O'Hara (Lenaboy)
The O'Haras of Lenaboy had been established in the town of Galway since the early 18th century and members of the family held the positions of Mayor and Recorder of the town. The O'Haras of Raheen were a junior branch of this family. An entry in Burke's ''Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland'' (1886) for the Martins of Ross, county Galway, suggests that the O'Haras of Lenaboy were related to the O'Haras, Lords Tyrawley and Melvin notes a reference to this in the National Library's Report on Private Collections relating to the O'Hara family of Annaghmore. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the O'Haras held land in the parishes of Kilcummin and Killannin, barony of Moycullen, St Nicholas, barony of Galway, Annaghdown and Kilmoylan, barony of Clare and Tuam, barony of Dunmore. In the 1870s James O'Hara owned 2,887 acres in county Galway, 239 acres in the town of Galway and 426 acres at Lawaus, parish of Crossboyne, barony of Clanmorris, in county Mayo. Over a thousand acres of the O'Hara's county Galway property was vested in the Congested Districts' Board on 25 Mar 1915 and an offer accepted for another 465 acres by March 1916.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenaboy Castle | Cloghatisky | Rahoon | Galway | Galway South Urban 47 | Galway | Galway |
OSI Ref: M283 247
OS Sheet: 94 Discovery map: 45 |
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| Nile Lodge | Kilcorkey | Rahoon | Galway | Galway South Urban 47 | Galway | Galway |
OSI Ref: M288 247
OS Sheet: 94 Discovery map: 45 |
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| Letter Lodge | Letter | Killannin | Galway | Slieveaneena 50 | Clare | Galway |
OSI Ref: M137 349
OS Sheet: 67 Discovery map: 45 |
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| Streamsford | Streamsford | Killimordaly | Loughrea | Grange 121 | Kilconnell | Galway |
OSI Ref: M637306
OS Sheet: 85, 86 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Castletown | Castletown | Tuam | Tuam | Killeen 220 | Dunmore | Galway |
OSI Ref: M442 578
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 39 |
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| Corbally House (Kilmoylan) | Corbally South | Kilmoylan | Tuam | Clare | Galway |
OSI Ref: M417396
OS Sheet: 57 Discovery map: 46 |
Archival sources
- Lenaboy House photos. 022/068; Irish Architectural Archive
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] : 352
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 298, 302 & 311
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 46 & 47
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 387 (West Lodge)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Galway Union, 47
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 648 (Lenaboy & Nile Lodge)
- HARDIMAN, James. ''The history of the town and county of the town of Galway''. Galway: The Connacht Tribune, revised edition 1985: 316 (West Lodge)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Loughrea Union, 64 (Streamsford).
- 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.
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 140, 393 (Corbally House, [D'Arcy])
Modern printed sources
- SEMPLE, Maurice. ''Where the River Corrib flows''. Galway: the author, 1988: 48
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: II, 1234 (Martin) & II, 1383 (O'Hara)
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 184
- GLIN, Knight of, GRIFFIN, D. J. & ROBINSON, N.K (eds).'' Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland''. Dublin: Irish Architectural Archive/Irish Georgian Society, 1989. : 69 (Castletown)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: O'Hara Papers: Estate and family papers of the family of O'Hara, Annaghmore, Collconey, Co. Sligo, p.244.