Estate: Concanon

Associated Families

• Betagh/Beytagh
• Concanon
• Joyce (Corgary)
• Browne (Carrownacregg West)

Description

The Concannons were formerly Gaelic chiefs in the Kilkerrin area of north east Galway. The lands of Carrownacregg were granted to Sisby O'Concannon by patent dated 21 Mar 1678. Waterloo replaced Carrownacregg as the main family residence in the early 19th century. In 1824 Edmund Concannon, of Waterloo Lodge, is recorded as a resident proprietor in county Galway. He married Jane, daughter of John Blake of Belmont and his wife Sarah Cuff, sister of Baron Tyrawley. Blake Foster records that they had six sons, the eldest,Henry, was a barrister and married Countess Maria Aurora Arabella de Luicia. The third son, Edmond, married Kate Parsons and they had a son, Edmond John. James Blake Concannon of Esker was the fourth son. Over 3000 acres owned by Edmond John Concannon and Edward Thomas Beytagh, were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1851. Much of the land was in the baronies of Clare and Dunkellin, county Galway and some of it was on perpetual lease from the Clanricarde estate. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Concannons held land in the parish of Killoscobe, barony of Tiaquin, some of which was leased from Walter Joyce of Corgary and also in the parish of Grange, barony of Loughrea. Henry Concannon sold Carrownacregg West, including a mansion 'out of repair', to James Browne in 1851. Three persons named Concannon with addresses at Tuam, Dunmore and Castleblakeney, owned small acreages in county Galway in the 1870s. Loughnane, writing in 1975, gives an account of working for the Concannon family at Rockfield between 1910-1931.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Rockfield House (H651) Melvin states that throughout the 18th and 19th centuries the house at Rockfield was occupied by Burkes, Brownes, Blakes and Concanons. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was occupied by Patrick J. Blake and was valued at £26. In 1837 Lewis recorded it as the home of M. Browne. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to it as the seat of Michael Browne. In 1906 it was owned by the Hon. Richard A. Nugent when it was valued at £27. The Encumbered and Landed Estates sale notices give the impression that the house was sometimes known as Rockville. Though the house no longer survives the gatelodges are still occupied.	Rockfield	Killeeneen	Loughrea	Greethill 114	Dunkellin	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.26396 -8.75689 OSI Ref: M495240 Discovery map #46. OS Sheet #96.
Carrownacregg West (H823) Originally a Concannon house, sold to the Brownes in 1851 when it was in need of repair and to the Hughes family in the early 20th century. The original house is no longer extant.	Carrownacregg West	Killoscobe	Mountbellew	Derryglassaun 154	Tiaquin	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.44912 -8.59008 OSI Ref: M608 445 Discovery map #46. OS Sheet #59.
Waterloo House (H824) In 1786, Wilson refers to a house in this area as Fair-Hill, the seat of Mr. French. Waterloo was the home of the Concannons from the 1820s to the early 20th century. It was held in fee by Edmund Concannon at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at over £20. It is still extant and occupied.	Aghanahil	Killoscobe	Mountbellew	Mounthazel 156	Tiaquin	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.41982 -8.51446 OSI Ref: M658 412 Discovery map #46. OS Sheet #60.

Archival sources

• Irish Architectural Archive: Rockfield House, Athenry. Photographs. 039/006. Sale catalogue, residence of E. Concannon, Jan. 1940 RP.D.209.2
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Concannon & Beytagh lands, Dunkellin, 12 Dec 1851, Vol 12, MRGS 39/005, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Concannon, 3 July 1851, Vol 9, MRGS 39/004, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Collis & Ward, solicitors' collection, includes deeds re land in Co Galway involving Concannon, Kirwan, Clanricarde & Beytagh, 1839,1852. Small Accs. Index 98, D.21,982-21,983
• National Library of Ireland: Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of Edmond Concanon of Carrownacregg, Co Galway and to his grandson Edmond John Concanon of Waterloo, Co Galway, 21 Sept 1854. GO MS 198: 29-80
• National Library of Ireland: Charles ffrench Blake Forster's genealogies include Concannon of Carrownacreggy. MS 13,560
• National Library of Ireland: Estate records of Denis J. Kirwan and Sons, land agents, Tuam, mid 19th - mid 20th centuries, includes copy letters to Concannon, 1920s. Acc. 5124

Contemporary printed sources

• DUTTON, Hely. Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 416.
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Mountbellew Union, 77
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 90 (Carnagrigga)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 131
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 330
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 294

Modern printed sources

• The Blazer: Loughnane, John. Upstairs Downstairs. No.2, Summer 1975.
• The Blazer: COMERFORD, William J. Notes on the Concanon family. No.4 Summer 1976.
• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical history of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison, 1883: 149 (Cuff, Baron Tyrawley)
• MCHALE, Bernard. Menlough Looking Back, a parish and sporting history. [1989?]: 77-78
• MELVIN, Patrick. Estates and landed society in Galway. (Dublin: Éamonn de Búrca, 2012). : p.9-10
• NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: Concannon of Jamaica & Loughrea, including reference to Matthew Concannon Attorney General of Jamaica in the mid 18th century. No. 197
• SPELLISSY, Séan. The History of Galway. Limerick: Celtic Bookshop, 1999. : 458-459

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