Knox (Mount Falcon)
An estate in the parish of Ballynahaglish, barony of Tirawley, county Mayo, previously belonging to the Watts and amounting to 2065 acres in 1876. This family of Knoxes also owned 5434 acres in county Sligo. The Knox family estate in the parish of Achonry was derived from a grant of land to Jeremy Jones at the Restoration. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Reverend George Knox and Frederick Knox were lessors of townlands in the parish of Achonry, barony of Leyny. In the 1870s they owned over 800 acres in county Sligo. At the same time Utred Knox of Mountfalcon, Ballina, owned over 3500 acres in county Sligo. By March 1916 Utred A. Knox had accepted a final offer from the Congested Districts' Board for the purchase of his estate. This included over 1600 acres acquired by the Board in county Sligo, principally in the barony of Leyny. In 1916 Hercules and Reginald Knox accepted offers from the Board on 1900 and 900 acres respectively. .
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Falcon | Drumrevagh | Ballynahaglish | Ballina | Mount Falcon 11 | Tirawley | Mayo |
OSI Ref: G242 134
OS Sheet: 39 Discovery map: 24 |
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| Bunnacranagh House | Bunnacranagh | Achonry | Tobercurry | Achonry West 65 | Leyny | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G491057
OS Sheet: 42 Discovery map: 32 |
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| Rathmagurry House | Rathmagurry | Achonry | Tobercurry | Achonry West | Leyny | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G473073
OS Sheet: 37 Discovery map: 32 |
Archival sources
- Pedigree of Knox of Mount Falcon, Hollywood and Greenwood Park, Co Mayo, 1789-1943. GO MS 182, 535-536; National Library of Ireland
- Mount Falcon photos. 011/066; Irish Architectural Archive
- Irish Tourist Association. Topographical and General Survey, 1941-1945. Parish of Backs. ITA/2/3; Mayo County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Sligo: Vol I, 7-8
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Mayo: Vol II, 45
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I, 156
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballina Union, 14
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 310 & 322.
- 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] : 255
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 53 & 60.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 354
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Tobercurry Union, 64 (Bunnacranagh) and 73 (Rathmagurry)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxx, 28 (Mount Falcon)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.256
Modern printed sources
- QUINN, J. F. ''History of Mayo''. Ballina: Brendan Quinn, 2000: IV, 195
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 213
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 375 (Knox of Rappa)
- O'RORKE, T. The History of Sligo, county and town. Dublin: J. Duffy, [n.d]. : Vol. II, 136.
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 675-681
- ''Corran Herald'': DUFFY, P.J. The Congested Districts Board [including list of lands acquired in county Sligo under the Wyndham Act]. XXXIV (2001-2002), 6-7