Jordan (Rosslevin)

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The MacJordans, chiefs of the barony of Gallen, were established at Ballylahan Castle in the 17th century. They lost the majority of their lands under the Cromwellian confiscation but were allowed to retain the Rosslevin estate in the parish of Bohola. They dropped the prefix 'Mac' towards the end of the 17th century.

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Jordan (Rosslevin)

The Jordans owned an estate in the barony of Gallen throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Myles Henry Jordan of Rosslevin held townlands in the parishes of Bohola and Kilconduff, barony of Gallen, county Mayo. His estate amounted to 510 acres in 1876. His uncle Charles Burke Jordan lived at a house called Thornhill in Knocknaskeagh, parish of Killedan, barony of Gallen and held 737 acres in 1876. Property belonging to Edmond Henry Jordan, including Knocknaskeagh or Bushfield, was sold in the Landed Estates Court in April 1865. The purchasers were Edmond Jordan and Mrs.Jordan. By March 1916 John D. Jordan had accepted a final offer from the Congested Districts' Board for an estate of 1783 acres in county Mayo. Lands in the barony of Clanmorris, the property of Edward Valentine Jordan, were sold in the Land Judges' Court in 1886. The purchaser was the tenant, Mr. Curran.