Trench (Garbally)

Burke indicates that the Trenches originated in France but settled in the North of England. Frederick Trench came to Ireland in the 1630s and purchased the castle and lands of Garbally. Successive generations represented county Galway in parliament. Willam Power Keating Trench was created Earl of Clancarty in 1803. The Clancarty estate was one of the largest in county Galway in the 19th century. In 1824 Lord Clancarty is described as a resident proprietor in the county. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the estate owned property in the baronies of Clonmacnowen, Dunkellin, Kilconnell and Loughrea. In the 1870s the Earl of Clancarty owned almost 24,000 acres in county Galway as well as over 1600 acres in county Roscommon. Property in Ballinasloe town. leased from the Clancarty estate by James Edward Ward, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates court in January 1858.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Garbally Park	Garbally Demesne	Kilcloony	Ballinasloe	Ballinasloe Rural 4	Clonmacnowen	Galway	OSI Ref: M834304 OS Sheet: 87 Discovery map: 47
Glenville	Cahercrea East	Killeenadeema	Loughrea	Aille 119	Loughrea	Galway	OSI Ref: M599144 OS Sheet: 105 Discovery map: 52
Millmount House	Gortnamacken	Kilchreest	Loughrea	Killogilleen 132	Dunkellin	Galway	OSI Ref: M573148 OS Sheet: 105 Discovery map: 52
Carrownea	Carrownea	Ballymacward	Ballinasloe	Ballymacward 7	Kilconnell	Galway	OSI Ref: M673355 OS Sheet: 73 Discovery map: 46
Kellysgrove	Kellysgrove	Clonstuskert	Ballinasloe	Kellysgrove 6	Clonmacnowen	Galway	OSI Ref: M850274 OS Sheet: 87, 88 Discovery map: 47
Sonnagh	Sonnagh	Fohanagh	Ballinasloe	Ahascragh 1	Clonmacnowen	Galway	OSI Ref: M791363 OS Sheet: 74 Discovery map: 47
Craig's Hotel	Back	Kilcloony	Ballinasloe	Ballinasloe Urban 5	Clonmacnowen	Galway	OSI Ref: M852309 OS Sheet: 88 Discovery map: 47
Brackernagh Lodge	Brackernagh	Kilcloony	Ballinasloe	Ballinasloe Urban & Rural 4 & 5	Clonmacnowen	Galway	OSI Ref: M842299 OS Sheet: 87 Discovery map: 47
Caher	Caher	Kilcloony	Ballinasloe	Ballinasloe Rural 4	Clonmacnowen	Galway	OSI Ref: M812296 OS Sheet: 87 Discovery map: 47
Cleaghmore	Cleaghmore	Kilcloony	Ballinasloe	Ballinasloe Urban 5	Clonmacnowen	Galway	OSI Ref: M846313 OS Sheet: 74, 87, 88 Discovery map: 47
Cleaghmore B & C	Cleaghmore	Kilcloony	Ballinasloe	Ballinasloe Urban 5	Clonmacnowen	Galway	OSI Ref: M845312 OS Sheet: 74, 87, 88 Discovery map: 47
Deerpark	Deerpark	Kilcloony	Ballinasloe	Ballinasloe Rural 4	Clonmacnowen	Galway	OSI Ref: M836319 OS Sheet: 74 Discovery map: 47
Mackney	Mackney	Kilcloony	Ballinasloe	Kellysgrove 6	Clonmacnowen	Galway	OSI Ref: M836296 OS Sheet: 87 Discovery map: 47
Mountventure	Mountventure	Ballymacward	Ballinasloe	Ballymacward 7	Tiaquin	Galway	OSI Ref: M666 368 OS Sheet: 73 Discovery map: 46
Kilgarve House	Kilgarve	Creagh	Ballinasloe	Creagh 21	Moycarn	Roscommon	OSI Ref: M876306 OS Sheet: 53 Discovery map: 47
Creagh Lodge	Townparks	Creagh	Ballinasloe	Ballinasloe Urban 5	Moycarn	Roscommon	OSI Ref: M870321 OS Sheet: 53 Discovery map: 47
Lime Hill	Limehill	Duniry	Loughrea	Bracklagh 136	Leitrim	Galway	OSI Ref: M697128 OS Sheet: 106, 116 Discovery map: 52
Curheen House	Curheen	Kileenadeema	Loughrea	Aille	Loughrea	Galway	OSI Ref: M604151 OS Sheet: 105 Discovery map: 52
Alloonbaun/Church View	Alloonbaun	Ballymacward	Ballinasloe	Ballymacward	Tiaquin	Galway	OSI Ref: M683367 OS Sheet: 73 Discovery map:

Archival sources

Rental of Trench estates in county Galway, 1840-51. MSS 2577. ; National Library of Ireland
Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Ward/Dunlo, 9 Janaury 1858, Vol 50, MRGS 39/024 (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Trench (Clancarty), 25 June 1875, Vol 120, MRGS 39/054, (microfilm copy in NUIG; National Archives of Ireland
Correspondence of the Trench family, Earls of Clancarty, Garbally, Co Galway, 1785-1861. Acc. No. 999/347; National Archives of Ireland
Correspondence of the Trench family, Earls of Clancarty, mainly relating to international affairs and family events but including some estate material, 1777-1870. LE16; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
Garbally Court. Photographs & Press Cuttings. 022/042. ; Irish Architectural Archive
5 Jan. 1831 Letters Patent granted to the Right Hon. Richard Earl of Clancarty G.C.B. to be Vice Admiral of the Province of Connaught in Ireland. Private Collections. 99/13/1/42; National Archives of Ireland
Lease of lands of Baslick, Co. Roscommon from the Hon. Power Le Poer Trench, Bishop of Elphin to the Rt Hon. Catherine, Lady Mount Sandford, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, 29 Sept 1817. Ms 562; Representative Church Body Library

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 : 192 & 298 (Mountventure)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 294, 314.
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Loughrea Union, 11 (Curheen), 102 (Cahercrea & Ballycoony), 149 (Lime Hill)
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] : 82.
DUTTON, Hely. ''Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 412.
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballinasloe Union, 15 (Kilgarve Hood), 18 (Kellysgrove), 19 (Townparks), 21 (Hotel, Brackernagh), 22 (Caher, Cleaghmore) 23 (Deerpark), 30 (Garbally Park), 32 (Mackney), 65 (Carrownea) , 95 (Alloonbaun), 98 (Mountventure).
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol. II, 61.
''The Irish Builder'': Anon. The Clancarty statue at Ballinasloe. XVI, 355 (1874), 264.
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: 82 (Garbaly)
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. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 368
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.
BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage....privy councillors and knights''. London: Harrison, 1894. : 287-289
SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : Garbally, xxvii & 59
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 119 (Garbally)
BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.90

Modern printed sources

SPELLISSY, Séan. ''The History of Galway''. Limerick: Celtic Bookshop, 1999. : 270-271.
MOSLEY, Charles (ed). ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage''. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999: 576-578.
BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 131 (Garbally)
''The Irish Genealogist'': MELVIN, Patrick. The composition of the Galway gentry. VII No. 1(1986), 82-83
Le POER TRENCH, Richard. ''Memoir of the Le Poer Trench family.'' Dublin: Hodges & Figgis, 1874. : All
COOKE-TRENCH, Thomas R.F. ''A memoir of the Trench family.'' [n.p] privately printed, 1897.: All
''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': IRELAND, Aideen. Clancarthy Correspondence 1785-1861. XLVI (1994), 197-202
''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': COMER, Siubhán. The Gate Lodges of East Galway: An Overview. LIII (2001), 127-136