Daly (Dunsandle & Carnakelly)
The Daly family of Dunsandle derived from Daly of Carnakelly in the parish of Kiltullagh. They bought the Dunsandle estate from the Clanricarde family in 1708. By the 1870s they owned one of the largest estates in county Galway, amounting to over 33,000 acres and wielded considerable political power throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Denis Daly had married Henrietta Maxwell, heiress of the Earl of Farnham, in the late 18th century. James Daly of Dunsandle is recorded as a resident proprietor in county Galway in 1824 and the owner of lands in the parish of Kilconieron in the 1830s. Parts of the Daly estate were in the parishes of Ballymacward, Clonkeen, Killimordaly and Monivea in the barony of Tiaquin. The family also held lands in the parishes of Fahy, Killimorbologue and Meelick, in the barony of Longford. The family also had connections with the Matthew family of Thomastown, county Tipperary where they acquired an estate including much of the town of Thurles. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Honourable Bowes Daly held land in the parishes of Gaile, baroy of Middlethird and Fertiana, barony of Eliogarty, county Tipperary. In the 1870s the Honourable Bowes Daly owned 1,415 acres in county Tipperary while Lord Dunsandle owned a further 3,514 acres in county Tipperary. Rev. Robert Daly, son of Denis Daly, MP, served as Church of Ireland bishop of Cashel and Waterford from 1843-1872. He was the lessor of property in the parishes of Ballynakill and Kilcaragh, barony of Gaultiere, county Waterford in 1848. Lord Dunsandle accepted an offer on over 1500 acres of his estate from the Congested Districts Board after 1909.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunsandle | Dunsandle | Lickerrig | Loughrea | Kilconierin 122 | Loughrea | Galway |
OSI Ref: M580217
OS Sheet: 97 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Ballynahivnia | Ballynahivnia | Kilconierin | Loughrea | Kilconierin 122 | Loughrea | Galway |
OSI Ref: M559210
OS Sheet: 96, 97 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Attymon House | Attimonbeg | Killimordaly | Loughrea | Cloonkeen 110 | Tiaquin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M593307
OS Sheet: 85 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Lismore | Lismore Demesne | Clonfert | Ballinasloe | Clonfert 16 | Longford | Galway |
OSI Ref: M942161
OS Sheet: 108 Discovery map: 53 |
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| Carnakelly | Carnakelly South | Kiltullagh | Loughrea | Kiltullagh 116 | Kilconnell | Galway |
OSI Ref: M567272
OS Sheet: 85 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Carrowroe House | Carrowroe North | Lickerrig | Loughrea | Kilconierin | Athenry | Galway |
OSI Ref: M574239
OS Sheet: 97 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Killough | Killough | Gaile | Cashel | Gaile 38 | Middlethird | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S110 518
OS Sheet: 47 Discovery map: 66 |
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| Grantstown House/Blue Coat School | Grantstown | Ballynakill | Waterford | Ballynakill 77 | Gaultiere | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S631105
OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 76 |
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| Grantstown House I | Grantstown | Ballynakill | Waterford | Ballynakill 77 | Gaultiere | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S633101
OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 76 |
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| Thomastown Castle | Thomastown Demesne | Relickmurry & Athassel | Tipperary | Thomastown 165 | Clanwilliam | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R980 372
OS Sheet: 60 Discovery map: 66 |
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| Esker | Esker | Kiltullagh | Loughrea | Kiltullagh | Athenry | Galway |
OSI Ref: M545259
OS Sheet: 84 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Lismore Castle | Lismore Demesne | Clonfert | Ballinasloe | Clonfert 16 | Longford | Galway |
OSI Ref: M942160
OS Sheet: 108 Discovery map: 53 |
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Archival sources
- Daly of Dunsandle legal and estate papers, LE13 & LE19; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
- Estate papers of Daly family, Dunsandle, 1760-1900. Accession No. 1684; National Library of Ireland
- Account books from Dunsandle estate, 1837-45. MSS 7941. ; National Library of Ireland
- Maps of parts of Lord Dunsandle's estate, with names of tenants, c.1861. 21 F 7. ; National Library of Ireland
- Mapped survey of part of Dunsandle estate, 1884. MSS 5761. ; National Library of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Kilcooley estate of Denis B. Daly, 10 May 1850, Vol 1, MRGS 039/001 (microfilm copy at NUIG). ; National Archives of Ireland
- 18th & 19th century estate records of the Bowes-Daly family of Dunsandle. 1012; National Archives of Ireland
- 1785-1908 Deeds, MSS 588; Representative Church Body Library
- Dunsandle. Photographs. 001/030.; Irish Architectural Archive
- Lismore Papers, sale of lands of Inisbaltry & Dromartin, by Charles Boyle, 3rd Earl of Cork, to trustees [James Daly of Dunsandle and Honora Daly, his wife, daughter of Simon Purdon of Tyreanah], for £412 part of marriage portion of Honora Daly, late in possession of Edward Nagle, Co Clare, 24 & 25 July 1705. MS 6146; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Daly of Killymer, Co. Galway, c.1750 --c. 1850. Genealogical Office: Ms. 176, pp.125-6; National Library of Ireland
- Copies and abstracts of documents in the Public Record Office of Ireland relating to the Daly family of Co. Galway, mainly wills, inquisitions, decrees of innocents, fiants for pardons, Connaught certificates, etc. 1558-1810. Microfilm copy at National Library of Ireland Daly Papers:, n.4659, p.4647 ; National Library of Ireland
- Extracts, with some transcripts and copies of portions of the Dunsandle Collection of legal documents with historical reference to County Galway, made by P. J. Kennedy and edited by him. Typescript, 1935. Ms. 5646 ; National Library of Ireland
- Dunsandle Daly Papers, relating to property in and near Thurles of the Daly family, Barons Dunsandle, 19th c. D. 15,776-850: M. 2887-2924 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Copy of patent creating James Daly of Dunsandle in the County Galway a Baron with the title Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal, June 6, 1845. Genealogical Office: Ms.152, pp.1-4 ; National Library of Ireland
- Daly Papers:, n.4659, p.4647 Copies and abstracts of documents in the Public Record Office of Ireland relating to the Daly family of Co. Galway, mainly wills, inquisitions, decrees of innocents, fiants for pardons, Connaught certificates, etc. 1558-1810. ; National Library of Ireland
- Box of documents: land documents of Charles Day [Daly?]Esq. in Galway. Contains several velum documents some with original seals from 1751 (2 from George II). Also documents from early 1800s pertaining to Daly estate in Co. Galway. Box 46; Roscrea Heritage Society Centre, Damer House, Roscrea
- Papers re the Daly family, Barons Dunsandle, including correspondence re estate matters, 1754, 1875-1895, 1905. Accession No. 5771; 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: 161, 295.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Loughrea Union, 64 (Carnakelly), 78 (Attimonbeg), 99 (Ballynahivnia), 120 (Dunsandle).
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I, 652 (Killough), Vol II, 68.
- 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] : 142.
- 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: 76.
- DUTTON, Hely. ''Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 413.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Gaultiere: 5 (Grantstown)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballinasloe Union, 125.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 45.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 246
- 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.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Middlethird Barony, 77 (Killough)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 291 (Thomastown Demesne)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxvi, 73 (Dunsandle)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 120 (Dunsandle & Esker), 138 (Lismore Castle)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.144
Modern printed sources
- GOLDMAN, Laurence et al (eds). ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.: James Kelly, ‘Daly, Denis (1747–1791)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,online edn, Jan 2008
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': MELVIN, Patrick. The composition of the Galway gentry. (1986), 92.
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 159.
- SPELLISSY, Séan. ''The History of Galway''. Limerick: Celtic Bookshop, 1999. : 288.
- GLIN, Knight of, GRIFFIN, D. J. & ROBINSON, N.K (eds).'' Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland''. Dublin: Irish Architectural Archive/Irish Georgian Society, 1989. : 72, 75.
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': BLAKE, Martin J. Families of Daly in county Galway with pedigree. XIII, (1924-26),140.
- BURKE, Sir Bernard & BURKE, Ashworth P. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1907: 559-560.
- KELLY, James. The politics of Protestant ascendancy: county Galway, 1650-1832.In MORAN, Gerard (ed). ''History & Society''. Dublin: Georgraphy Publications, 1996 : 229-270
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 116
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': MELVIN, Patrick. Clare Bards, Galway Gentry. XI No. 1 (2002), 13-15
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': BLAKE, Martin J. Families of Daly of Galway with tabular pedigrees of Daly of Killimer & Benmore; Carrownekelly & Dunsandle, Calla and Quansberry; Greyford, Raford & Mount Pleasant, Dalystown; Newcastle, Dalysgrove, Castledaly . XIII (1919-1920), 140
- PINE, L.G. (ed). ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. 4th ed. London: Burke's Peerage, 1958.: 208-209.
- ''Irish Booklover'': Anon. Denis Daly of Dunsandle. III, 10 (1912), 159-160.
- ''Book Collector'': SADLIER, Thomas U. An eighteenth century Irish gentleman's diarly. II, 173-177.
- ''Analecta Hibernica'': MacLYSAGHT, Edward. Dunsandle papers, 1665-1724. XV (1944), 392-405.
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': EGAN, Patrick K. An O’Kelly Deed. XXIX (1960-1961), 78-82
- ''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
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: Summary Catalogue of material in deed boxes in the strong room of McGillicuddy, Darley & Orpen, solicitors, Kildare St, Dublin, include records re Daly estates (unsorted collection in NA). Special List 350
- ''Jnl. of the Boherlahan-Dualla Historical Society'': DARMODY, Mary Frances. Killough Castle - the Castle by the Hill. V (2002), 18-23
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 313-318
- ''Weekly Irish Times'': 9 July 1938 Dunsandle
- MELVIN, Patrick. ''Estates and landed society in Galway''. (Dublin: Éamonn de Búrca, 2012). : pp.5-7 (including Daly of Lismore), 17