Ennis
Sir John Ennis (1800-1878), Catholic Liberal politician and Governor of the Bank of Ireland was the son of Andrew Ennis. He was MP for Athlone 1857-1865. He married Anna Maria Henry and was succeeded by their only son John, 2nd Baronet (1842-1884) who also represented Athlone in parliament. The title became extinct following his death and the estates were inherited by his sister’s family the O'Donoghue of the Glens, county Kerry. In 1858, Sir John's daughter, Maria married Daniel O'Donoghue, MP. The Ennis family’s county Westmeath estate was located in seven different parishes in the county but principally in Kilcleagh, St Mary’s Athlone and Teemplepatrick. It was formerly in the possession of the Malone family. In the 1870s Sir John Ennis owned estates of 8,774 acres in county Westmeath, 326 acres in county Dublin and 262 acres in county Roscommon.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Documents relating to the estate of Sir John James Ennis of Ballinahown, late 19th century. Private Accessions 2000/16; National Archives of Ireland
- Copy letters of administration, Sir John J. Ennis, Ballinahown Court, Athlone, 1884. T.2315; National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Mathews, 9 Nov 1869, Vol 95 (26), MRGS 39/045, (microfilm copy in UG) 43 acres of Kilbillaghan; National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Ennis, 3 June 1881, Vol 141 (37), MRGS 39/063, (microfilm copy in UG) 237 acres Moygrehan Upper, county Westmeath and 680 acres in county Meath; National Archives of Ireland
- Copy of grant of arms to descendants of Andrew Ennis of Roebuck, Co Dublin and to his son John Ennis MP of Ballinahown Court, Co Westmeath, 29 June 1866. GO Ms 109, 111-112; National Library of Ireland
- Includes will of J J Ennis of Ballinahown Court, 1879. D 9004-9009; National Library of Ireland
- Records relating to the property of Sir John Ennis in Cos Meath, Westmeath, Carlow, Galway and Dublin City, dating mainly after his death in 1884. 2000/16; National Archives 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] : 147
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 315
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.152
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 156 and II, 61 (Ballynahown)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Athlone Union, 64 (Ballynahown); 72 (Fardrum); 86 (Moyvoughly)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mullingar Union, 38 (Jamestown); 167 (Griffinstown)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 211 (Griffinstown)
- 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: 62, 74 (Griffinstown)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 451-452 (O'Donoghue)
- DUNNE, Eugene. ‘The experiences of the aristocracy in county Westmeath during the period 1879 to 1923’. PhD thesis for Department of History, NUI, Maynooth, 2016.: All
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): 26, 104, 117, 124, 157