Aylward

A branch of the Aylward family of Faithlegg, county Waterford was transported to Connacht in the mid 17th century. Peter Aylward was confirmed in his possession of an estate of over 2,400 acres in the parish of Ballynakill, barony of Leitrim, county Galway by patent dated 1677. At the same time Nicholas Aylward was granted over 900 acres at Ardreny in the barony of Clonmacnowen. Peter Aylward married Elizabeth French of Tyrone, county Galway and their son, John Aylward, conformed to Protestantism in 1725. The male line of the Ballynagar family ended with the death of John Michael Aylward in 1867 and the estate passed to his nephew John Michael Aylward Lewis. The estate of James Kearney Aylward at Ardreany in the barony of Clonmacnowen, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates court in November 1854. The Freeman's Journal reported that it was purchased by Baron Greene for over £10,000. The estate was sold to the tenants following the Wyndham Land Act in the early twentieth century. Other branches of the family remained in county Waterford and were active in the commercial and political life of the city and county into the nineteenth century.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Edward's Lodge	Derrylahan	Ballynakill	Loughrea	Ballynagar 135	Leitrim	Galway	OSI Ref: M756011 OS Sheet: 126 Discovery map: 53
Silverstream House	Silverstream	Ballynakill	Loughrea	Ballinagar 135	Leitrim	Galway	OSI Ref: M712032 OS Sheet: 125 Discovery map: 52
Brookville (Ballygowan)	Ballygowan	Ballynakill	Loughrea	Ballynagar 135	Leitrim	Galway	OSI Ref: M741043 OS Sheet: 125 Discovery map:
Ballynagar/Ballinagar	Ballynagar	Ballynakill	Loughrea	Ballynagar 135	Leitrim	Galway	OSI Ref: M715041 OS Sheet: 125 Discovery map: 52
Faithlegg House	Faithlegg	Faithlegg	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S665122 OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 76
Parkswood House	Parkswood Upper	Kill St. Nicholas	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S686106 OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 76

Archival sources

Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Aylward, 9 November 1854, Vol 31, MRGS 39/014 (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
Ballynagar. Photographs. 024/067.; Irish Architectural Archive
Collection of papers re Fitzpatrick, mainly of Drumcondra, Dublin & other families of Cos Cavan & Galway, Rev Joseph Fitzpatrick of Silverstream & Persses of Springarden. Small Accs. Index 95; National Archives of Ireland
Pedigree of Aylward, Moneneth, Co. Cork, of Faithlegg and Parkswood, Co. Waterford, of Bolynegower, Co. Galway, of Crosamalgowrin, Co. Waterford, Shanakill, Co. Kilkenny, c.1240 - 1816. Genealogical Office: Ms.170, pp.27-51 ; National Library of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Loughrea Union, 169 (Ballynagar & Ballygowan), 172 (Edward's Lodge) & 174 (Silverstream).
LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 22 (Ballynagar)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 234

Modern printed sources

BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 336-338
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: WALTON, Julian. WALTON, Julian. Calendar of the papers of the family of Aylward, (formerly of Faithlegg Castle, Co. Waterford, and later of Ballynagar House, Loughrea, Co. Galway), and the allied family of Lewis (of Blarney, Co. Cork, and later of Ballynagar). No.194
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: AINSWORTH, J.F. National Library Report on Private Collections, No. 37: Report on the Aylward Papers (from 1784), the property of Mr. H. J. Toler-Aylward, Shankill Castle, Whitehall, Co. Kilkenny, relating to the Aylward family and to lands in Cos. Galway, Wicklow and Kilkenny.
''The Irish Genealogist'': WALTON, Julian C. The family of Aylward [series]. IV (1968-1973), 157-166, 252-266, 397-394, 584-597, V (1974-1979), 51-71, 216-233, 506-522
CONWELL, J. J. ''Lickmolassy by the Shannon''. Galway: Gortanumera Historical Society, 1998. : 230-231
''Freeman's Journal'': Incumbered Estates Court sale reports, 10 November 1854, p.5