Taaffe (Killedan)
Killedan townland, parish of Killedan, barony of Gallen, county Mayo, was church land held by the Knox family of Castlereagh, near Killala, who leased it and other lands to the Taaffes. The Taaffes of Killedan were descended from James and Marie Taaffe, Marie was a niece of the Catholic lawyer, Terence MacDonagh. By the time of Griffith's Valuation Reverend Leonard Strong held Killedan townland and James McManus occupied the house. Anthony Rafftery, Raiftearaí, the poet, grew up on this estate. In the 1870s a William Taaffe of the United States of America owned over 800 acres in county Mayo. It is not clear if he was a member of the Taaffe family of Killedan.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killedan | Killedan | Killedan | Swineford | Killedan 112 | Gallen | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M334 925
OS Sheet: 71 Discovery map: 32 |
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Archival sources
- Pedigree of Taaffe of Co Sligo and of Greyfield, Brooklawn, Woodfield, Killedan, Co Mayo, also Earls of Carlingford and Viscount Taaffe, 1284-1835. GO MS 172, 141-154; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Taaffe of Cos Louth and Sligo and of Greyfield, Brooklawn, Woodfield, Killedan and Ballynegarvey, Co Mayo c 1250-1871. GO MS 171, 323-336; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Taaffe of Ballyneglocgh, county Sligo. GO MS 175. 323-330; 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 : 237
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 135
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Swineford Union, 164
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Mayo: Vol V, 101
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 312
- 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] : 437
Modern printed sources
- RUANE, Patrick. Thesis entitled ''Mayo Country Houses before 1840 - Vernacular country houses in the classical tradition'' (M.U.B.C.), 1996: Appendix VI
- SOBOLEWSKI, Peter & SOLAN, Betty. ''Kiltimagh, Our Life and Times''. Kiltimagh Historical Society, 1996: 27 & 31
- ''Studies'': MACDONAGH, J.C. Counsellor Terence MacDonagh. Part II, Some Collateral Descendants. XXXVII (1948), 65-74