Caleb Robertson) were leasing a house at Camlin, valued at £14, to James Badger.