O'Donoghue

Family title

The O'Donoghue of the Glens

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Estate(s)

Name	Description
O'Donoghue	The family were of ancient Gaelic origin who had forfeited much of their lands after the Desmond rebellion in the sixteenth century. Nonetheless The O’Donoghue was one of the principal lessors in the parishes of Aghadoe and Killaha, barony of Magunihy, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. The estate amounted to over 9000 acres in county Kerry in the 1870s. In June and December 1865, almost 6000 acres in the baronies of Glanarought, Iveragh and Magunihy in county Kerry and West Muskerry in county Cork were offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. The lands offered in the June 1865 sale were bought by James Roche. Property sold in the court in April 1866 were purchased in trust by various soliciors.
Ennis	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.