Talbot (Malahide)
At the time of Griffith's Valuation Lord Talbot de Malahide held a sporting estate at Altnabrocky in the parish of Kilcommon, barony of Erris, county Mayo, from Maria and Letitia Bingham. In 1878, Lord Talbot de Malahide owned 1,133 acres in county Cavan, 1,893 acres in county Dublin and 547 acres in county Westmeath. His county Cavan estate was in the parishes of Bailieborough, Crosserlough and Killinkere. The County Westmeath estates of the Talbots of Malahide came into the family’s possession through the marriage of Richard Talbot and Margaret, eldest daughter of James O’Reilly of Ballinlough, County Westmeath, created Baroness Talbot of Malahide in 1831. She died in 1834. One of her grandsons, Reginald Talbot of Rhode Hill, Lyme Regis, England, was in possession of much of the family’s County Westmeath’s lands at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). These were located in the parishes of Templeoran, Portloman and Mullingar and his estate amounted to 1,839 acres in the mid-1870s. At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s Lord Talbot de Malahide was among the principal lessors in the parish of Noughaval, barony of Kilkenny West. The Westmeath estate amount to over 500 acres in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altnabrocky | Altnabrocky | Kilcommon | Belmullet | Glenco 43 | Erris | Mayo |
OSI Ref: F965 160
OS Sheet: 36 Discovery map: 23 |
Archival sources
- Talbot de Malahide Papers, 1673-2000, includes title deeds, estate papers, legal and family papers. MSS Talbot ; Oxford University: Bodleian Library
- Documents and correspondence re valuation by Robert Murray on behalf of the Irish Land Commission of estate of Lord Talbot de Malahide, 1888-1889. Ms 27,999(2); National Library of Ireland
- Volume containing ten coloured maps of the Tullaghan estate of Sir John Talbot, Bart., in Co. Westmeath. Surveyed by Robert Stratford, 1841, with accompanying lists of tenants names. Ms. 22,013; National Library 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] : 438
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 86
Modern printed sources
- NOONE, Father Seán. ''Where the Sun Sets: Ballycroy, Belmullet, Kilcommon & Kiltane, County Mayo''. Naas: The Leinster Leader, 1991: 265
- ''Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies: the journal of the Irish Georgian Society''. : BOWE, Patrick. Irish Sporting Lodges. VII (2004), 106-139
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 116
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): 34