Kearney
A junior branch of the Kearneys of Blanchville, county Kilkenny settled in county Mayo in the late 17th century. Their estate mainly in the parish of Turlough, barony of Carra, county Mayo, was held from the Earls of Lucan on a lease renewable for ever in the 18th and 19th centuries. The original lease was from Sir Henry Bingham to Robert Kearney, dated 25 Apr 1700. The Kearney estate of 1549 acres was sold in the Landed Estates' Court in July 1861 .
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinvilla | Ballinvilla | Aglish | Castlebar | Turlough 69 | Carra | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M168930
OS Sheet: 69 Discovery map: 31 |
Archival sources
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Kearney, 6 July 1861, Vol 62, MRGS 39/031, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
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 : 30
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 661
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castlebar Union, 28
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Mayo: Vol I, 282