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Perkins
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John Perkins was agent for some of the property owned by the Gores, Earls of Arran in the first half of the 19th century. He lived at Ballybroony and held some land in the parish of Ballysakeery, barony of Tirawley, county Mayo. The Perkins intermarried with the Fetherstonhaughs and the Dundas family. In 1876 a Mrs Perkins of Kells, county Meath, owned 844 acres in county Mayo while in 1878 George Dundas of Moynalty, Queen's county [county Laois] owned the same acreage. Eleanor Perkins married Doctor George Dundas and she was recorded as the occupier of Ballybroony House and 258 acres of untenanted land in 1906. The estate was vested in the Congested Districts' Board on 21 Mar 1912.
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