Lynch (Petersburg)
This family settled at Ballynonagh Castle on the shore of Lough Mask, barony of Ross, county Galway, in the mid 17th century. Maurice Lynch received 541 acres of Ballynonagh and surrounding area by royal grant dated 30 June 1681. Peter Lynch later built the house known as Petersburg nearby. It was named after him and had no connection apparently with the famous city. The Lynch estate was mainly in the parish of Ballinrobe. The family was Catholic and a small oratory was built near the house in the mid 19th century. In 1876 Richard Lynch owned 7260 acres in county Galway, with an additional 469 acres in the possession of Mrs Lynch of Petersburg. In 1899 the heiress to this estate married Denis Daly of Raford, county Galway. An estate in county Mayo amounting to 9,371 and belonging to R.C. Lynch was included in a list of estates bought by the Congested Districts Board after the passing of the Land Act of 1903 published in the 18th report of the Board 1909.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Petersburg | Petersburg | Ross | Oughterard | Cloonbur 157 | Ross | Galway |
OSI Ref: M083 572
OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 38 |
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| Benlevy Lodge | Petersburg | Ross | Oughterard | Cloonbur 157 | Ross | Galway |
OSI Ref: M078 569
OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 38 |
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Archival sources
- Lynch family and estate papers, including rentals and correspondence, 19th & 20th centuries. MS 18,958-18,963; National Library of Ireland
- [Blake estate maps], map of 2 quarters of Ballynonagh, Arthur French, 17[51 or 91]. 21.F.74(4); National Library of Ireland
- Photographs Lynch family of Petersburg & Daly family of Raford. P88; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 284
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 297
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Oughterard Union, 82
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 529
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 318 (Petersburgh)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 332
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 273
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 129
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. '' 18th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 4927] HC 1909, xvi. Appendix XXXII: 141
Modern printed sources
- ''Clonbur Magazine'': CANNY, Padraig and WALSH, Trish. Petersburg House and Estate. XIII (2000), 15-17
- MELVIN, Patrick. The Galway Tribes as Landowners and Gentry. In MORAN, Gerard (ed). ''Galway: History & Society''. Dublin: Geography Publications, 1996 : 319-374
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': MCNULTY, Paul. The Genealogy of the Anglo-Norman Lynches who settled in Galway. LXII (2010), 30-50