King (Ballylin)
The King family of Ballylin, Ferbane, King's county (county Offaly) shared a common ancestry with the King family of Charlestown House, Drumsna, county Roscommon. John King established himself at Ballylin in the mid 18th century. He was succeeded at Ballylin by his nephew, Reverend Henry King, who held lands in the county Roscommon parishes of Kilmore, barony of Ballintober North, Roscommon, barony of Ballintober South, Elphin, barony of Roscommon and Kilmacumsy, barony of Frenchpark at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In the 1870s John Gilbert King of Ballylin owned 1033 acres in county Roscommon and 10,175 acres in King's county.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Dangan | Dangan (King) | Kilmore | Carrick on Shannon | Cloonteem 47 | Ballintober North | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M983 943
OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 33 |
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Archival sources
- King of Ballylin Papers, unsorted collection, see hand list in NLI Manuscripts' Reading Room; National Library of Ireland
- Rent roll & accounts of King estates in counties Roscommon, Leitrim & Offaly, 1801-1818. Ms.4170. ; National Library of Ireland
- Account book of Rev. H. King, Ballylin, relating to estates in Cos Leitrim, Offaly & Roscommon, includes executors' & rent accounts, 1825-27. MS 3524. ; National Library of Ireland
- Manuscript map of Curry, parish of Cam, barony of Athlone, the estate of John King, Oct 1768. 16 I. 14 (4); National Library of Ireland
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] : 251
- 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. : Carrick on Shannon Union, 8
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.252