O'Conor (Toomona)
The branch of the O'Conor family known as O'Conor Roe had extensive lands in county Roscommon which were confiscated in the 17th century and granted to Captain Nicholas Mahon, founder of the Strokestown family. Peter O'Conor was a descendent of the O'Conor Roe. He was the son of John O'Conor and his wife a Miss Dowell of Gort, near Athlone. John O'Conor was a grandson of Roger O'Conor of Castleruby, who was buried in the Abbey of Tulsk. Peter O'Conor's sister Bridget was the wife of Jeffrey Martin French of Rocksavage, county Roscommon. Peter appears to have died in the 1830s without any male heirs and Toomona was inherited by his sister.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toomona | Toomona | Ogulla | Strokestown | Ogulla 97 | Roscommon | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M809 800
OS Sheet: 28 Discovery map: 33 |
Archival sources
- Tomana preliminary report & Toomana House photos. 150/092 & 076/087; Irish Architectural Archive
- Pedigree of O'Connor of Castleruby, Tuomona & Ballintober, 1156-1898. MS 25,271; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 374
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 447
- LEGG, Marie Louise (ed). ''Census of Elphin 1749''. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2004: 17
Modern printed sources
- GORMLEY, Mary (ed). ''Tulsk parish in historic Maígh Aí''. Tulsk, county Roscommon: [the author], 1989. : 147-148
- ''Tuam Herald'': BLAKE, Martin J. Some old family wills, with notes on the persons named therein and their descendants. 12 Feb 1927