Lynch (Drimcong)
By a patent under the Acts of Settlement, dated 14 Mar 1679, Isidore Lynch of Drimcong, was granted over 2,700 acres in the barony of Moycullen, county Galway. The Lynch estate was bought by the Kilkellys in 1804. An Isadore Lynch of Arrandale, Spiddal, owned 1,366 acres in county Galway in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drimcong | Drimcong | Moycullen | Galway | Tullokyne 51 | Moycullen | Galway |
OSI Ref: M205 339
OS Sheet: 68 Discovery map: 45 |
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Archival sources
- Copy of bond for £1,000 Christopher Pippard to T. Lynch, Drimcong, M. Lynch, Dublin and others, 13 Feb 1723. D16,268; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Lynch of Athenry, Drimcong, Ballydavid, Lydican and Lynch's Grove, Co Galway and of Paris, c 1430-1784. GO MS 165: 389-392; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Isidore Lynch, his descent from Lynch families of Lynch's Grove, Drimcong and Athenry, 1784. GO MS 87: 179-182; National Library of Ireland
- Leases involving Martins of Galway and Ross, Oliver Lynch of Drimcong and Jasper Ffrench, re property in town of Galway, 1671-1687. 999/687/1-4; National Archives of Ireland
- Drimcong House press cuttings. 131/011; Irish Architectural Archive
Contemporary printed sources
- DUTTON, Hely. ''Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 415
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 262
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 297
- 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] : 283
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 141 (Drumcong)
Modern printed sources
- MELVIN, Patrick. The Galway Tribes as Landowners and Gentry. In MORAN, Gerard (ed). ''Galway: History & Society''. Dublin: Geography Publications, 1996 : 319-374
- ''Tuam Herald'': BLAKE, Martin J. Family of Lynch of Drimcong in Moycullen Barony. 1 Dec 1928
- ''The Genealogists' Magazine'': Reference to sale of portrait by Hone of Mathew Lynch of Drimcong and his wife nee Martyn, sold at Christies, 13 Mar 1931. V, No.10, June 1931
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': CHAMNEY, Anne R. Extracts from Father Clare’s Annotations to the Conformity Rolls, include reference to this family. X (2001), 427-454
- MELVIN, Patrick. ''Estates and landed society in Galway''. (Dublin: Éamonn de Búrca, 2012). : pp.10-11