Morris (Ballinaboy)
Through marriage with a member of the Lynch family the Morrises inherited a quarter part of the estate of the Frenchs of Errislannan, parish of Omey, barony of Ballynahinch, county Galway. Once the Errislannan estate was officially divided in 1843 the Morris family built Ballinaboy House on their part of the division. Griffith's Valuation shows them holding 2 townlands in the parish of Ballindoon. They were ruined financially by the Famine and leased the land and house to John Kendall of London. In the 1870s Anthony Morris owned 597 acres in county Galway. In 1890 the Morris family were able to buy back the lease and settled again at Ballinaboy in 1896. Members of the family still reside there.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinaboy House | Ballinaboy | Ballindoon | Clifden | Errislannan 25 | Ballynahinch | Galway |
OSI Ref: L658 481
OS Sheet: 35 Discovery map: 44 |
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Archival sources
- Copy of confirmation of arms to descendants of Anthony James Morris of Ballinaboy, 26 Sept 1913. GO MS 111a: 113; National Library of Ireland
- Draft pedigree of Morris of Galway and of others, c 1710-1950. GO MS 816: 19; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 298
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Clifden Union, 13
- 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] : 327
Modern printed sources
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 16
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 862-863
- ''Jnl. of the Clifden and Connemara Heritage Group'': MORRIS, Anthony. Clifden man became 'Father' of our Navy. I No. 1 (1993), 21-24