Landed Estates
University of Galway

O'Reilly (Drumbannow)


Estate(s)

Name Description
O'Reilly (Drumbannow) In 1876 Thomas O’Reilly of Drumbannow, Ballyheelin, county Cavan, owned 1,029 acres in the county. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the mid-19th century, Drumbannow belonged to Frances Bateman. However in May 1856 Frances Bateman’s estate at Drumbannow and Grouse Hall was for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. Griffith’s Valuation records a Thomas Reilly holding a townland in the parish of Drumlumman and Thomas O’Reilly held some land in the parish of Scrabby.
Bateman (Grousehall) In 1810 Frances Lum, daughter of Charles Lum, married John Bateman, possibly of Rosetown, county Kildare. The Irish Equity Reports of 1845 include a case Charles Bateman v Lord Roden in the Court of Chancery in 1844, which refers to the 1819 will of Charles Lum of Lum Lodge [Lumvillle, county Offaly], in which he provides for his daughter, Frances Bateman, out of various trusts to be paid for from his estates in counties Cavan, Dublin and King’s County. His daughter Elizabeth, wife of Henry Hone and his son William Purefoy Lum are also mentioned. Plate etc in his home ‘Lum Lodge’ was also left to Frances, who is described as a widow in the 1840s. Houses and other stock at the Curragh, county Kildare, belonging to him were to be sold. In the 1850s, Frances Bateman held two townlands in the county Cavan parish of Drumlumman, barony of Clanmahon, namely Grousehall (288 acres) and Drumbannow (111 acres). These two townlands with lands, premises and houses at Clonliffe, county Dublin, were advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court on 16 May 1856. Frances died in France in 1864 and administration of her estate was granted to her daughter Harriette of Grousehall (Wills and Administrations 1867, 9). In 1876, Sarah H. Bateman of Grousehall owned 389 acres in county Cavan.