Blackney
James Blakeney/Blackney of Fort Castle, Philipstown, [now Daingean], county Offaly, held the townland of Corr situated in the parishes of Drumraney and Kilkenny West, county Westmeath in the 1850s; some, if not all of it, held from John O’Rorke. He was the son of Walter Blackney of Ballyellen, county Carlow. Corr was for sale in the Landed Estates Court in April 1860. In 1878, James’ son, Charles A Blackney, married Margaret Josephine, only daughter of Terence O’Reilly, solicitor of Dublin (The Irish Law Times, May 1878, 274). At this time Charles A Blackney of The Castle, Philipstown, is recorded as owning 886 acres in county Westmeath.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Blackney, 24 April and 19 June 1860, Vol 58 (56) and Vol 59 (45), MRGS 39/029, (microfilm copy in UG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 82
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 37