Magan (Umma)
The family descend from Humphrey Magan of Emoe or Umma-More, Ballymoe, County Westmeath in the late seventeenth century. In 1703, Thomas Magan of Togherstown Gent. bought about 1,440 acres in the barony of Rathconrath from the Trustees of forfeited estates including 234 acres of Togherstown. William Henry Magan (1819-1860) of Clonearl, King’s County (Co Offaly) was a first cousin of George Magan of Kilcleagh, county Westmeath, born 1828. He was the lessor of lands in many County Westmeath parishes in the mid-nineteenth century, particularly in Conry, Killare, Lynn and Noughaval, He also held land in counties Dublin and Kildare. Various sale rentals record the extent of his estates as they were sold in the Encumbered Estates Court 1853-1854. He married Lady Georgina C Keppel (died 1854), daughter of the 4th Earl of Albemarle but they had no children. He was an MP for county Westmeath. He died in 1860 and appears to have been succeeded by his mother as in the 1870s Mrs Georgina Magan of Killyon, County Meath, owned 5,604 acres in County Westmeath and other estates in counties Kildare, King’s County [Offaly], Meath and Dublin, which eventually passed to William’s sister Augusta Elizabeth Magan, who died in 1905. She was succeeded by her cousin Mrs Georgina Bartlett of Clonearl who died in 1910. The remaining County Westmeath lands were sold in the ensuing years.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Umma or Emoe House | Umma More | Ballymore | Athlone | Umma 17 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N197454
OS Sheet: 23 Discovery map: 48 |
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| Charleville/Lunestown House | Lalistown | Conry | Mullinger | Ballymorin 60 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N298479
OS Sheet: 24 Discovery map: 48 |
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| Togherstown | Togherstown | Conry | Mullingar | Ballymorin 60 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N305487
OS Sheet: 24 Discovery map: 48 |
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| Irishtown | Irishtown | Rathconrath | Mullingar | Skeagh 58 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N295565
OS Sheet: Discovery map: 41 |
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| Grange More House | Grange More | Killucan | Castletowndelvin | Riverdale 44 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N611543
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 42 |
Archival sources
- Book of maps of the estates of William Henry Magan, M.P. of Clonearl, in King's County, Westmeath, Kildare and Dublin, enlarged from the Ordnance Survey and lithographed by Hodges and Smith. 41 maps, with names of tenants, 1848. 14.A.27; National Library of Ireland
- Book of maps of the estates of W. H. Magan, in the counties of Westmeath, Kildare and Dublin. Surveyed in 1817, 1819 and 1821 by J. J. Byrne. 14 A. 21; National Library of Ireland
- Forty-six deeds relating to the family of Magan and lands in Counties Meath and Westmeath, late 18th c. D. 9525-9571; National Library of Ireland
- Forty deeds relating to properties of the Magan family of Clonearl, Co Offaly, in Cos. Westmeath, Meath, Dublin, Kildare, and Wicklow. Other parties include W. Spring, E. Cavanagh, J. Hawksworth, M. Garet, C. Coffey, T. Copperthwaite and S. Newell, 1763-1884, but mostly 1816-47. D. 9572-9611; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Magan of Emoe and Rockfield, c 1650-1845. GO Ms 179, 104-107; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Magan of Togherstown and ‘Unroe’ [Umma], c 1690-1814. GO Ms 168, 326-327; National Library of Ireland
- Draft grant of arms and arms entry of Thomas Magan of Togherstown and his brother Richard Magan of Umma, 21 Nov 1705. GO Ms 35, 147 and GO Ms 103, 4; National Library of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Magan, Colthurst, Fetherston H, 24 June 1853, Vol 21 (51), MRGS 39/010, (microfilm copy in UG) Rockfield; National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Magan, 10 Nov 1853, 12 Jan 1854, Vol 24 (37), MRGS 39/011, (microfilm copy in UG) Dublin, Kildare, Westmeath; National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Magan, 8 Feb 1855, Vol 33 (28), MRGS 39/015, (microfilm copy in UG) 8,309 acres in Westmeath; National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Molloy, 18 Apr 1873, Vol 109 (47), MRGS 39/050, (microfilm copy in UG) jointure of widow of William H Magan; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 381, 391
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 85
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 177 (Umma More)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 153 (Umma More)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mullingar Union, 38 (Lalistown); 39 (Togherstown); 53 (Irishtown)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 365 (Grange More)
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 769
- MAGAN, William. ''An Irish Boyhood''. Durham: Pentland Press (1996): All
- MAGAN, William. ''Umma More the Story of an Irish Family''. Salisbury; (1983): All
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): 102 (Emoe House); 160 (Old Court); 144 (Lunestown); 211 (Togherstown)