Bodkin (Kilcloony)
The Kilcloony estate, parish of Tuam, barony of Dunmore, county Galway, was granted to Edward Bodkin by Francis Bermingham, 21st Baron Athenry and James Daly in 1759. The Bodkin estate included lands in the parishes of Dunmore, Tuam and Liskeevy. The family had close links with Galway city, where they owned Rahoon House. The Bodkin's property in the town of Galway was advertised for sale in 1850. An 18th century member of the family was Valentine Bodkin, Warden of Galway. John J. Bodkin was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Fohanagh, barony of Kilconnell, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. His property in that area included a steward's house valued at £3 and 600 acres which were leased to Thomas O'Connor. John J. Bodkin was a Member of Parliament for county Galway from 1835 to 1847. In the 1870s his son, John Bodkin, owned 2,312 acres in county Galway. The Kilcloony estate was bought by the Irish Land Purchase and Settlement Company in 1884 for £43,000. Mohr writes that this was the only purchase of the company. Charles Stewart Parnell was its Chairman. Thomas Bodkin became Director of the National Gallery in the mid 20th century. see http://www.viovio.com/travel/102148193
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahoon House | Rahoon | Rahoon | Galway | Barna 44 | Galway | Galway |
OSI Ref: M272 253
OS Sheet: 94 Discovery map: 45 |
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| Pallas | Pallas | Fohanagh | Mountbellew | Annagh 143 | Kilconnell | Galway |
OSI Ref: M728389
OS Sheet: 61 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Quarrymount | Quarrymount | Dunmore | Tuam | Doonbally 196 | Dunmore | Galway |
OSI Ref: M423 611
OS Sheet: 16 Discovery map: 39 |
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| Siller House | Kilcloony | Tuam | Tuam | Doonbally 196 | Dunmore | Galway |
OSI Ref: M432 603
OS Sheet: 16 Discovery map: 39 |
Archival sources
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Bodkin, 6 June 1884, Vol 147, MRGS 39/065, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Documents relating to Bodkin property in city and county of Galway, 1676. M.6863; National Archives of Ireland
- Glynn Notebook, copies of deeds and documents re the Bodkin family, Tuam area, 17th & 18th centuries. MS 4183; National Library of Ireland
- 33 deeds re affairs of Bodkin & Clarke families, Co Galway, 17th-19th centuries. D 10,266-10,298; National Library of Ireland
- Bodkin Papers, papers and photographs re family of Bodkin of Tuam, especially Thomas Bodkin, Director of the National Gallery, 1820-1985. Private Accessions No. 1155; National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates Court Rental, Bodkin, 5 Aug 1850, Galway Town. D1052; Galway County Library
- Ordnance Survey maps showing lands in non congested districts: Kilcloony estate, 529 acres in barony of Dunmore, Co Galway, 1907. 15.A.23(12); National Library of Ireland
- Will of John Bermingham, 1802. T.10823; National Archives of Ireland
- Quarrymount photos & document entitled "Quarrymount House, an uncertain future". 054/011; Irish Architectural Archive
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 42
- DUTTON, Hely. ''Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 415
- 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 (French)
- HARDIMAN, James. ''The history of the town and county of the town of Galway''. Galway: The Connacht Tribune, revised edition 1985: 316
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mountbellew Union, 9.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 339 (Quarrymount - CDB)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Tuam Union, 132 (Quarrymount)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I, 586 (Quarrymount), 648 (Rahoon - O'Connor) & Vol II, 648 (Kilcloony)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 229 (Kilcloony) & 326 (Rahoon)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 293
Modern printed sources
- MOHR, Paul. ''John Birmingham Esq. Tuam and Ireland's New Star''. Co Galway: Millbrook Nova Press, 2002: 99-101
- O'DOWD, Peadar. ''Old and New Galway''. Galway, Ireland : Archaeological, Historical & Folklore Society : Regional Technical College and The Connacht Tribune, 1985: 121 (Rahoon)
- MOLLOY, Christy. ''Milltown Sketches''. [The author], 1995: 149-158
- ''Jnl. of the Old Tuam Society'': MOHR, Paul. Landlords, politics and dining: A window into North Galway/South Mayo society during the decade before the Famine. Jots 2 (2005), 31-38
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Family History Society : Galway Roots'': MULLOY, Christy. The Bodkins of Kilclooney. IV (1996), 75-78
- ''Jnl. of the County Kildare Archaeological Society'': FITZGERALD, Walter. The origins of the Bodkin family of county Galway. I (18911895), 204
- WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto and Windus, 1885): p.100