Cheevers (Killian)
The Cheevers family originally owned estates in counties Wexford and Meath. Following their transplantation to Connacht in the mid 17th century they obtained a grant of Killian from Charles II in 1667. They acquired their property at Turlough through marriage with Margaret O'Flyn of Turlough. Later generations intermarried with the county Galway families of Lynch of Cottage and Ffrench of Ballinamore Park as well as the McDonnells of Carnacon, county Mayo. The family were still resident at Killian in the early 20th century. Besides their estate in county Galway, the Cheevers had land in the parishes of Ballintober and Burriscarra, barony of Carra, county Mayo, some of it on lease from the Moores of Moorehall. The McDonnells of Carnacon acted as their agent and eventually came to hold the Cheevers' lands in county Mayo through a marriage connection. In the 1870s the Cheevers owned 6,116 acres in county Galway and 264 in county Mayo. Over 5,600 acres of Cheevers land in county Galway was vested in the Congested Districts' Board in November 1911 and 262 acres in county Mayo was vested on 18 March 1915. Edward Cheevers, created Viscount Mount Leinster in 1689, was a member of this family.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Fisherhill | Carrownurlaur | Breaghwy | Castlebar | Breaghwy 63 | Carra | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M179 896
OS Sheet: 79 Discovery map: 31 |
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| Turlough House (Ballymoe) | Turlough | Kilcroan | Glennamaddy | Tobberroe 88 | Ballymoe | Galway |
OSI Ref: M689 693
OS Sheet: 7 Discovery map: 39 |
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| Killian | Killian | Killian | Mountbellew | Killian 150 | Killian | Galway |
OSI Ref: M735 498
OS Sheet: 46 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Fairy Hill | Fairy Hill | Lickmolassy | Portumna | Portumna 183 | Longford | Galway |
OSI Ref: M857058
OS Sheet: 127 Discovery map: 53 |
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Archival sources
- Pedigree of Cheevers of Cos Wexford, Meath, Derry and other places and of Cregan & Killyan House, Co Galway, also Cheevers McDonnell of Carnacon, Co Mayo, c 1450-1861. GO MS 179: 321-328; National Library of Ireland
- Kelly and D'Arcy Papers. LE15 ; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
- Pedigree of Chevers of Cos Wexford, Meath, Galway and Chevers MacDonnell of Carnacon, Co Mayo and other places, c 1450-1861. GO MS 179, 321-328 ; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of memoir of Frederica Sophia Cheevers. LE20; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
- Chevers v Chevers re lands in Co Galway. House of Lords Appeals, Vol 6; King's Inn Library
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 45 & 56
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 239 (Killian) & 381 (Turlough, John Carroll)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Glennamaddy Union, 70 (Turlough)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 294
- 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] : 80
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 318 (Turlough) & 330 (Killian)
- DUTTON, Hely. ''Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 416
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 146
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mountbellew Union, 62
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Galway, http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/default.html: Killian
- LEGG, Marie Louise (ed). ''Census of Elphin 1749''. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2004: 260
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 263
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of names of proprietors and area and valuation of properties in counties in Ireland, held in fee or perpetuity or long leases at chief rents,'' 1876. (412) LXXX. 395: 148.
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxvi, 74 (Fairy Hill)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.87