Pollok (Lismany)

At the time of Griffith's Valuation Allan Pollok was the owner of considerable property in various parts of east county Galway. He was one of the principal lessors in the parishes of Donanaghta and Kilquain, barony of Longford as well as in Ahascragh, barony of Clonmacnowen. Pollok was originally from Scotland and had purchased extensive estates in county Galway in the Encumbered Estates Court in the early 1850s, including the two Burke estates of Glinsk and Creggs in the parishes of Ballynakill and Kilbegnet, barony of Ballymoe. A large portion of the Burke estate was sold to Allen Dowell in 1813 for £30,000. Edmund Dowell sold his estate of 4,401 acres in 1851. It was purchased by Pollok who also bought portions of the West, St.George, Bisset, Eyre and Daly estates in the barony of Longford. Pollok's main residence was at Lismany, near Ballinasloe. In the 1870s he is recorded as holding over 29,000 acres in county Galway as well as a small amount of property in county Dublin. In 1881 he was succeeded by his son John, who married a daughter of John C. R. Bingham, 4th Lord Clanmorris. John's representatives owned over 1000 acres of untenanted demesne land at Lismanny in 1906. They held over 500 acres of untenanted land in the Eyrecourt area as well as the houses at Ballynamuddagh and Cloghbrack.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Redmounthill Farm	Ballynamuddagh	Donanaghta	Portumna	Eyrecourt 173	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M900196 OS Sheet: 100, 108 Discovery map: 53
Kilquain	Kilquain	Kilquain	Portumna	Kilquain 175	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M852140 OS Sheet: 108 Discovery map: 53
Oghil	Oghil More	Clonfert	Ballinasloe Union	Laurencetown 19	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M890214 OS Sheet: 100 Discovery map: 47
Sycamorehill	Sycamorehill	Clonfert	Ballinasloe	Laurencetown 19	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M882226 OS Sheet: 100 Discovery map: 53
Coolcarta Farm	Annaghcorrib	Clonfert	Ballinasloe	Kylemore 18	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M925210 OS Sheet: 100 Discovery map: 53
Kylemore Dairy	Kylemore	Clonfert	Ballinasloe	Kylemore 18	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M904231 OS Sheet: 88, 100 Discovery map: 53
Crowsnest	Crowsnest	Clontuskert	Ballinasloe	Lismanny 20	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M862228 OS Sheet: 100 Discovery map: 47
Lismany/Lismanny	Lismanny	Clontuskert	Ballinasloe	Lismanny 20	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M882243 OS Sheet: 88, 100 Discovery map: 47
Fairfield	Fairfield	Kilbegnet	Glennamaddy	Creggs 74	Ballymoe	Galway	OSI Ref: M734 604 OS Sheet: 19 Discovery map: 40
Millford	Millford	Kilbegnet	Glennamaddy	Creggs 74	Ballymoe	Galway	OSI Ref: M750 605 OS Sheet: 19 Discovery map: 40
Skehaghard	Skehaghard	Kilbegnet	Glennamaddy	Creggs 74	Ballymoe	Galway	OSI Ref: M735 609 OS Sheet: 19 Discovery map: 40
Curraghbog	Curraghbog	Kilbegnet	Glennamaddy	Creggs 74	Ballymoe	Galway	OSI Ref: M743 614 OS Sheet: 19 Discovery map: 40
Lisbeg	Lisbeg	Clonfert	Ballinasloe	Clonfert 16	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M932209 OS Sheet: 108, 109 Discovery map: 47
Woodview	Buddelagh & Cloghbrack	Donanaghta	Portumna	Eyrecourt 173	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M903173 OS Sheet: 108 Discovery map: 53
Lissanacody	Lissanacody	Donanaghta	Portumna	Eyrecourt 173	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M892177 OS Sheet: 108 Discovery map: 53

Archival sources

Estate Maps, 1853. MS 22,028; National Library of Ireland
Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Burke & Moretti, 13 Dec 1853, Vol 25, MRGS 39/011, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Lismany. Photographs & Press Cuttings. 055/062.; Irish Architectural Archive

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Portumna Union, 2 (Ballynamuddagh & Woodview), 28 (Kilquain)
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] : 370
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 299
''The Dublin Builder'': ANON. Mr. Allen Pollok as a farmer and engineer. 1 November 1861.
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballinasloe Union, 107 (Crowsnest, Lismanny), 135 (Annaghcorrib, Oghil, Sycamorehill), 137 (Kylemore).
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Glennamaddy Union, 114 (Fairfield & Curraghbog), 117 (Millford) & 119 (Skehaghard)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 317 (Skehaghard - reps John Pollok)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 307 (Lisbeg, reps. John Pollok).
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 309 (Lismanny), 334 (Lissanacody, Ballynamuddagh, Budellagh)
''The Dublin Builder'': Mr. Allan Pollock, residence and farm. I, 2 (1859), 143.
''The Irish Builder'': Anon. A paragon estate: Mr. Pollock's Lismany estate. XII, 249 (1870), 107.
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.

Modern printed sources

''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': LANE, Padraig G. 'Purchasers of land in counties Galway and Mayo in the encumbered estates court, 1849-1858. XLIII (1991), 111
BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 596.
BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 185 (Lismany)
''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': LANE, Pádraig G. The General Impact of the Encumbered Estates Act of 1849 on Counties Galway and Mayo. XXXIII (1972), 44-74
LYONS, Mary C. ''Illustrated Incumbered Estates, Ireland, 1850-1905.'' Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1993. : 155-156
''Studies'': Lane, Padraig G. An attempt at commercial farming in Ireland after the Famine. LI (1972), 54-66.
CONWELL, J. J. ''Lickmolassy by the Shannon''. Galway: Gortanumera Historical Society, 1998. : 93
MOLLOY, Joe (ed). ''The parish of Clontuskert: glimpses into its past.''. Clontuskert, county Galway: Clontuskert Heritage Group, 2009. : Pollok of Lismanny. pp.205-238.
MELVIN, Patrick. ''Estates and landed society in Galway''. (Dublin: Éamonn de Búrca, 2012). : pp.84-86