Blake (Tuam)
Mark Blake was the second son of George Blake of Garracloone, county Mayo and his wife Juliane Lynch. Mark Blake appears to have inherited some of the former Lynch estate in the county of the town of Galway including Cloonacauneen Castle. His elder brother Martin Blake Lynch died without heirs in circa 1799. His son Mark and grandson Martin were both "of Killeen Castle". His fourth son Charles was ancestor of the Blakes of Tuam and the Blakes were living at Brooklawn, not far from Tuam, by the end of the 18th century. The townland of Fartamore was still in Blake possession at the time of Griffith's Valuation. John Dunkin Blake of Brooklawn, a grandson of Charles married Alice Leonard in 1876. In the 1870s Charles Blake of Tuam owned land in the county of the town of Galway, counties Mayo and Tipperary amounting to a total of 563 acres.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killeen House & Killeen Castle (Oranmore) | Killeen | Oranmore | Galway | Ballintemple 52 | Galway | Galway |
OSI Ref: M347296
OS Sheet: Discovery map: 46 |
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| Cloonacauneen Castle | Cloonacauneen | Oranmore | Galway | Carrowbrowne 40 | Dunkellin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M343308
OS Sheet: 82 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Brooklawn | Fartamore | Kilbennan | Tuam | Foxhall 218 | Dunmore | Galway |
OSI Ref: M390 587
OS Sheet: 16 Discovery map: 39 |
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| Kilcloghan | Mountpotter | Tuam | Tuam | Tuam Rural 222 | Dunmore | Galway |
OSI Ref: M439543
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 39 |
Archival sources
- J.H. Montgomery & Son, solicitors' collection, includes documents re a lease of Cloonacauneen & other lands in the county of the town of Galway, Martin Blake of Brooklawn to Martin & Thomas Cullinan of Claregalway, 1824 & by them to Campbell & Robert Fair, 1843. Also testamentary papers of Mark Blake, Brooklawn, 1838 & Robert Fair, 1847. Small Accs. Index 88, D.12,664 & D.12,667, T.4028-4032 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Tully, 26 July 1850, Vol 2, MRGS 39/001, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives 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 : 79 (Brooklawn - John Griffin)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Tuam Union, 144
- 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] : 37
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 293 & 301
Modern printed sources
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': ATHY, Muriel Lynch. Notes on the Ordnance Survey Letters. VIII (1913-1914), 173-176
- BLAKE, Martin J. ''Blake Family Records'' 1300-1600 1st Series, 1600-1700 2nd Series. London: Elliot Stock, 1902: II, 196-198