Landed Estates
University of Galway

Fallon (Fore)

James Fallon was an immediate lessor in the parishes of Lickbla and Rathconrath, barony of Fore, county Westmeath, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). In the mid-1870s James Fallon of Oldtown, Ballynacargy owned 250 acres, while John and Patrick Fallon, both with Dublin addresses, owned 341 and 396 acres in county Westmeath. The Bannons were selling Oldtown in 1851.

Associated Families

Houses

Name Townland Civil Parish PLU DED Barony County Map Ref  
Oldtown Skeagh More Rathconrath Mullingar Skeagh 58 Westmeath OSI Ref: N285544
OS Sheet: 17
Discovery map: 41
Lickbla House [ Rockbrook](Fore) Lickbla Likbla Granard Glore Westmeath OSI Ref: N445742
OS Sheet: 3
Discovery map: 41
Photo of Lickbla  House [ Rockbrook](Fore)

Archival sources

  • Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Banon, 19 Dec 1851, Vol 12 (37), MRGS 39/005, (microfilm copy in UG) Oldtown House and 13 acres; National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

Modern printed sources