French (Moneen)
In 1667 Matthew French was granted over 4,000 acres in the barony of Tiaquin, county Galway, including the commons of Menlough and nearly a thousand acres in the barony of Clanmorris, county Mayo. Gregory Anthony French of Moneen, later known as Vermount, sold his estate of 715 acres in the parish of Ballymacward, barony of Tiaquin, county Galway, to James Blake of Waterdale in 1801.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Vermount | Moneen | Killoscobe | Mountbellew | Mounthazel 156 | Tiaquin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M636412
OS Sheet: 59 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Waterloo House | Aghanahil | Killoscobe | Mountbellew | Mounthazel 156 | Tiaquin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M658 412
OS Sheet: 60 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Colmanstown | Colmanstown | Clonkeen | Loughrea | Colmanstown 111 | Tiaquin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M598 384
OS Sheet: 72 Discovery map: 46 |
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Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 125
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 131 (Munnine, Fair-Hill & Colmanstown)