Seymour (Galway)

The Seymour family first settled in east Galway in the late 17th century. The families at Ballymore and Somerset were descended from the two brothers, Thomas and John. The estate of Simeon Robert Eyre Seymour at Somerset was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates court in June 1855. It was held under leases renewable forever. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas Seymour of Ballymore Castle also held land in the parishes of Addergoole and Liskeevy, barony of Dunmore. The Seymour estate amounted to over 3000 acres in the 1870s. The estate was offered for sale in the Land Judges' Court in January 1886 but no bids were forthcoming on that occasion. In 1906 Walter G. Seymour was in possession of an untenanted demesne of 250 acres at Ballymore Lower as well as his house valued at £33. At the same time Charles Seymour held over 450 acres of an untenanted demesne at Somerset.

Associated Families

Seymour (Galway)

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Somerset House	Somerset	Clontuskert	Ballinasloe	Lismanny 20	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M848222 OS Sheet: 99, 100 Discovery map: 47
Ballymore Castle	Ballymore Lower	Clonfert	Ballinasloe	Laurencetown 19	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M879199 OS Sheet: 96 Discovery map: 53
Clonfert Cottage	Clonfert Seymour South	Clonfert	Ballinasloe	Clonfert 16	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M961211 OS Sheet: 101 Discovery map: 47
Hemmings Ville	Killaltanagh	Clonfert	Ballinasloe	Kilmacshane 17	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M980182 OS Sheet: 109 Discovery map: 53
Kilnaborris Dower House	Kilnaborris	Clonfert	Ballinasloe	Kilmacshane 17	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M967168 OS Sheet: 109 Discovery map: 53
Coolbeg House	Coolbeg	Clontuskert	Ballinasloe	Lismanny 20	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M857234 OS Sheet: 100 Discovery map: 47
Somerset Glebe	Somerset	Clontuskert	Ballinasloe	Lismanny 20	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M840228 OS Sheet: 99, 100 Discovery map: 47
Caraunmore/Anneville	Caraunmore	Killimordaly	Loughrea	Grange 121	Kilconnell	Galway	OSI Ref: M644258 OS Sheet: 85, 86, 87 Discovery map: 46
Mount Prospect (Kiltormer)	Kiltormer East	Kiltormer	Ballinasloe	Kiltormer 14	Longford	Galway	OSI Ref: M825207 OS Sheet: 99 Discovery map: 47
Alloonbaun/Church View	Alloonbaun	Ballymacward	Ballinasloe	Ballymacward	Tiaquin	Galway	OSI Ref: M683367 OS Sheet: 73 Discovery map:

Archival sources

17th-19th century family & estate papers, contact NLI. ; Private Possession
Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Seymour estate including Somerset, 7 June 1855,Vol 35 MRGS 39/016, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Mount Pleasant (Ballinasloe). 139/080.; Irish Architectural Archive
Somerset. Photographs. 002/031.; Irish Architectural Archive
Genealogical notes on the Seymour family and pedigree of the Co. Galway branch. Compiled by H. S. Guinness, 1914 Ms. 3268 ; National Library of Ireland
Two volumes of genealogical notes on the Seymour family, 1557-1740 and 1740-1868 M. 474-5; National Archives of Ireland
Family records of the Butlers and Blackalls, their connections and relations, including the families of Creagh, O'Shaughnessy, Galbraith, Galwey, Seymour and Daly. By Sir H. W. B. Blackall. Vol. II., 20th c, microfilm copy (n.1028, p.1109; National Library of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballinasloe Union, 95 (Alloonbaun), 107, 108, 114 (Mount Pleasant), 129, 131.
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 299.
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] : 408.
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 309 (Ballymore & Somerset)
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: 149.
SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxii, 41, (Ballymore), xxxiii, 41 (Somerset)
SLATER, Isaac. ''Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1846''. (London:Slater, 1846): p.122 (Eyrecourt)

Modern printed sources

BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 25.
BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 634-5.
GLIN, Knight of, GRIFFIN, D. J. & ROBINSON, N.K (eds).'' Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland''. Dublin: Irish Architectural Archive/Irish Georgian Society, 1989. : 78 (Somerset)
''Jnl. of the Irish Family History Society'': WILKINS, David A.C. Seymour of Co Galway. XIV (1998), 7-18
CRAIG, Maurice & Craig, Michael. ''Mausolea Hibernica''. Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1999. : 96-97.
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: No. 423: Report on the Seymour Papers (from 1680), the property of Mr. C. S. Seymour, Rock Lodge, Trim, Co. Meath, relating to the Seymour and Eyre families, and to lands in Co. Galway.
MOLLOY, Joe (ed). ''The parish of Clontuskert: glimpses into its past.''. Clontuskert, county Galway: Clontuskert Heritage Group, 2009. : The Seymours of Somerset. pp.127-156
''Irish Times'': Land Judges' Court sale reports, 30 January 1886, p.3