O'Dell/Odell (Kilcleagh)
Thomas Scruton Odell bought Castledaly, Moate, County Westmeath, in the late 1860s. He was the son of Thomas Alexander Odell and was born in 1829. In 1864 he married Madeline Roe of Coolfinn, Queen’s County (Laois) and died in 1869. In the mid-1870s Mrs Odell of Kilcleagh owned 554 acres in County Westmeath. Her son Major Thomas Smyth Odelll married Henrietta Urquhart of Strawberryhill, King’s County (Offaly) in 1895. Thomas Urquhart, born 1898, was their child.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Castledaly/Kilcleagh Park | Kilcleagh | Kilcleagh | Athlone | Castledaly 13 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N132364
OS Sheet: 36 Discovery map: 48 |
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Archival sources
- Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of John Odell RN and Philadelphia Smith his wife and to their grandson Thomas Scruton Odell of Kilcleagh Park, Co Westmeath, eldest son of Thomas Alexander Odell of Camberwell, with mention of descent from Odell of Co Limerick, 13 Apr 1866. GO Ms 109, 103-104; 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: 85
- 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] : 348
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 360 (Kilcleagh)