Bayley (Rookwood)
Sarah Kelly left her Rookwood estate, which straddled the border of counties Galway and Roscommon, to her nephew Robert Preston Bayley. The representatives of Robert P. Bayley of Rookwood, Athleague, owned over 2000 acres in county Roscommon in the 1870s as well as several hundred acres in counties Galway and Westmeath. It continued in the possession of Robert Bayley's descendants until bought by the Land Commission in 1941. Colonel Edward Bayley, of Ballyarthur, County Wicklow, was the owner of over 600 acres in County Westmeath in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rookwood | Rookwood or Bellagad | Athleague | Mountbellew | Killeroran 149 | Killian | Galway |
OSI Ref: M807 571
OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 40 |
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Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 26
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 314
Modern printed sources
- HUGHES, Vera. ''The Strange Story of Sarah Kelly''. The author, 1988: All
- KILLIAN-KILLERORAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. ''Newbridge, Ballygar, Toghergar News''. Ballygar: the author, 1984: 33-37
- WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto and Windus, 1885): p.64
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): 21