Tredennick

Description

A Cornish family who settled in county Donegal in the late 17th century.

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Estate(s)

Name	Description
Tredennick	A Cornish family who came to Ireland at the end of the 17th century and established themselves at Camlin, near Ballyshannon, county Donegal. John Arnold Tredennick of Camlin, a Justice of the Peace for counties Donegal, Fermanagh and Roscommon, was the principal landholder in the parish of Termonbarry, barony of Ballintober North, county Roscommon, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. William Tredennick of Fortwilliam, Ballyshannon, owned 4,546 acres in county Roscommon, 2,779 acres in county Donegal and 400 acres in county Tyrone.
Tredennick (Camlin)	In the 1870s William Tredennick of Fort William, Ballyshannon, was recorded as the owner of over 2700 acres in County Donegal as well as a large estate in County Roscommon and 400 acres in County Tyrone. John Arnold Tredennick was the proprietor of over 400 acres in county Donegal as well as lands in counties Fermanagh and Tyrone at the same time. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation members of the Tredennick family were among the principal proprietors in the parish of Kilbarron, barony of Tirhugh. Burke outlines the family history from Galbraith Tredennick who inherited Camlin on the death of his elder brother William, who died in 1816.
Tredennick (Woodhill)	The Tredennick estate owned townlands in the parishes of Kilcar, Killaghatee and Killybegs Upper and Lower in the barony of Banagh at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. In the 1870s G. Tredennick with an address at Woodhill, Ardara, owned over 6,200 acres in the county. This branch of the family descended from Galbraith Tredennick of the Camlin family who married Anna, heiress of George Nesbitt of Woodhill, Ardara. The family were originally of Cornish origin but had been in Ireland since the 17th century. Beattie notes that this was one of the first of the large Donegal estates sold to the Congested Districts Board in the 1900s.