Knox (Moyne Abbey)
Description
The Knoxes of Moyne Abbey and the Knoxes of Castlereagh were the two main lines descended from William Knox of Lifford, county Donegal. The Blake Knoxes, Knox Gores, Saunders Knox Gores, Pery Knox Gores and the Knoxes of Rappa, Bushfield, Netley Park, Greenwoodpark, Palmerstown and Errew Grange are all descended from the Knoxes of Moyne Abbey.
Estate(s)
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| O'Hara | The estates of the Barons Tyrawley were in the baronies of Gallen and Tirawley, county Mayo and included the Manor of Belleek at Ballina, which Charles O'Hara purchased with the Abbeys of Rosserk, Straide, Moyne and Rathfran from the trustees for the sale of some of the estates of Charles Boyle, 3rd Earl of Cork and 2nd Earl of Burlington on 17 Mar 1704/5. In a later sale on 24 July 1705 he bought Knockmore, county Sligo. Most of the land of the Barons Tyrawley was let on long leases or for lives renewable for ever to such families as the Knoxes and Gores. Charles O'Hara and his son James, both held the title Baron Tyrawley in the 18th century and were distinguished soldiers and diplomats. |
| Knox /Blake Knox (Moyne Abbey) | The senior branch of the Knox family in county Mayo who were descended from William Knox of Castlereagh. In 1741 Mrs. Dorothy Knox was given a lease of Moyne Abbey in the parish of Killala, barony of Tirawley for 999 years by James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley. The Knoxes leased Moyne to the Jones in the 19th century. In that century the Blake Knoxes owned an estate in the parishes of Kilconduff, Templemore and Kildacommoge, in the barony of Gallen, and in the parish of Kildacommage, barony of Carra, county Mayo. They also had some lands in the parish of Kilmoylan, barony of Clare, county Galway and in the parishes of Rahara, barony of Athlone and Cloonfinlough, barony and county of Roscommon. Their county Mayo agent in the 1830s was George Knipe of Carn Hill, Belturbet. In 1834 Francis Blake Knox married Jane Knipe. In the 1870s the representatives of Francis Blake Knox owned 1,337 acres in county Galway. Henry Blake Knox of Moyne Abbey and Dalkey, county Dublin, owned 4662 acres in county Mayo , while his brother, Ernest Edward Knox, owned 1074 acres in county Roscommon and their uncle, Lieutenant Colonel William Knox of Brittas Castle, Thurles, county Tipperary, owned 1352 acres in county Mayo and 993 acres in county Tipperary. Lieutenant-Colonel William Knox bought the Brittas estate from the Langley family in 1853. It was mainly located in the parish of Rahelty, barony of Eliogarty. The estate of Henry Blake Knox was vested in the Congested Districts' Board on 19 Mar 1914. |
| Knox (Errew) | By his marriage with an heiress, Ellen Farrar, Granville Knox, a great-grandson of Francis Knox of Rappa Castle, was able to purchase Errew in the parish of Crossmolina, barony of Tirawley, from Charles O'Donnell. In 1876 he owned 1182 acres in Co Mayo and 1128 acres in Co Sligo. He overextended his resources by building a large house at Errew, which became known as 'Knox's Folly'. Following his bankruptcy he emigrated to Nova Scotia. |
| Sproule | In the mid 19th century the Sproule estate was in the parish of Rahara, barony of Athlone, county Roscommon. They also held some land at Mount William, near Adare in county Limerick. In the 1870s James Sproule of Cartrantroy, Athlone, owned 797 acres in county Roscommon and 232 acres in county Westmeath. Miss D. Sproule of Athlone, Robert Sproule of Caltrag, Lecarrow and William Thomas Sproule of Ferbane owned smaller acreages in the county. In the 1870s Moses Sproule was the proprietor of over 2000 acres in County Westmeath. He was among the principal lessors in the parish of Street at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s. O'Brien suggests that the Sproule family were originally from County Tyrone and inherited property from their uncle, a doctor who had amassed a fortune in India. |
| Knox (Castlereagh) | The Knoxes came from county Donegal and settled at Castlereagh in the 17th century. By the early 19th century they held an extensive estate of more than 10,000 acres in the barony of Gallen, county Mayo, situated mainly in the parishes of Templemore, Kilconduff and Killedan. They also owned most of the parish of Doonfeeny, in the barony of Tirawley and land in the parish of Kilmeena, barony of Burrishoole. In 1835 Arthur Edward Knox married Jane, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Rosse of Birr Castle. In 1853 Arthur E. Knox sold his estates in the Encumbered Estates' Court. The first sale amounted to 16,178 acres in three county Mayo baronies Gallen, Burrishoole and Costello and in the barony of Coolavin, county Sligo and the second sale comprised 25,004 acres in the barony of Tirawley and 1059 acres in the barony of Gallen. He and his wife went to live at Trotton House in Sussex. Their eldest son, Laurence E. Knox, founded the ''Irish Times'' newspaper in 1859. In the 1870s the representatives of Laurence E. Knox, Dublin, owned 902 acres in county Tipperary. |
| Langley (Brittas Castle) | Henry Langley of Priestown or Langley Lodge, county Tipperary was the second son of Henry Langley and his wife Anne Clutterbuck of Lisnamrock. In 1754 he married Margaret daughter and heiress of Oliver Grace of Brittas Castle, county Tipperary. In the mid 19th century much of the Langley estate was in the hands of the Court of Chancery. In October 1851, property owned by Henry Langley in the barony of Middlethird, county Waterford, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. The Priestown estate was sold in 1853. The sale of the Priestown and Brittas estates, totalling 1,396 acres, took place in the Encumbered Estates' Court in December 1853. Colonel William Knox bought the Brittas estate. In the 1870s Henry Langley of South Kensington, London, owned 3,321 acres in county Tipperary and 71 acres in county Waterford. |