McDonnell (Achill)

Mrs Agnes McDonnell bought the estate of the Earl of Cavan on Achill Island, county Mayo in 1888. The estate was over 2,000 acres and she is recorded as living in a mansion at the Valley, Tonatanvally. She had one son Leslie Elliot by her first marriage. Her second husband was John Randall MacDonnell. In 1894 she was attacked by James Lynchehaun which resulted in a sensational court case and escape to America by the accused. http://www.achilltourism.com/history2.html

Associated Families

No houses were found for this estate

Contemporary printed sources

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 368

Modern printed sources

CARNEY, James. ''The Playboy and the Yellow Lady''. Dublin: Poolbeg Press, 1986: All
''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': BYRNE, Patricia. Teller of Tales: An Insight into the Life and Times of Brother Paul Carney (1844-1928), Travelling 'Quester' and Chronicler of the life of James Lynchehaun, Nineteenth-Century Achill Criminal. LXI (2009), 156-169
''The Irish Genealogist'': FANNIN, Samuel. The MacDonnells of Boyle, Ireland and Cartagena, Spain. XII No 3 (2008), 191-206