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Ennis
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Sir John Ennis (1800-1878), Catholic Liberal politician and Governor of the Bank of Ireland was the son of Andrew Ennis. He was MP for Athlone 1857-1865. He married Anna Maria Henry and was succeeded by their only son John, 2nd Baronet (1842-1884) who also represented Athlone in parliament. The title became extinct following his death and the estates were inherited by his sister’s family the O'Donoghue of the Glens, county Kerry. In 1858, Sir John's daughter, Maria married Daniel O'Donoghue, MP.
The Ennis family’s county Westmeath estate was located in seven different parishes in the county but principally in Kilcleagh, St Mary’s Athlone and Teemplepatrick. It was formerly in the possession of the Malone family. In the 1870s Sir John Ennis owned estates of 8,774 acres in county Westmeath, 326 acres in county Dublin and 262 acres in county Roscommon.
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Malone
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The Malones of Ballynahown, county Westmeath, were closely related to the Brownes of Westport House, barony of Murrisk, county Mayo and to the Dillon family of Feamore, barony of Costello. They were involved in the sale of the confiscated estate of Gerald Dillon of Feamore, after the Jacobite War. Documents in the Westport Estate Papers indicate that the Malones were leasing lands, including Boleyboy and Levallyroe, from the Dillons in the 1680s. An advertisement in ''Faulkner's Journal'' of 10 Oct 1752 lists 2956 acres for sale in the barony of Costello, the estate of the Honourable Anthony Malone, including Feamore and Levallyroe. The Malones also held land in county Roscommon, Edmond Malone having received a grant of lands in counties Roscommon, Galway and Mayo in August 1678. The county Roscommon estate of Richard Malone in the parishes of Cloonygormican and Oran, barony of Ballymoe, along with lands in counties Longford, Cavan, Westmeath and the city of Dublin, was advertised for sale by the trustees of his will in November 1854. At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Malone still held some land in the parish of Cloonygormican, orginally granted in 1678. He was possibly a member of a later generation of the Malone family of Baronston, county Westmeath.
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