McDonnell (Palmfield)
The Statistical Survey of county Mayo records Myles McDonnell of Cloonmore, barony of Costello, as a resident landlord in 1802. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Mark Garvey McDonnell held the townlands of Srah Upper and Lower in the parish of Kilbeagh, barony of Costello, county Mayo. John Knox of Castlereagh and the Phillips of Cloonmore were recorded as owners of these lands at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. The Sniggeen estate of Loughlin Redican and Mark G, McDonnell, his administrator, was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in June 1862. This property was located in the barony of Corran, county Sligo. In 1876 Mark G. McDonnell of Springlawn, county Roscommon, owned 863 acres in county Mayo. Sir Antony McDonnell second son of Mark G. McDonnell became a prominent British diplomat in the early 20th century.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloonmore | Cloonmore | Kilbeagh | Swineford | Cloonmore 115 | Costello | Mayo |
OSI Ref: G528 027
OS Sheet: 63 Discovery map: 32 |
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| Springlawn | Springlawn | Ballynakill | Mountbellew | Ballynakill 152 | Killian | Galway |
OSI Ref: M656 493
OS Sheet: 46 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Palmfield | Calveagh Upper | Kilbeagh | Castlereagh | Ballaghaderreen 57 | Costello | Mayo |
OSI Ref: G553007
OS Sheet: 63 Discovery map: 32 |
Archival sources
- Copy confirmation of arms to Sir Anthony P. MacDonnell, 20 June 1908. GO MS 111, 214-215; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Redican/McDonnell, 19 June 1862, Vol 65, MRGS 39/033, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
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] : 292
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 310
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 50
Modern printed sources
- ''Swinford Echo'': SHEAN, Francis. Lord McDonnell of Swinford. IX (1967), 95
- WALFORD. ''County Families of the United Kingdom''. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., 1910: 717-718
- MATTHEW, H.C.G. and HARRISON, Brian (eds). ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford: University Press, 2004: XXXV, 302-304