A well known family who lived in the town of Ballinrobe, county Mayo from the 18th to the 20th century. One family member is the musician Courtney Kenny and this family is also connected to the composer Percy French.
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The Kings were one of the most influential landed families in the West of Ireland. The family also held extensive lands in other parts of the country notably around Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, held as the Earls of Kingston.
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A family who settled in the west of Ireland in the early 17th century and were established at Castleton and Moyne Abbey, county Mayo by the early 18th century. From the mid 19th century they had residences at Yeo Vale, Bideford, North Devon and at Glencarha, county Mayo. Other branches of the family were living on Bartragh Island and in the town of Killala.
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A Scottish family who settled in county Donegal in the early 18th century. The historian Hubert T.Knox, author of ''The History of Mayo to the close of the 16th century'', London, 1908, and other works, was a member of this family.
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The Knoxes of Moyne Abbey and Knoxes of Castlereagh were the 2 main lines descended from William Knox of Lifford, Co Donegal. Lawrence Edward Knox, grandson of John Knox of Castlereagh (1783-1861), founded the 'Irish Times' in 1859. His father had moved to Sussex when the Castlereagh estate was sold in 1853 but some of his uncles remained in Co Mayo. The Knoxes of Mount Falcon are a junior branch of this family.
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The Knoxes of Moyne Abbey and the Knoxes of Castlereagh were the two main lines descended from William Knox of Lifford, county Donegal. The Blake Knoxes, Knox Gores, Saunders Knox Gores, Pery Knox Gores and the Knoxes of Rappa, Bushfield, Netley Park, Greenwoodpark, Palmerstown and Errew Grange are all descended from the Knoxes of Moyne Abbey.
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