Lynch (Lynch's Castle)
In the 19th century Andrew Henry Lynch, son of Patrick Lynch and his wife Marcella Flanagan, owned an estate of approximately 4,300 acres in the parish of Kilcummin, barony of Moycullen, county Galway and another estate in the parish of Rahoon in the county of the town of Galway containing almost 4,000 acres, which he purchased from the Lynches of Barna in 1834. Andrew Henry Lynch was a Member of Parliament for the city of Galway between 1832 and 1841. Sale particulars for the West Barna estate of 3,130 acres, mainly in the parish of Rahoon, were compiled in 1846/7 by direction of the trustees and mortagees. In 1851 Andrew H. Lynch's estates were put up for sale in the Encumbered Estates' Court by his sisters and co-heiresses and were taken over by John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell and previously Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, to whom they were heavily mortgaged. In May 1856 another estate at Lydacan in the barony of Dunmore, was advertised for sale by the co-heiresses of Andrew H. Lynch.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lydacan | Lydacan | Claregalway | Galway | Carnmore 54 | Dunkellin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M377314
OS Sheet: 83 Discovery map: 46 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Lynch, 24 June 1851, Vol 8, MRGS 39/003, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Manuscript Notebook of statistics on the population of Ireland [1812-1819] compiled by Andrew Henry Lynch. GB 0096 MS 157; Senate House Library, University of London
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Lynch, 20 May 1856, Vol 40, MRGS 39/019, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Sale particulars of the West Barna Estate by private contract, 1847. 2 copies M24,259; Galway County Library