O'Hara
Family title
Baron Tyrawley
Description
Sir Charles O'Hara, created Baron Tyrawley in 1706, and his son James 2nd Baron both had distinguished military careers in the wars on the continent of Europe in the 18th century. The title became extinct with the death of the 2nd Baron in 1774.
Estate(s)
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| O'Hara (Lenaboy) | The O'Haras of Lenaboy had been established in the town of Galway since the early 18th century and members of the family held the positions of Mayor and Recorder of the town. The O'Haras of Raheen were a junior branch of this family. An entry in Burke's ''Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland'' (1886) for the Martins of Ross, county Galway, suggests that the O'Haras of Lenaboy were related to the O'Haras, Lords Tyrawley and Melvin notes a reference to this in the National Library's Report on Private Collections relating to the O'Hara family of Annaghmore. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the O'Haras held land in the parishes of Kilcummin and Killannin, barony of Moycullen, St Nicholas, barony of Galway, Annaghdown and Kilmoylan, barony of Clare and Tuam, barony of Dunmore. In the 1870s James O'Hara owned 2,887 acres in county Galway, 239 acres in the town of Galway and 426 acres at Lawaus, parish of Crossboyne, barony of Clanmorris, in county Mayo. Over a thousand acres of the O'Hara's county Galway property was vested in the Congested Districts' Board on 25 Mar 1915 and an offer accepted for another 465 acres by March 1916. |
| 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. |
| Palmer (Summerhill) | In 1741 James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley, leased an estate in the parish of Templemurry, barony of Tirawley, county Mayo, to Arthur Knox of Castlereagh for 999 years. The Knoxes subsequently sublet it to Thomas Palmer for 444 years. The Palmers also held land in the parish of Bekan, barony of Costello, under a lease dated 1715 from Dominick Jordan for 999 years. In 1853 the Palmer estate of 1279 acres was sold in the Encumbered Estates' Court. |
| Gore (Castle Gore) | In 1666 the Gores were granted extensive estates, over 14,700 acres, in the barony of Tirawley, county Mayo and in county Sligo under the Acts of Settlement. In 1686 the Manor of Castle-Gore was created from these estates and other lands bought by the Gores. They also acquired the Manor of Belleek from the O'Haras, Barons Tyrawley, and owned estates in county Donegal. Their county Mayo estates were centred on the parishes of Ardagh, Ballysakeery, Addergoole and Crossmolina. In the 19th century much of their estate was let to middlemen or administered by agents and the Gores were largely absentee, as they had inherited the Saunders' estate in county Wexford. John Perkins of Ballybroony near Ballina, was their main agent in the 1830s.At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, in the 1850s, the Gore estate was one of the principal landholders in the parish of Donegal, barony of Tirhugh, County Donegal. In 1876 the Earl of Arran owned 29,644 acres in county Mayo and 6883 in county Donegal. |