O'Kelly (Gortray/Fairfield)
Ambrose O'Kelly was the one of the principal lessors in the parish of Kilmalinoge, barony of Longford, county Galway at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The estate of William O'Kelly of Gortray amounted to over 900 acres in the 1870s. In 1906 John A. O'Kelly owned over 500 acres of untenanted land in Kilmalinoge including the mansion house at Gortray. The property later passed by the inheritence to the Deasy family. In 2007 it was offered for sale.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gurtray/Gortrea/Gortray/Fairfield | Gortrea or Fairfield | Kilmalinoge | Portumna | Kilmalinoge 181 | Longford | Galway |
OSI Ref: M848085
OS Sheet: 118 Discovery map: 53 |
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Archival sources
- Gurtray. Photographs. 024/076.; Irish Architectural Archive
- Family letters in the possession of Count John D. O'Kelly of Gurtray, Portumna, Co. Galway concerning the family of O'Kelly de Gallagh and Tycooly, Co. Galway and the family of Plunkett of Mount Plunkett and Keclogues, Co. Roscommon, 1772-1828. O'Kelly Papers, n.5297, p.5406 ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Portumna Union, 26.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 298
- 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] : 353
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 335.
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxviii, 74 (Gurtray)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 419 (Fairfield, [Hamilton])
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 458-459
- ''Irish Times'': McCONNELL, Sean. Leaving land of my fathers for pastures new. Property Supplement, 17 May 2007.
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: O'Kelly Papers. Special List No. 78
- CONWELL, J. J. ''Lickmolassy by the Shannon''. Galway: Gortanumera Historical Society, 1998. : 70-72
- MELVIN, Patrick. ''Estates and landed society in Galway''. (Dublin: Éamonn de Búrca, 2012). : pp.4