Barrett (Greenhills & Ballintava)
At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John Samuel Barrett was leasing the Greenhills estate in the parish of Ballymacward from John H. Blakeney and he held the townland of Ballintava, parish of Dunmore in fee. Flynn states that the Greenhills holding had previously been in the hands of the Green family from about the mid 18th century but that the lease was sold to Barrett in 1819. In the 1870s John S. Barrett owned 2,563 acres in county Galway. The 1885 edition of Walfords indicates that he died in 1880 and his estate inherited by his son Samuel. In 1906 the Ballintava estate included over 400 acres of untenanted demesne lands.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Ballintava | Ballintava | Dunmore | Glennamaddy | Toberadosh 73 | Ballymoe | Galway |
OSI Ref: M532 655
OS Sheet: 5 Discovery map: 39 |
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| Greenhills | Greenhills | Ballymacward | Ballinasloe | Killaan 9 | Kilconnell | Galway |
OSI Ref: M667332
OS Sheet: 73, 86 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Woodlawn | Woodlawn | Killaan | Ballinasloe | Killaan 9 | Kilconnell | Galway |
OSI Ref: M676312
OS Sheet: 73, 86 Discovery map: 46 |
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Archival sources
- Greenhills. Photographs. 046/010; Irish Architectural Archive
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Glennamaddy Union, 58
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 293
- 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] : 20
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballinasloe Union, 67.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 318 (Ballintava)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol. I, 145.
- 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: 148.
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxxiv, 63 (Woodlawn)