Landed Estates
University of Galway

Walsh (Garriestown)

Description

In his will dated 1797 Thomas Ruttledge of Bushfield mentions his daughter Bell Walsh.


Estate(s)

Name Description
Walsh (Garriestown) The Walsh family were connected to the Ruttledges by marriage. In the first half of the 19th century Thomas Walsh was agent to David Watson Ruttledge and also the main tenant on D.W.Ruttledge's lands in the parishes of Robeen and Kilcommon, barony of Kilmaine, county Mayo.
Ruttledge (Barbersfort) A county Galway estate in the parish of Killererin, barony of Clare, purchased by Robert Ruttledge from the Berminghams in July 1816 for £14,500. It passed at his death in 1833 to his stepson, David Watson Ruttledge, along with other Ruttledge lands in county Mayo. David W.Ruttledge's county Mayo estate included lands in the parishes of Kilcommon in the barony of Kilmaine, Kilconduff in the barony of Gallen and Kilvine in the barony of Clanmorris. The agent for his county Mayo property was Thomas Walsh. In 1876 he owned 4,329 acres in county Mayo and 2,059 acres in county Galway. David Watson Ruttledge died in 1890 and, following a court case, his estates reverted to Thomas Henry Bruen Ruttledge of the Bloomfield family.