Kirwan (Gardenfield)
An estate in the parish of Tuam, county Galway, was restored to Martin Kirwan and his eldest son Richard, by a grant of 1677 and included Tobberkeigh (Blindwell) and Ballyetrasna (Gardenfield). The Gardenfield estate amounting to 1,843 acres was advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates' Court in April 1854 by James and Robert Kirwan. It appears that the estate was not sold as Henry Kirwan of Gardenfield still owned 1,403 acres in county Galway and 492 acres in county Roscommon in the 1870s. The burial vault of this family is in Kilbannon cemetery.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardenfield | Gardenfield | Tuam | Tuam | Killeen 220 | Dunmore | Galway |
OSI Ref: M421 550
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 39 |
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| Ballygaddy | Ballygaddy | Kilbennan | Tuam | Tuam Rural 222 | Dunmore | Galway |
OSI Ref: M421 542
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 39 |
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| The Grove | Town Parks 2nd Division | Tuam | Tuam | Tuam Urban 215 | Clare | Galway |
OSI Ref: M435 517
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 39 |
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Kirwan, 21 Apr 1854, Vol 27, MRGS 39/012, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Estate records of Denis J. Kirwan and Sons, land agents, Tuam, mid 19th - mid 20th centuries, including account book of rents received, 1909-1921. Acc. No. 5124; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Tuam Union, 181
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 648
- 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
- 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] : 253
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 297 & 317
- DUTTON, Hely. ''Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 414
- 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: 78 & 214 (Ballygaddy)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 238
- 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: 149.
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 122 (The Grove, Ballygaddy & Friendly Quarters)
Modern printed sources
- MELVIN, Patrick. The Galway Tribes as Landowners and Gentry. In MORAN, Gerard (ed). ''Galway: History & Society''. Dublin: Geography Publications, 1996 : 319-374
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 309
- ''Jnl. of the Old Tuam Society'': MOHR, Paul. Landlords, politics and dining: A window into North Galway/South Mayo society during the decade before the Famine. Jots 2 (2005), 31-38
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Family History Society : Galway Roots'': Family tree of Kirwans of Gardenfield. II (1994), 57-58