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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.
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].

Death, 1861:
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:

1. 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].

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References

• Arthur Blennerhassett Rowan in [DNB].
• Arthur Blennerhassett Rowan in [DNB, 1885-1900 edn].

• Spare Minutes of a Minister (1837). Anonymous work by Arthur Blennerhasset Rowan.
• Obituary of Arthur Blennerhassett Rowan, Kerry Evening Post, 14th Aug 1861.
• Obituary of Arthur Blennerhassett Rowan, The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 211, Nov 1861, p.565.

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Sources yet to be consulted

• ROWAN, ARTHUR BLENNERHASSET in [DIB]

• Obituary of Arthur Blennerhassett Rowan, Proc. RIA, series 1, vol.8, p.91, 1861-64.

• Lake Lore, or, An Antiquarian Guide to some of the Ruins and Recollections of Killarney, Arthur Blennerhassett Rowan, 1853.

• Memories of Old Tralee, by Miss A. M. Rowan, 1895, printed 2016.