Mason (Kerry)
At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, St. John Mason was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Aghadoe, barony of Magunihy. He also held property in the parish of Annagh, barony of Trughanacmy. Bary states that he was the last of the Masons to live there and that his lands later came into the possession of Madam O’Donohoe and the McGillycuddys. In August 1860, the estate of James West was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. This consisted of lands originally part of the Mason-Emmett marriage settlement which had subsequently come into the hands of the Cronin and McGillycuddy estates. In the 1870s Oliver Mason was the proprietor of over 850 acres in county Kerry. This included lands in the parishes of Killahan and Killury. Some genealogists suggest that there is a connection between this family and the Mason families in Waterford and at Masonbrook, Loughrea, county Galway.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount St. Annagh | Annagh | Annagh | Tralee | Blennerville 170 | Trughanacmy | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q795113
OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: 71 |
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| Ballydowny | Ballydowny | Aghadoe | Killarney | Killarney Rural 67 | Magunihy | Kerry |
OSI Ref: V954918
OS Sheet: 66 Discovery map: 78 |
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| Knockavinnane Cottage | Knockavinnane | Ballymacelligott | Tralee | Arabela 161 | Trughanacmy | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q899134
OS Sheet: 30 Discovery map: 71 |
Archival sources
- Rowan papers: Marriage settlement of Rowland Blennerhassett Eager & Mary Anne Mason, 1813. D.26,714. ; National Library of Ireland
- Rowan papers: lease by Robert & Thomas Mason to John Shea of lands at Gurranerouragh, county Kerry, 1795. D.26,698. ; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), West/Lawdy, 22 August 1860, Vol 60, MRGS 39/030, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Documents re Blennerhasset & Marshall property, Co Kerry, includes reference to Mason of Kilmore, Denny of Tralee Castle, Collins of Castleisland, Baily of Tubbermainge, Leeson of Craig, Cuffe Kelly of Castleconnell, 1713-1870. Mrs G.A. Ruth Collection, Small Collections Index 83. T.3649-3652, CO 2122-2142, M.941-943, D.11260-11294; National Archives of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association Survey files, 1942-43: Parish of Fossa.; Kerry Library, Local History & Archives Section
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Magunihy Barony 2 (Ballydowny)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Trughanacmy Barony: 1 (Mt. St. Annagh), 46 (Knockavinnane Cottage)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of names of proprietors and area and valuation of properties in counties in Ireland, held in fee or perpetuity or long leases at chief rents,'' 1876. (412) LXXX. 395: 75.
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS County Kerry: Vol.I, Parish of Aghadoe, 4.