Talbot
Description
The Talbot family of Malahide Castle, county Dublin.
Estate(s)
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Nugent/O'Reilly Nugent | The O'Reilly family were established at Ballinlough Castle, Delvin, county Westmeath from the 17th century. James O'Reilly married Barbara daughter of Andrew Nugent of Desart, county Westmeath and his wife Lady Katherine, daughter and co-heir of Thomas, 4th Earl of Westmeath. Their daughter Margaret married Richard Talbot of Malahide and in 1831 she was created Baroness Talbot of Malahide. Her brother Hugh O'Reilly was created a baronet in 1795 and took the name Nugent on succeeding to the estates of his uncle John Nugent of Tulloughan. Sir Hugh Nugent married Catharine Marianne only daughter and heir of Charles Mathew, an uncle of Francis Mathew 1st Earl of Llandaff of Thomastown Castle, county Tipperary. Their son Sir John 3rd Baronet was a Count of the Holy Roman Empire and married in 1842 Letitia daughter of Charles Whyte Roche of Ballygran, county Limerick. Sir John held an estate in the County Westmeath parishes of Templeoran, Mullingar, Castletowndevlin, Killua, Killare and Killagh at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). In 1837 Lewis writes that the village of Borrisoleigh was the property of Sir Hugh O'Reilly Nugent and his representatives held at least 3 townlands in the parish of Twomileborris at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In the 1870s Lady Nugent of Ballinlough owned 4,692 acres in county Westmeath, 2,033 acres in county Tipperary and 283 acres in county Meath. |
| Talbot (Malahide) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Lord Talbot de Malahide held a sporting estate at Altnabrocky in the parish of Kilcommon, barony of Erris, county Mayo, from Maria and Letitia Bingham. In 1878, Lord Talbot de Malahide owned 1,133 acres in county Cavan, 1,893 acres in county Dublin and 547 acres in county Westmeath. His county Cavan estate was in the parishes of Bailieborough, Crosserlough and Killinkere. The County Westmeath estates of the Talbots of Malahide came into the family’s possession through the marriage of Richard Talbot and Margaret, eldest daughter of James O’Reilly of Ballinlough, County Westmeath, created Baroness Talbot of Malahide in 1831. She died in 1834. One of her grandsons, Reginald Talbot of Rhode Hill, Lyme Regis, England, was in possession of much of the family’s County Westmeath’s lands at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). These were located in the parishes of Templeoran, Portloman and Mullingar and his estate amounted to 1,839 acres in the mid-1870s. At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the early 1850s Lord Talbot de Malahide was among the principal lessors in the parish of Noughaval, barony of Kilkenny West. The Westmeath estate amount to over 500 acres in the 1870s. |