Arthur Blennerhassett Rowan
Arthur Blennerhassett Rowan,
born 1800,
of Belmont House, Tralee, Co.Kerry.
Local historian and antiquarian writer.
See
wikipedia.
He
mar 1820 to
Alicia Thompson.
Curate of
Blennerville
1824-1854.
Ven. Arthur Blennerhassett Rowan,
DD.
Chairman of Tralee Harbour Commission.
He was responsible
for building of
Tralee Ship Canal.
Project started 1828,
construction started 1832,
opened 1846.
Listed in [Slater's Directory, 1846]
as of the Rectory, Blennerville.
Author of
"Genealogies of Kerry" 1846.
Author of
Lake Lore, or, An Antiquarian Guide to some of the Ruins and Recollections of Killarney, 1853.
Wrote about Tralee in 1854.
Rector of Kilgobbin, Clonfert 1854-1856.
Made a
transcript of "Black Jack's Book" 1855.
Archdeacon of Ardfert, Co.Kerry, 1856 until death 1861.
Author of
[Rowan, 1860].
He died 14 Aug 1861, age 61 yrs, bur Ballyseedy churchyard.
See
plaque
in Tralee church.
See portrait in
[Co.Kerry Soc. annual report 1938-9].
Alicia died 1876.
They had issue:
- Anne Margaret Rowan,
born 1832.
She was a
novelist, historian, and political activist.
See wikipedia.
See
historical notes in Kerry Evening Post 1897 and 1908.
She died 1913.
Belmont House, Cloghers townland, S of Tralee.
Home of Arthur Blennerhassett Rowan.
From
1829 to 1842 map.
See
modern map.
Belmont House on modern
3D view.
See BELMONT HOUSE in
[Houses of Kerry, p.48].
See photo in
[McMorran and O'Keeffe, 2005, p.119].
References
Sources yet to be consulted
