Trench (Heywood)
The Trenchs of Garbally, county Galway, from whom the Heywood, county Laois branch are descended, bought lands in the baronies of Carra and Gallen, county Mayo, from the Brownes of Westport at the end of the 17th century. In 1833 the Trenchs of Heywood sold their county Mayo estate to Sir Compton Domvile of Templeogue and Santry, county Dublin, for £60,000. Sir C. Domvile had married Helen Sarah Trench of Heywood in 1815. Sir Frederick William Trench (1777-1859) of Heywood, an army officer and politican, owned a large estate in county Roscommon, in the parishes of Taghboy, Kiltoom, Kilmeane, Taghmaconnell and Dysart, barony of Athlone. When he died he left his Irish property to his eldest sister, the wife of Sir C. Domvile.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Cloonagh | Cloonagh | Taghboy | Athlone | Turrock 11 | Athlone | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M835 452
OS Sheet: 47 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Moyvannan Castle | Moyvannan | Kiltoom | Athlone | Kiltoom 15 | Athlone | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M978 479
OS Sheet: 48 Discovery map: 47 |
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Archival sources
- Westport Estate Papers, Collection List 78; National Library of Ireland
- Sale particulars of Trench estate in Co Mayo, 1825. Folder for year 1825 in D.8257-8344; National Library of Ireland
- Maps of Trench estate in Co Mayo. 21.F.41 (2-22); National Library of Ireland
- Domvile Papers, c 250 miscellaneous documents, including rentals and maps re Trench estates in Cos Laois, Mayo and Roscommon, 19th cent. MS 11,368; National Library of Ireland
- Longfield maps - surveys and maps of the Trench estate in Co Roscommon, early 19th century. 21 F 43 (3-6, 9-10 & 14); National Library of Ireland
- Domvile Papers, memoranda of papers relating to Trench estate in Mayo & Roscommon, made at Heywood in 1814. MS 9393; National Library of Ireland
- Rental of the Trench estates in Co Roscommon, 1840-1879. MS 2577-2578; National Library of Ireland
- 250 miscellaneous documents, including rentals relating to the Trench estates in Cos Mayo, Roscommon and Laois, 19th century. MS 11,356; National Library of Ireland
- Messrs Hodges, Figgis & Co, maps of the estate of Frederick Trench at Clonagh, Co Roscommon, 1777 & at Tennegearagh, parish of Ardnageehib, Co Cork, 1785. M.371-372; National Archives of Ireland
- Longfield, Kelly & Armstrong, Solicitors' Collection includes deeds re the Trenches. Small Accs. Index 47; National Archives of Ireland
- Moyvannon Castle cuttings. 133/024; Irish Architectural Archive
- Cloonagh House. 087/096; Irish Architectural Archive
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 : 121
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Athlone Union, 84 (Moyvannan) & 90 (Cloonagh)
Modern printed sources
- FRIEL, Patricia. ''Frederick Trench, Heywood, Queen's County''. Dublin: Academic Press, 2000: Notes 27 & 40. 69
- MATTHEW, H.C.G. and HARRISON, Brian (eds). ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford: University Press, 2004: LV, 292-293
- GACQUIN, William. ''Roscommon Before The Famine: The Parishes of Kiltoom and Cam, 1749-1845''. Dublin: Irish Academic Press Ltd, 1996: 25-33