Mahon (Cloonfree)
This branch of the Mahon family were established at Cloonfree, parish of Cloonfinlough, county Roscommon, from 1735 when Bartholomew Mahon was granted a lease, renewable for ever, by Thomas and Elinor Mahon of Strokestown. In 1703 Bartholomew Mahon of Strokestown had purchased part of the forfeited estate of Edward and John Boynton in the barony of Roscommon. At the time of Griffith's Valuation William Mahon had land in the parishes of Bumlin, Cloonfinlough, Kilcooley, Killukin, Ogulla, barony of Roscommon, some of it held by the Court of Chancery. The Clonfree estate of Bartholomew Mahon, "a lunatic", was advertised for sale in March 1860. It amounted to 1,757 acres in the barony of Roscommon. In the 1870s William Mahon owned 800 acres in county Roscommon. Part of Cloonfree, the estate of Matthew Ryan, was advertised for sale in March 1879.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloonfree | Cloonfree | Cloonfinlough | Strokestown | Annaghmore 106 | Roscommon | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M913 801
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 33 |
Archival sources
- Petition & Chancery orders relating to case of Richard Irwin & others v George Knox & others, relating to Roscommon estates of Bartholomew Mahon, 1851. M. 5596.; National Archives of Ireland
- Land Judges’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), James, Deering & Ryan, 1 Mar 1879, Vol 135, MRGS 39/060, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Mahon, 16 Mar 1860, Vol 58, MRGS 39/029, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Strokestown Union, 71
- 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] : 303
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 317
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 116
- LEGG, Marie Louise (ed). ''Census of Elphin 1749''. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2004: 143
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 383