Grogan
The Grogans were a Wexford family. Edward Grogan, barrister and MP for the city of Dublin, was created a baronet in 1859. In the mid-1870s he owned an estate of 1,950 acres in County Westmeath, 2,307 in King’s County (Offaly) and 1,333 acres in County Wexford. Other family members owned smaller amounts in County Westmeath, Captain William Grogan of Baltinglass, County Wicklow 1,141 acres (and 3,761 in County Wicklow), [his father] Rev William Grogan of Slaney Park, Baltinglass 455 acres and Mary Ann Grogan 278 acres. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Mary Ann Grogan of London held land in the parishes Ballymorin, Rathconrath and Lyn, Reverend William Grogan held a townland in the parish of Mullingar and Charles E. Grogan was recorded among the principal lessors in the parish of Noughaval, barony of Kilkenny West.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Moyvoughly | Moyvoughly | Ballymore | Athlone | Umma 17 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N191436
OS Sheet: 30 Discovery map: 48 |
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| Beech Lawn (Ballymahon) | Moyvore | Templepatrick | Ballymahon | Templepatrick | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N242539
OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 41 |
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| Moyvore | Moyvore | Templepatrick | Ballymahon | Templepatrick | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N245540
OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 41 |
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| Kilcornan Lodge (Ballymahon) | Kilcornan | Noughaval | Ballymahon | Noughaval | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N161500
OS Sheet: 23 Discovery map: 48 |
Archival sources
- Copy of grant of arms to Edward Grogan of Moyvore, Co Westmeath BL, MP, eldest son of John Grogan BL of Dublin and grandson of Edward Grogan with descent from Grogan of Johnstown Castle, Co Wexford, 21 Apr 1859. GO Ms 108, 249-150; National Library of Ireland
- Brief in a case of John Grogan v Benjamin Digby concerning lands at Moyvore, 1816. Ms 13,884; National Library 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: 84
- 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] : 194-195
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballymahon Union [Westmeath], p.17 [Kilcornan], p,38 [Moyvore]
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 620
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): 157
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): p.127 (Kilcornan Lodge)