Fallon (Ballina)
A branch of the the Gaelic chieftain family of O'Fallon was granted land at Ballina in the parish of Taghboy, barony of Athlone, county Roscommon, in 1654. In 1749 William Fallon was living at Ballina and Patrick Fallon at nearby Cloonagh. William Fallon had a son Malachy renowned for fighting duels. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Anthony Fallon held an estate centred on his house at Ballina. His estate of 318 acres was advertised for sale in May 1867. The Reverend James O'Fallon, Bishop of Elphin 1756-1786 was a brother of Patrick Fallon of Cloonagh.
Associated Families
Archival sources
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Fallon, 17 May 1867, Vol 85, MRGS 39/041, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Stacpoole Kenny Papers: marriage settlement of John Fallon of Cloonagh and Helena Maria Rice of Ennis, Co Clare, 27 April 1791. D 26,533; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of O’Fallon of Cloonaugh, Co Roscommon, c 1690-c 1780. GO MS 164:213; National Library of Ireland
- Cloonagh House. 087/096; Irish Architectural Archive
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Athlone Union, 87
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Roscommon: IV, 78
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 20
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 77 (Cloonagh & Ballina)
- LEGG, Marie Louise (ed). ''Census of Elphin 1749''. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2004: 213
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 121 (Ballyna & Cloonagh)
Modern printed sources
- TISRARA HERITAGE SOCIETY. ''A History of Tisrara''. Tisrara Heritage Society, 1997: GACQUIN, William. Rev. Dr. James O'Fallon Bishop of Elphin - 1756-1786. 76-81
- ''Jnl. of the Roscommon Archaeological and Historical Society''.: GACQUIN, William. Rev Dr James O'Fallon Bishop of Elphin 1756-1786. VI (1996), 99-102