Estate: Trench (Garbally)

Associated Families

• Trench (Garbally) (Clancarty, Earl of.)
• Horsman
• Wade (Kilcloony)

Description

Burke indicates that the Trenches originated in France but settled in the North of England. Frederick Trench came to Ireland in the 1630s and purchased the castle and lands of Garbally. Successive generations represented county Galway in parliament. Willam Power Keating Trench was created Earl of Clancarty in 1803. The Clancarty estate was one of the largest in county Galway in the 19th century. In 1824 Lord Clancarty is described as a resident proprietor in the county. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the estate owned property in the baronies of Clonmacnowen, Dunkellin, Kilconnell and Loughrea. In the 1870s the Earl of Clancarty owned almost 24,000 acres in county Galway as well as over 1600 acres in county Roscommon. Property in Ballinasloe town. leased from the Clancarty estate by James Edward Ward, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates court in January 1858.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Garbally Park (H640) In 1783 Taylor and Skinner show Garbally as a seat of the Trench family. Wilson mentions Garbally , "the very fine seat of Willaim Power Keating Trench", in 1786. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was the seat of the Earl of Clancarty and was valued at £150. It became St. Joseph's College, Garbally Park, in 1922 and has functioned as a school until very recently. It is still extant.	Garbally Demesne	Kilcloony	Ballinasloe	Ballinasloe Rural 4	Clonmacnowen	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.32361 -8.24915 OSI Ref: M834304 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #87.
Glenville (H672) The Earl of Clancarty was leasing a house valued at £12 in Cahercrea East to Margaret Daly in 1855. A house is still extant and now known as Glenville. It is located just inside the boundary in Curheen townland. In the adjoining townland of Ballycoony Clancarty was leasing a house valued at £4 as well as 118 acres to John Hardy at the time of Griffith's Valuation.	Cahercrea East/Curheen	Killeenadeema	Loughrea	Aille 119	Loughrea	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.17858 -8.59982 OSI Ref: M599144 Discovery map #52. OS Sheet #105.
Millmount House (H796) Thomas Phayre was leasing this property from the Earl of Clancarty's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It also included a mill, herd's house and 150 acres. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it was built in the 1760s. It is still extant and occupied.	Gortnamacken	Kilchreest	Loughrea	Killogilleen 132	Dunkellin	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.18198 -8.63877 OSI Ref: M573148 Discovery map #52. OS Sheet #105.
Carrownea (H960) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Evans was leasing a property valued at £10 at Carrownea, parish of Ballymacward, from the Clancarty estate. Earlier in 1837, Lewis had recorded Carrownea as the seat of J. Fitzsimons. Flynn writes that, in 1850, the lease of Carrownea House and lands passed to William Evans, brother of John Cannon Evans of Cross House. There is still an extant house at Carrownea.	Carrownea	Ballymacward	Ballinasloe	Ballymacward 7	Kilconnell	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.36869 -8.49131 OSI Ref: M673355 Discovery map #46. OS Sheet #73.
Kellysgrove (H999) Wilson refers to Kellysgrove as the seat of Mr. Kelly in 1786. In 1837 Lewis recorded Kellysgrove as the seat of W. Kelly. The house was occupied by Charles Denis Kelly at the time of the Encumbered Estates court sale in December 1850. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the house at Kellysgrove, parish of Clontuskert, valued at £20, was leased by Robert St. George from the Earl of Clancarty's estate. The original house is no longer extant.	Kellysgrove	Clonstuskert	Ballinasloe	Kellysgrove 6	Clonmacnowen	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.29670 -8.22499 OSI Ref: M850274 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #87, 88.
Sonnagh (H1001) Walter McDonagh was leasing a property at Sonnagh, parish of Fohanagh, barony of Clonmacnowen, from the Clancarty estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He was also the occupier of a mill at Pollboy, valued at £95, in this parish. His estate was centred on Lowville in the barony of Kilconnell. A house still exists at the Sonnagh site.	Sonnagh	Fohanagh	Ballinasloe	Ahascragh 1	Clonmacnowen	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.37648 -8.31407 OSI Ref: M791363 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #74.
Craig's Hotel (H1002) John H. Craig was leasing a property valued at £65 at Back, parish of Kilcloony, barony of Clonmacnowen from the Clancarty estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He was running this property as a hotel. In Slater's Commerical Directory, 1846, Craig's hotel was located on the Main Street in Ballinasloe. The Royal Mail car called there on its way from Galway to Dublin.	Back	Kilcloony	Ballinasloe	Ballinasloe Urban 5	Clonmacnowen	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.32816 -8.22215 OSI Ref: M852309 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #88.
Brackernagh Lodge (H1003) A house valued at £18 at Brackernagh, parish of Kilcloony, barony of Clonmacnowen, was being leased by the Clancarty estate to Miss L. Trench at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This is most likely the house which appears on the 6-inch OS map as Brackernagh Lodge. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage notes that it was previously known as Mount Catherine. It is still extant and occupied.	Brackernagh	Kilcloony	Ballinasloe	Ballinasloe Urban & Rural 4 & 5	Clonmacnowen	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.31915 -8.23711 OSI Ref: M842299 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #87.
Caher (H1004) Lewis records Caher as the seat of J. Dillon in 1837. The house at Caher, with a demesne, the property of James Dillon, were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates court in July 1854. Samuel Wade was leasing a property valued at £17 at Caher, in the parish of Kilcloony, barony of Clonmacnowen, from the Clancarty estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The ruins of the house and stable block are still visible.	Caher	Kilcloony	Ballinasloe	Ballinasloe Rural 4	Clonmacnowen	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.31635 -8.28212 OSI Ref: M812296 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #87.
Cleaghmore (H1005) Andrew Montgomery was leasing a house valued at £13 from the Clancarty estate at Cleaghmore, parish of Kilcloony, barony of Clonmacnowen, at the time of Griffith's Valuation.	Cleaghmore	Kilcloony	Ballinasloe	Ballinasloe Urban 5	Clonmacnowen	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.33174 -8.23118 OSI Ref: M846313 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #74, 87, 88.
Cleaghmore B & C (H1009) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the Clancarty estate was leasing two houses in this townland to members of the Le Poer Trench family, one (Cleaghmore B) valued at £23 and the other Cleaghmore C) at £21. They were leased by Mrs. Le Poer Trench and Robert Le Poer Trench respectively.	Cleaghmore	Kilcloony	Ballinasloe	Ballinasloe Urban 5	Clonmacnowen	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.33084 -8.23268 OSI Ref: M845312 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #74, 87, 88.
Deerpark (H1010) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, James Horsman was leasing buildings valued at £28 which included a mill, at Deerpark, parish of Kilcloony, barony of Clonmacnowen, from the Clancarty estate. The property was in ruins by the 1890s.	Deerpark	Kilcloony	Ballinasloe	Ballinasloe Rural 4	Clonmacnowen	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.33710 -8.24622 OSI Ref: M836319 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #74.
Mackney (H1011) In 1837 Lewis records Mackney as the seat of Archdeacon Trench. Henry Gascoyne was leasing a house valued at £36 from the Clancarty estate at Mackney, parish of Kilcloony, barony of Clonmacnowen, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A second house in this townland, valued at £11, was leased to Thomas Gill. This may have been the property described on the 6-inch OS Map as Mackney Cottage.	Mackney	Kilcloony	Ballinasloe	Kellysgrove 6	Clonmacnowen	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.31643 -8.24610 OSI Ref: M836296 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #87.
Mountventure (H1025) Occupied by John Evans in 1814. James Raftery was leasing it from the Clancarty estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at almost £10. The house is no longer extant though some walls remain.	Mountventure	Ballymacward	Ballinasloe	Ballymacward 7	Tiaquin	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.38033 -8.50196 OSI Ref: M666 368 Discovery map #46. OS Sheet #73.
Kilgarve House (H1356) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Joseph Potts was leasing the house known as Kilgarve, barony of Moycarn, valued at £28, from the Earl of Clancarty's estate. At the time of the first Ordnance Survey the house is not shown although buildings and woodland are indicated. On the later 25" map, Kilgarve House is marked. A house is still extant at the site.	Kilgarve	Creagh	Ballinasloe	Creagh 21	Moycarn	Roscommon	Lat/Lon: 53.32553 -8.18612 OSI Ref: M876306 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #53.
Creagh Lodge (H1360) Francis Madden was leasing a property valued at £13 at Townparks, barony of Moycarn, from the Earl of Clancarty's estate in the 1850s. This may the property referred to on the 1st edition OS map as Creagh Lodge.	Townparks	Creagh	Ballinasloe	Ballinasloe Urban 5	Moycarn	Roscommon	Lat/Lon: 53.33899 -8.19518 OSI Ref: M870321 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #53.
Lime Hill (H1521) Patrick Egan was leasing property valued at £13 including a mill and over 100 acres, at Limehill, barony of Leitrim, county Galway, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This was part of the Clancarty estate. The house is labelled Limehill House on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. It is still extant.	Limehill	Duniry	Loughrea	Bracklagh 136	Leitrim	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.16485 -8.45309 OSI Ref: M697128 Discovery map #52. OS Sheet #106, 116.
Curheen House (H2924) Sometimes known as Coorheen House. In 1786 Wilson refers to Curheen as the seat of Mr. Loftus. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, this was a small property occupied by Andrew Egan, leasing from the Clancarty estate and valued at £1 5s. Extended and enlarged sometime after this, by the 1890s it had become Curheen House, resided in by the Aitken family, agents for the Clancarty estate. Later the residence of the RC Bishop of Clonfert.	Curheen	Kileenadeema	Loughrea	Aille	Loughrea	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.18491 -8.59243 OSI Ref: M604151 Discovery map #52. OS Sheet #105.
Alloonbaun/Church View (H4856) At the time of Griffith's Valuation Rev. Joseph Seymour was leasing this house from the Clancarty estate when it was valued at almost £8. It is still extant and occupied.	Alloonbaun	Ballymacward	Ballinasloe	Ballymacward	Tiaquin	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.37954 -8.47640 OSI Ref: M683367 Discovery map #. OS Sheet #73.

Archival sources

• Irish Architectural Archive: Garbally Court. Photographs & Press Cuttings. 022/042.
• James Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland, Galway: Correspondence of the Trench family, Earls of Clancarty, mainly relating to international affairs and family events but including some estate material, 1777-1870. LE16
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Ward/Dunlo, 9 Janaury 1858, Vol 50, MRGS 39/024 (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Trench (Clancarty), 25 June 1875, Vol 120, MRGS 39/054, (microfilm copy in NUIG
• National Archives of Ireland: Correspondence of the Trench family, Earls of Clancarty, Garbally, Co Galway, 1785-1861. Acc. No. 999/347
• National Archives of Ireland: 5 Jan. 1831 Letters Patent granted to the Right Hon. Richard Earl of Clancarty G.C.B. to be Vice Admiral of the Province of Connaught in Ireland. Private Collections. 99/13/1/42
• National Library of Ireland: Rental of Trench estates in county Galway, 1840-51. MSS 2577.
• Representative Church Body Library: Lease of lands of Baslick, Co. Roscommon from the Hon. Power Le Poer Trench, Bishop of Elphin to the Rt Hon. Catherine, Lady Mount Sandford, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, 29 Sept 1817. Ms 562

Contemporary printed sources

Many of these resources are now available online. For a list with Web links please see the Online Printed Sources Links

• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Loughrea Union, 11 (Curheen), 102 (Cahercrea & Ballycoony), 149 (Lime Hill)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballinasloe Union, 15 (Kilgarve Hood), 18 (Kellysgrove), 19 (Townparks), 21 (Hotel, Brackernagh), 22 (Caher, Cleaghmore) 23 (Deerpark), 30 (Garbally Park), 32 (Mackney), 65 (Carrownea) , 95 (Alloonbaun), 98 (Mountventure).
• The Irish Builder: Anon. The Clancarty statue at Ballinasloe. XVI, 355 (1874), 264.
• BATEMAN, John. The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.90
• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage....privy councillors and knights. London: Harrison, 1894. : 287-289
• DUTTON, Hely. Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 412.
• HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 82.
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 192 & 298 (Mountventure)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol. II, 61.
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland, 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 262
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland, 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 368
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of names of proprietors and area and valuation of properties in counties in Ireland, held in fee or perpetuity or long leases at chief rents, 1876. (412) LXXX. 395: 148.
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 294, 314.
• SLATER, Isaac. Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats. (Manchester: 1894) : Garbally, xxvii & 59
• TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 82 (Garbaly)
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 119 (Garbally)

Modern printed sources

• Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society: IRELAND, Aideen. Clancarthy Correspondence 1785-1861. XLVI (1994), 197-202
• Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society: COMER, Siubhán. The Gate Lodges of East Galway: An Overview. LIII (2001), 127-136
• The Irish Genealogist: MELVIN, Patrick. The composition of the Galway gentry. VII No. 1(1986), 82-83
• BENCE-JONES, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 131 (Garbally)
• COOKE-TRENCH, Thomas R.F. A memoir of the Trench family. [n.p] privately printed, 1897.: All
• Le POER TRENCH, Richard. Memoir of the Le Poer Trench family. Dublin: Hodges & Figgis, 1874. : All
• MOSLEY, Charles (ed). Burke's Peerage and Baronetage. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999: 576-578.
• O'BYRNE, ROBERT. The Irish aesthete: ruins of Ireland. London: Cico Books, 2019. : pp.122-123 (Garbally Court)
• SPELLISSY, Séan. The History of Galway. Limerick: Celtic Bookshop, 1999. : 270-271.