Kilkelly
The original Kilkelly estate had centred on Cloghballymore in the parish of Killeenavarra, barony of Dunkellin. The family lost this estate in the 1640s when they were transplanted to Raheen and Lydican. Due to debt they were obliged to sell these estates to the O'Hara family in the 1790s. Several of the family were in the legal profession or became agents for other families such as the Ffrenches who succeeded them at Cloghballymore.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Cloghballymore | Cloghballymore | Killeenavarra | Gort | Killeenavarra 105 | Dunkellin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M398140
OS Sheet: 103 Discovery map: 52 |
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| Raheen | Raheen Demesne | Ardrahan | Gort | Cahermore 102 | Kiltartan | Galway |
OSI Ref: M442064
OS Sheet: 122 Discovery map: 52 |
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| Lydacan | Lydacan | Claregalway | Galway | Carnmore 54 | Dunkellin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M377314
OS Sheet: 83 Discovery map: 46 |
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Archival sources
- Pedigree of Kilkelly of Castle Lydican, Co Galway and of Bilbao, Spain, c 1600-1772. GO MS 161: 102-110; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Kilkelly of Castle Lydican, Co Galway, 1687-1777. GO MS 16: 79-80; National Library of Ireland
- Cloghballymore. Report for planning. 145/046 & 145/047. ; Irish Architectural Archive
- Raheen. Photographs. 030/048; Irish Architectural Archive
- Kilkelly family, Co Galway, transcripts made 1921 of papers later destroyed in PROI. MS 11164; Trinity College Dublin
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 297.
- 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.
- 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] : 249.
Modern printed sources
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': MELVIN, Patrick. The composition of the Galway gentry. (1986), 89.
- SPELLISSY, Séan. ''The History of Galway''. Limerick: Celtic Bookshop, 1999. : 299.