A family descended from a Cromwellian soldier who bought and was granted extensive estates in the barony of Tirawley, Co Mayo. Branches of the family lived at Enniscoe, Carrowmore and Fortland in the barony.
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The Jennings were descended from the Norman family of de Burgo or Bourke. They were the McSeonins or sons of John, anglicised to Jonine and later to Jennings. The Jennings family held extensive lands in the barony of Kilmaine, county Mayo, before the land upheavels of the 17th century when they were deprived of most of their estates. Michael Newton from Ontario, Canada, did a large amount of research on the Jennings family in the 1980s, copies are in the library of the Irish Genealogical Society, London. The Mount Jenings and Fountainhill branches of the family spelt their name without a double 'n'. Theobald Jenings of Fountainhill and George Jenings of Castletown, uncle of George Jenings of Mount Jenings appear to have been brothers.
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The MacJordans, chiefs of the barony of Gallen, were established at Ballylahan Castle in the 17th century. They lost the majority of their lands under the Cromwellian confiscation but were allowed to retain the Rosslevin estate in the parish of Bohola. They dropped the prefix 'Mac' towards the end of the 17th century.
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A family associated with Cashel, county Tipperary. Their property there was eventually inherited by the Fitzgerald family who took the additional name of Judkin.
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