Mahon (Killalaghtan)
In the 1870s John Mahon of Ballydonnellan is recorded as the owner of almost 1300 acres in county Galway. His father was the Very Reverend James Mahon, Dean of Dromore, younger brother of Sir Ross Mahon of Castlegar. John Mahon married Harriet Dillon of Johnstown, county Roscommon. His son married into the Persse of Roxborough family.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Ballydonnellan Castle | Ballydonnellan East | Killalaghtan | Ballinasloe | Killoran 13 | Kilconnell | Galway |
OSI Ref: M723223
OS Sheet: 98 Discovery map: 47 |
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Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballinasloe Union, 86.
- 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] : 302.
Modern printed sources
- WALFORD, Edward. ''County Families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto & Windus, 1888: 698
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 379-380
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 452.