Daly (Castledaly)
The Dalys were settled at Kilcleagh, county Westmeath, in the 17th century. Joseph Daly conformed to the Established Church in 1719 and changed the name of the property to Castledaly. O’Brien writes that his son Denis built the present house and was succeeded by his son Joseph Morgan Daly. On his death in 1838 his son another Denis Daly succeeded. The Daly estate of over 2,800 acres was for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in November 1850 (Freeman’s Journal, 23 Oct 1850). The estate was for sale in 13 lots but only three were sold on this occasion lots 1, 2 and 13. The latter was the house and demesne of Castledaly sold to Mr Kane, a solicitor, at £9,400 for a Scotch capitalist, [George McDonnell]. (The Gardener’s Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, 1850, 339). It was later bought by Thomas Scruton Odell. The remaining 10 lots were for sale on 25 May 1852 and 19 November 1857.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castledaly/Kilcleagh Park | Kilcleagh | Kilcleagh | Athlone | Castledaly 13 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N132364
OS Sheet: 36 Discovery map: 48 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Daly, 1 Nov 1850, Vol 3 (24), MRGS 39/001, (microfilm copy in UG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Daly, 25 May 1852, Vol 15 (11), MRGS 39/006, (microfilm copy in UG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Daly, 19 Nov 1857, Vol 48 (43), MRGS 39/023, (microfilm copy in UG); National Archives of Ireland
- Deed leading to the use of a common recovery by Anthony Atkinson, Cangert, King’s Co. to Thomas Daly, Killcleagh, Co. Westmeath affecting specified lands in baronies Clonlisk and Balliboy, King’s Co. Consideration: 5/=. 10 May 1706. 99/56/1/4i; 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 : 98 (Castledaly)
- 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: 75 (Castledaly)