Gwyllym
In August 1666, the confiscated estate of Ballyconnell, 3,667 acres in county Cavan, was granted to Captain Thomas Gwyllym, a soldier in Cromwell's army. Thomas Gwyllym died in 1681 and he was succeeded by his son Colonel Meredith Gwyllym. The Colonel had one child Meredith, who died unmarried. In 1724 the Ballyconnell estate was sold to Colonel Alexander Montgomery of Convoy House, county Donegal.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Contemporary printed sources
Modern printed sources
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': Abstracts of wills of T. Gwyllym of Ballyconnel, Co Cavan, 1681 and M. Gwyllym on Gwyllymsbrook, Co Cavan, 1719. II, No 1, Oct 1943.