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Ball
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William S [Shirley] Ball of Abbeylara, county Longford, held two townlands in the parish of Dunmore, barony of Ballymoe and one townland in the parish of Kilkerrin, barony of Tiaquin, county Galway at the time of Griffith's Valuation. William Shirley Ball was the petitioner at the sale of the Ousley interest in lands in the parish of Boyounagh, barony of Ballymoe, on 2 July 1850 in the Encumbered Estates' Court. In 1861, W.S. Ball's daughter Georgina married Norman Melville, son of the 9th Earl of Leven. Almost 1800 acres of the estate of Arthur William Ball, Alicia Ball, widow and others in the baronies of Ballymoe and Tiaquin were advertised for sale on 15 June 1869.
William Shirley Ball was among the principal lessors in the parish of Abbeylara, barony of Granard, County Longford at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s. Arthur William Ball of Navan, County Meath was noted as the owner of over 1600 acres in County Longford in the 1870s.
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Reilly (Glennamaddy)
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Patrick Reilly held 3 townlands in the parish of Boyounagh, barony of Ballymoe, county Galway, in the mid 1850s and Patrick and Michael Reilly both had houses in the town of Glennamaddy. Michael Reilly of Glennamaddy owned 3,631 acres in county Galway in the 1870s. His estate amounting to 3,726 acres was offered for sale in December 1880 by the trustees of his will. The estate was dispersed throughout the parishes of Boyounagh, barony of Ballymoe and Kilkerrin, barony of Tiaquin. Pádraig Lane writes that Michael Reilly of Glan bought some of the property of Bartholomew Kelly in 1856. It is also evident that he bought land formerly in the possession of William Ball, Sir St George Gore and Robert E. Bredin.
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