Malone
Description
Descended from the Malones of Baronston, county Westmeath, members of this family were prominent in the legal circles of 18th century Ireland. The Honourable Anthony Malone M.P. was Prime Serjeant and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1757-1760 and uncle of Baron Sunderlin.
Estate(s)
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Malone | 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. |
| Dillon (Feamore) | Gerald Dillon of Feamore, Prime Serjeant and signatory to the Treaty of Limerick 1691, is well documented in the Westport Estate Papers. He was granted lands in counties Roscommon, Mayo and Galway, by patent dated 16 Aug 1677. His estates in the baronies of Costello and Clanmorris, county Mayo, and in counties Westmeath and Roscommon were confiscated at the end of the 17th century and sold to Bryan Higgins. His son was married to a sister of Anthony Malone and the Malones appear to have gained possession of the Dillon estate. In 1752 Luke Dillon held 802 acres of Feamore on a lease for three lives from Anthony Malone. |
| Bailey | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Robert J. Bailey held 3 townlands in the parish of Oran, barony of Ballymoe, county Roscommon. They were previously part of the estate of Richard Malone advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates' Court in November 1854. |
| 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. |
| Bourke (Oldtown) | A branch of the Bourkes of Carrowkeel and Curraghleagh, Walter Bourke of Oldtown married Cecilia Coghlan of Prospect, county Mayo and had five sons including Thomas Bourke of Rockfort, the Reverend Geoffrey Bourke and Surgeon Major Joseph Bourke. He held the townland of Ballinvilla at the time of Griffith's Valuation, part of the estate of the Blakes of Doonmacreena. In the 1870s Surgeon Major Joseph Bourke of Farnham, Hants, England owned 1394 acres in county Mayo. It was the threat of evictions on this estate that led to the large tenant right meeting in Irishtown in April 1879 and later that year to the establishment of the Land League. |
| Malone (Westmeath) | The Malone family divided into two branches in the late seventeenth century, one residing at Ballynahown and the other at Baronstown. Baronstown was eventually inherited by Alice Malone (1767-1866) who married H O’Connor. Her estate was ‘In Chancery’ at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). It was very extensive containing many townlands principally in the parishes of Castletownkindalen, Kilbixy and Kilmanevan. This estate was also among the principal lessors in the parish of Drumraney, barony of Kilkenny West and the parishes of Ballymore and Killare, barony of Rathconrath, Following her death it reverted to the senior branch of the family and John Malone of Baronstown is recorded as owning 12,554 acres in the 1870s. O’Brien writes that the Malones sold Ballynahown house and estate to Andrew Ennis in 1828. He gives extensive detail about this important Westmeath family in the entries in his book on Ballynahown, Baronstown and Shinglis. |