Lynch (Ballycurrin)
An estate in the parish of Shrule, barony of Kilmaine, county Mayo, in the possession of the Lynch family from the 1670s. It was originally held on a lease from the Earls of Clanricarde. The Lynches of Ballycurrin shared a common ancestor with the Lynches of Petersburg. In 1876 the estate amounted to 1,438 acres in county Mayo and the island of Inchiquin, 229 acres in the parish of Killursa, barony of Clare, county Galway. Bernard O'Flaherty was agent for the island in the 1830s. The last Lynch proprietor died in 1897 and the estate passed to the Clarkin family who sold it to the Congested Districts Board on 14 Jan 1914.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballycurrin | Ballycurrin | Shrule | Ballinrobe | Shrule 34 | Kilmaine | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M195 492
OS Sheet: 123 Discovery map: 45 |
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Archival sources
- J.J. Carter Solicitor's Papers re case of Lynch v Clarkin, regarding lands at Ballycurrin, including genealogical papers, 1901. Acc. No. 5, M.6179 (1-141) ; National Archives of Ireland
- D. Connolly, Solicitor's Papers. Deed of arrangement, John Lynch of Oranmore to Patrick Lynch of Ballycurran Castle, 4 Aug 1836. Acc. No 1/726, D.14,094; 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 : 37
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 555
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballinrobe Union, 157
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 310
- 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] : 282
- 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: 217
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 53
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 359
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Galway, http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/default.html: Inchiquin
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxii, 85
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 400 (Ballycurrin)
Modern printed sources
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 20
- ''Kilroe National School 1849-1999'': 44
- BURKE, Sir John B. ''A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1852-3)''. London, 1853: entry for Ballycurrin
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': BLAKE, Martin J. Notes on the Place Names mentioned in Browne’s map of Mayo 1584. VI (1909-1910), 34-50
- MCVEIGH, John (ed). ''Richard Pococke's Irish Tours''. Blackrock, Co Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1995: 90
- SEMPLE, Maurice. ''Where the River Corrib flows''. Galway: the author, 1988: 83-85
- 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