Blennerhassett (Ballyseedy & Beaufort)
Estate(s)
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Blennerhassett (Ballyseedy & Beaufort) | Smith states that the Blennerhassett family were originally from Cumbria, in the north of England. The first to settle in Kerry was Robert who married, Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Jenkin Conway, from whom the subsequent generations of Blennerhassetts claim their descent. John Blennerhassett was granted an estate of 2,787 acres in the barony of Trughanacmy, county Kerry and 2,039 acres in the barony of Fermoy, county Cork under the Acts of Settlement in 1666. The representatives of Sir. A. Blennerhassett were among the principal lessors of lands in the parish of Knockane, Barony of Dunkerron North, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. Rev. William Blennerhassett was among the principal lessors in the parish of Ballincuslane while Charles Blennerhassett held lands in the parishes of Ballymacelligott, Ballyseedy and Currans, barony of Trughanacmy at the same time. In 1861 and 1862, Henry Blennerhassett, MD, and others, offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court rentals of lands in the barony of Fermoy, county Cork and Dunkerron, county Kerry as well as houses in the town of Tralee. These lots were purchased in trust by Messers. McNevin and Russell. In 1865, houses in Dublin and Tralee as well as lands in the barony of Clanmaurice, were offered for sale by the trustees of John Blennerhassett. The Tralee houses were purchased by Mr. Devlin while the lands were purchased by Mr. Neligan and Mr. William Sullivan, in trust. The estate of Sir Rowland Blennerhassett of Churchtown, Beaufort, amounted to over 8000 acres in the 1870s. |
| Blennerhassett (Killorglin) | This branch of the Blennerhassett family acquired lands around Killorglin which had formerly been part of the Conway estate. The latter estates eventually passed through the female line to the Blennerhassetts though the marriage of Avice Conway, great-granddaugher of Jenkin Conway, to Robert Blennerhassett. The estate of Rowland Blennerhassett, of Kells Lodge, Cahirciveen, amounted to over 6000 acres in the 1870s. The Blennerhassett estate was one of the principal lessors in the parishes of Dromod, Killemlagh and Killinane, barony of Iveragh, and Killorglin, barony of Trughanacmy, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. |