Crean
A Blake property at the beginning of the 18th century which passed by marriage to the Creans, a county Sligo Gaelic family. The Crean family of Hollybrook House, in the parish of Tagheen, barony of Clanmorris, changed their name to Crean Lynch following the marriage of Andrew Crean and Mary Lynch, daughter and heiress of Henry [Dominick] Lynch of Newborough, county Galway. Their grandson, Andrew Crean Lynch, married Elizabeth Lynch of Clogher, parish of Burriscarra, barony of Carra. Andrew Crean Lynch purchased the Clogher estate from his brother-in-law and his descendants lived at Clogher, while Hollybrook was leased to the Andersons. Patrick Crean Lynch advertised for sale his life interest in Hollybrook in 1861.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollybrook | Boleybeg | Tagheen | Claremorris | Tagheen 93 | Clanmorris | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M278 721
OS Sheet: 111 Discovery map: 38 |
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| Newborough | Bunagarraun | Kilbennan | Tuam | Foxhall 218 | Dunmore | Galway |
OSI Ref: M362 593
OS Sheet: 15 Discovery map: 39 |
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Archival sources
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Crean Lynch, 6 Dec 1861 & 13 June 1862, Vol 63 & 65, MRGS 39/032 & 39/033, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Crown and Peace Records, Register of Trees, Co Mayo 1775-1919. ID/51/62; 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 : 218
- M'PARLAN, James. ''Statistical survey of the county of Mayo''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1802: 104
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 585
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Mayo: Vol VI, 270 & 286
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 78 & 214 (Newboro)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 128 (Crean)
Modern printed sources
- ''Tuam Herald'': BLAKE, Martin J. Some old family wills, with notes on the persons named therein and their descendants. (Will of Dominick Browne FitzNicholas of Ballynegittah, Co Galway, 26 Jan 1691/2). 2 & 16 Apr 1927
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1871: II, 830
- MELVIN, Patrick. The Galway Tribes as Landowners and Gentry. In MORAN, Gerard (ed). ''Galway: History & Society''. Dublin: Geography Publications, 1996 : 319-374