Greene (Co Galway)
The Right Honourable Richard Wilson Greene became Attorney General for Ireland in 1846. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, he was one of the principal lessors in the parishes of Clontuskert, barony of Clonmacnowen and Kilconnell, barony of Kiconnell, county Galway. Greene also held Ballyforan, parish of Taghboy, barony of Athlone, county Roscommon and had an interest in other land in the parish of Dysart, barony of Athlone. He had purchased some of the estate of Nicholas D'Arcy of Ballinlass in the early 1850s. In 1863 Michael Ellis advertised for sale 28 acres at Ballyforan held on a lease from R.W. Greene dated 1 May 1856 for 999 years. Thomas Greene, with an address at St. Stephen's Green in Dublin, owned over 1300 acres in county Galway and 467 acres in county Roscommon in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Barnavihall House | Barnavihall | Kilconnell | Ballinasloe | Kilconnell 8 | Kilconnell | Galway |
OSI Ref: M750339
OS Sheet: 73, 74 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Claremont | Ballyforan | Taghboy | Athlone | Taghboy 8 | Athlone | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M823 465
OS Sheet: 47 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Mount Florence | Garrynagawna | Drum | Athlone | Crannagh 3 | Athlone | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: N013 373
OS Sheet: 52 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Ballyforan | Ballyforan | Taghboy | Athlone | Taghboy 8 | Athlone North | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M814473
OS Sheet: 47 Discovery map: |
Archival sources
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Ellis, 27 Feb 1863, Vol 67, MRGS 39/034, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Claremont photos. 046/012; Irish Architectural Archive
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballinasloe Union, 69.
- 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] : 191.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 316
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Athlone Union, 87 (Ballyforan), 88 (Claremont)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 373 (Garrynagawna)