Bell (Purrauns)
In 1667 Robert Bell, an orphan, was granted over 1,800 acres in the baronies of Kilmaine and Clanmorris, county Mayo, including Parran. A deed of 1716 gives genealogical details of the Purrauns branch of the Bell family of county Mayo at that time. Arthur Bell was resident at Purrans in 1814. He appears to have mortgaged Purrauns to the Marquess of Sligo which resulted in litigation involving the Bodkins and Clendinings. He married Ann Bodkin of Kilcloony, county Galway, and they were the grandparents of John Birmingham, the astrologer. The Purranes estate in the parish of Kilcommon, barony of Kilmaine, was let to James Lynch in the 1830s and at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purrauns | Purrauns | Kilcommon | Ballinrobe | Coonard 36 | Kilmaine | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M305 693
OS Sheet: 111 Discovery map: 38 |
Archival sources
- Westport Estate Papers, Collection List 78; National Library of Ireland
- 18.33.8256; Registry of Deeds
Contemporary printed sources
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 67
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Mayo: IV, 182 (Lynch)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 323
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 103