Landed Estates
University of Galway

Pakenham

Henry Pakenham, born 1611, was granted lands in county Wexford and at Tullynally, county Westmeath in the mid-17th century. In 1739 his great-grandson, Thomas, married Elizabeth, daughter and sole heir of Michael Cuff and niece of Ambrose Aungier, 2nd and last Earl of Longford (1st creation). In 1756 he was created Baron Longford. In 1785 his wife became Countess of Longford. Their grandson, another Thomas, [3rd Baron], inherited the Earldom of Longford from his grandmother in 1794. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Edward Michael Pakenham, 3rd Earl of Longford, owned a very extensive estate in the parish of Killucan, county Westmeath with much smaller acreages in the parishes of Castlelost, Killare and Rathgarve. In the mid-1870s the 4th Earl’s county Westmeath estate was recorded as amounting to 15,014 acres, with an estate of 4,555 acres in county Longford and 420 acres in county Dublin. The estate was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Ballymacormick and Templemichael in the baronies of Ardagh and Longford, County Longford and in the parishes of Mayne and Rathgarve, barony of Fore, County Westmeath The Honourable and Reverend Henry Pakenham was the fifth son of Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford. In 1822 he married Eliza Catherine Sandford, sister and co -heiress of Henry Sandford, 2nd Lord Mountsandford. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Pakenham estate in county Roscommon was in the parishes of Dysart and Fuerty, barony of Athlone, Kilbride and Roscommon, barony of Ballintober South and Ballintober, Baslick and Kilcorkey, barony of Castlereagh. It amounted to over 3,000 acres.

Associated Families

Houses

Name Townland Civil Parish PLU DED Barony County Map Ref  
Mullymucks/Fortview Mullymucks Kilbride Roscommon Roscommon Rural 90 Ballintober South Roscommon OSI Ref: M866676
OS Sheet: 20
Discovery map: 40 		Photo of Mullymucks/Fortview
Munsborough House Mullymucks Kilbride Roscommon Roscommon Rural 90 Ballintober South Roscommon OSI Ref: M870677
OS Sheet: 20
Discovery map: 40
West View (Glandore) Aghatubrid More Kilfaughnabeg Clonakilty Kilfaughnabeg East Carbery (West) Cork OSI Ref: W218351
OS Sheet: 142
Discovery map: 89 		Photo of West View (Glandore)
Greenfield House Lisnamuck Templemichael Longford Longford Rural Longford OSI Ref: N149763
OS Sheet: 14
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