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Martin (Killoskehane)
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John Martin (1797-1876), a cotton mill owner, of Shrigley, Killeagh, county Down, owned 1,750 acres in county Tipperary, 2,436 acres in county Tyrone and 24 acres in county Down in the 1870s. He appears to have bought the Willington estate at Killoskehane in the mid 1850s. Edward Downes Martin was the occupier of Killoskehane Castle in 1906 and held over 1,600 acres of untenanted land in county Tipperary. His wife Nellie was the daughter of Thomas Staples Irwin of Drumglass, county Tyrone. She was buried in Kilfithmore, county Tipperary, cemetery in 1904. see http://members.iinet.net.au/~sgrieves/cemetries__ireland.htm
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Willington (Killoskehane)
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The Willingtons were settled at Killoshehane, county Tipperary, by the mid 18th century. James Willington married Mary Carden and died in 1750. They had three sons, John of Killoskehane, James of Newhouse and Jonathan of Castlewillington. In 1815 John Willington of Killoskehane married Sarah, daughter of Christopher Ormsby, a member of the Ormsby family of Ballinamore, county Mayo. They had three sons who had all died unmarried by 1863. In the mid 19th century the estate was located in the parishes of Killoskehan, barony of Ikerrin and Ballymackey, Kilkeary and Latteragh, barony of Upper Ormond. The Willington estate at Killoskehane, amounting to 2,541 acres in the baronies of Ikerrin and Eliogarty, was advertised for sale in November 1853 and again in June 1854. Five lots were again advertised in March 1855. The mansion house, demesne and plantations (1,305 acres) at Killoskehane was advertised again in May 1864. Edward D. Martin held over 1,500 acres at Killoskehane in 1906.
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