Dowdall
Description
Sir Luke Dowdall married Mary daughter of Daniel Byrne and had a son Sir Daniel Dowdall see http://www.araltas.com/features/byrne/
Estate(s)
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Dowdall | Sir Luke Dowdall baronet, son of Lawrence Dowdall, was granted over 4,000 acres in the barony of Athlone, county Roscommon in 1677. Some of his lands were in the parish of Dysart and were in the possession of the Pakenham family by the time of Grifftith's Valuation. |
| Pakenham | Henry Pakenham, born 1611, was granted lands in county Wexford and at Tullynally, county Westmeath in the mid-17th century. In 1739 his great-grandson, Thomas, married Elizabeth, daughter and sole heir of Michael Cuff and niece of Ambrose Aungier, 2nd and last Earl of Longford (1st creation). In 1756 he was created Baron Longford. In 1785 his wife became Countess of Longford. Their grandson, another Thomas, [3rd Baron], inherited the Earldom of Longford from his grandmother in 1794. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Edward Michael Pakenham, 3rd Earl of Longford, owned a very extensive estate in the parish of Killucan, county Westmeath with much smaller acreages in the parishes of Castlelost, Killare and Rathgarve. In the mid-1870s the 4th Earl’s county Westmeath estate was recorded as amounting to 15,014 acres, with an estate of 4,555 acres in county Longford and 420 acres in county Dublin. The estate was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Ballymacormick and Templemichael in the baronies of Ardagh and Longford, County Longford and in the parishes of Mayne and Rathgarve, barony of Fore, County Westmeath The Honourable and Reverend Henry Pakenham was the fifth son of Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford. In 1822 he married Eliza Catherine Sandford, sister and co -heiress of Henry Sandford, 2nd Lord Mountsandford. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Pakenham estate in county Roscommon was in the parishes of Dysart and Fuerty, barony of Athlone, Kilbride and Roscommon, barony of Ballintober South and Ballintober, Baslick and Kilcorkey, barony of Castlereagh. It amounted to over 3,000 acres. |