Blake (Glenlo)
Martin J. Blake writes that Henry Blake of Glenlo Abbey, a medical doctor, was a grandson of Patrick Blake of Kiltullagh and a brother of James Blake of Cregg Castle. Henry Blake died in 1830. In the 1870s this branch of the Blake family owned over 1,000 acres in county Galway. The estate was advertised for sale in the Landed Estates' Court in July 1883 and was comprised of Glenlo Abbey, Annaghmore West in the barony of Tiaquin and Ballynamordoon and Gortdrishagh in the barony of Leitrim.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenlo | Kentfield | Rahoon | Galway | Galway Rural 45 | Galway | Galway |
OSI Ref: M268 283
OS Sheet: 82 Discovery map: 45 |
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Archival sources
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Blake, 20 July 1883, Vol 145, MRGS 39/064, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Conveyance from Landed Estates Court Commissioners to J.H. Blake of house and lands on north side of Bohermore, Galway town, 19 Dec 1857. D 11,089; 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: 127 & 293
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : 49 (Glenlo)
- DUTTON, Hely. ''Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 414 (Glenlo, Redington)
- 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: 90 (Kentville, Martin)
- 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] : 37
Modern printed sources
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 138
- BLAKE, Martin J. ''Blake Family Records'' 1300-1600 1st Series, 1600-1700 2nd Series. London: Elliot Stock, 1902: II, 173-174
- BEGGAN, G. ''The Political Lives and Times of the Comyns of Woodstock'', unpublished, 2003. (Copy in NUIG): 17-18
- WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto and Windus, 1885): p.93