Dunne

A family who held a large estate in county Laois.

Name	Description
Dunne	The ancient family of O'Doinn or Dunne were confirmed in their possession of the manor of Brittas in county Laois in the 17th century. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the Dunnes owned land in the parish of Fuerty, barony of Athlone, county Roscommon and in the 1870s are recorded as owning 1,544 acres in the county and 9,215 acres in Queen's County (county Laois). Bateman refers to this property being owned by three "Misses Dunne" of Brittas in the 1880s, as well as some 500 acres in county Dublin.