Redington (Kilcornan)
The Redington family estate was centred on their house at Kilcornan. This had previously been a Burke estate which the Redingtons had acquired through marriage. Christopher Redington is described as a resident proprietor in 1824. In the 1830s townlands in the parishes of Kilconickny & Kilconierin are recorded as being the property of Mr. Redington. In 1855 Sir Thomas Redington owned several townlands in the parishes of Ballynacourty Kilconierin and Stradbally in the barony of Dunkellin including a house valued at £4 but accompanied by 100 acres of land. This was leased by Sir Thomas Redington to John Caven at Ballynamanagh in the parish of Ballynacourty. Also 8 townlands in the parish of Kilkerrin, barony of Tiaquin, were part of the Redington estate. The family owned over 10,000 acres in county Galway in the 1870s. In 1906 Anne Redington is recorded as the owner of over 900 acres of untenanted demesne lands at Kilcornan. In December 1913 2,748 acres of the estate of the Misses Reddington was vested in the Congested Districts' Board.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilcornan | Kilcornan | Stradbally | Galway | Clarinbridge 55 | Dunkellin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M425204
OS Sheet: 95 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Ballynamanagh | Ballynamanagh | Ballynacourty | Galway | Clarinbridge 55 | Dunkellin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M400198
OS Sheet: 103 Discovery map: 52 |
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| Fiddaun Lodge | Fiddaun | Kilkerrin | Glennamaddy | Shankill 80 | Tiaquin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M633 542
OS Sheet: 31 Discovery map: 39 |
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| Ballymanagh (Dunkellin) | Ballymanagh | Killogilleen | Loughrea | Killogilleen 132 | Dunkellin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M523169
OS Sheet: 104 Discovery map: 52 |
Archival sources
- Wilson-Lynch papers, include records relating to the Redington estate and family, LE6. ; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
- Map of townlands in parish of Kilkerrin, barony of Tiaquin, no date. 21.F.33(42); National Library of Ireland
- Appeal of Redington v Redington, 5 June 1811. HL/PO/JO/10/2/84 ; Parliamentary Archives
- Kilcornan. Photographs. 022/066; Irish Architectural Archive
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 : 230.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 299
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Galway Union, 173 & 200.
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 577.
- 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] : 384.
- 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: 201.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 44
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 314.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Glennamaddy Union, 7 (Fiddaun)
- 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.
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxviii & 90 (Kilcornan House)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Loughrea Union: 43 (Ballymanagh)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 140 (Ballymanagh)
Modern printed sources
- MURPHY, Joseph. ''The Redingtons of Clarinbridge.'' [Galway]: [the author], 1999. : All
- SPELLISSY, Séan. ''The History of Galway''. Limerick: Celtic Bookshop, 1999. : 289-290.
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 165 (Kilcornan)
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': BLAKE, Martin J. An Old Lynch Manuscript. VIII (1913-1914), 65-75
- GILMARTIN, John M. Luxury and austerity, patronage and charity: landlords and a Galway convent in the nineteenth century. In Lennon, Colm (ed).''Luxury and austerity: Historical Studies 21''. Dublin: UCD Press, 1999, 182-197. : 182-197.
- ''The Blazer'': Kelly, Sean. Topography of Craughwell. No.1, Spring 1975
- MELVIN, Patrick. ''Estates and landed society in Galway''. (Dublin: Éamonn de Búrca, 2012). : pp.178-9