Descended from the Malones of Baronston, county Westmeath, members of this family were prominent in the legal circles of 18th century Ireland. The Honourable Anthony Malone M.P. was Prime Serjeant and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1757-1760 and uncle of Baron Sunderlin.
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Martin J. Blake writes that the Martyns of Curraghmore were descended from Geoffrey Martin, Mayor of Galway in 1631, whose eldest son John was transplanted from Galway to 500 acres in the barony of Ballynahinch, county Galway by the Cromwellian Commissioners. G.V.Martyn, a member of this family, wrote a number of articles in the ''Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'' in the early years of the 20th century.
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A family from county Donegal who served as members of Parliament and in the legal profession. In 1793 Catherine McCausland married William Plunket 1st Baron Plunket. Her nephew Sir Richard Bolton McCausland inherited the Drimbawn, county Mayo property of his first cousin Catherine Plunket.
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Martin McDonnell and Farrell McDonnell may have been related. They both acquired estates in counties Galway and Roscommon in the latter part of the 19th century.
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George McNamara was a son of Florence McNamara of Dromyn, county Clare. He was reputed to be a highwayman and became a popular figure in local folklore.
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John Moore elected President of the Republic of Connaught in 1798, George Henry Moore supporter of tenant right and the author, George Augustus Moore, were all members of the family of Moore of Moorehall.
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