Reference Source
MELVIN, Patrick. ''Estates and landed society in Galway''. (Dublin: Éamonn de Búrca, 2012).
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Estate Records Citing this Source
Found 64 estate records citing this source.
| Reference | Estate Name | Estate Description |
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| 29-35 | Burke (Clanricarde) | The Clanricarde estate was one of the largest in county Galway. Lord Clanrickard, a minor, is liste... |
| 37-38 | Trench (Woodlawn) | The Trench family at Woodlawn were one of a number of Trench families who came to prominence in coun... |
| 38 | Eyre (Eyrecourt & Eyreville) | Giles Eyre, Eyrecourt Castle and Thomas Knutford Eyre, Eyreville, are described as resident propriet... |
| 38-39 | Persse (Roxborough & Moyode) | The Persse family first received grants of land in counties Galway and Roscommon in the 1670s. Some... |
| 39-40 | Vesey | In December 1698 John Vesey, Archbishop of Tuam from 1679 to 1716, bought almost 750 acres in the Ho... |
| 40-41 | St. George (Tyrone House) | The St.George estate was centred on the house at Tyrone, parish of Drumacoo, barony of Dunkellin, bu... |
| 41-42 | Whaley/Whalley | John Whaley was granted over 1,600 acres in the county of the town of Galway with additional lands i... |
| 42 | Morgan (Monksfield) | The Morgan family had acquired the Monksfield estate during the 17th century and were Cromwellian se... |
| 42-43 | Shawe-Taylor | Walter Taylor was granted almost a thousand acres in the barony of Kiltartan, county Galway in Febru... |
| 44-45 | Gregory | The Coole estate was purchased by Robert Gregory from the Martyns of Tullira in 1768 on his return f... |
| 49-50 | Bellew (Mountbellew) | The Bellew family of Williamstown, county Louth, were granted lands in the parish of Moylough, baron... |
| 50-51 | Nugent (Pallas) | In 1677 Thomas Nugent was granted an estate of 3,250 acres in the baronies of Leitrim and Longford,... |
| 58-60 | Mahon (Castlegar) | The Mahons were settled at Castlegar from the early 18th century. In 1711 the Earl of Clanricarde l... |
| 60 | Mahon (Belleville) | The Mahons bought the Belleville estate in the parish of Monivea, barony of Clare, county Galway, fr... |
| 60-61 | Prendergast (Gort) | The Prendergast family were granted lands which had belonged to the O'Shaughnessys including the are... |
| pp.84-86 | Pollok (Lismany) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Allan Pollok was the owner of considerable property in various p... |
| pp.86-87 | Meldon | James Dillon Meldon, a Dublin lawyer, bought part of the Glencorrib estate of Arthur Dillon Browne,... |
| pp.92-95 | Dillon (Clonbrock) | The Dillons were a Norman family who initially received grants of land in Westmeath and who later ac... |
| pp.99-100 | Lynch (Lydacan) | Patrick Melvin writes of a grant in 1720 of the castle and lands of Lydacan by Protestant trustees t... |
| pp.178-9 | Redington (Kilcornan) | The Redington family estate was centred on their house at Kilcornan. This had previously been a Burk... |
| pp.179-180 | Browne (Ardskea & Cooloo) | In a Browne genealogy in the James Hardiman Library, NUI,Galway, the ancestry of this branch of the... |
| p.180 | Blake (Castlegrove) | By his will (1612) Robert Blake of Ardfry left the lands of Castlegrove or Fartigare as they were o... |
| pp.180-182 | Blake (Menlo) | The Blakes, raised to the peerage as baronets in 1622, were established at Menlough on the bank of t... |
| pp.183-184, p.414 (Photograph of Ballyturin) | Bagot (Bagotstown, Ballyturin & Aghrane/Castlekelly) | This family were first established at Bagotstown, county Limerick in the 13th century. They later he... |
| pp.184-186 | Persse (Roxborough & Moyode) | The Persse family first received grants of land in counties Galway and Roscommon in the 1670s. Some... |
| p.187 | Flanagan (Eyrecourt) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Henry Flanagan was leasing property at Lisdooaun, parish of Dona... |
| p.187 | Blake (Drum, Tully & Gortnamona) | In his genealogy of the Blakes of Drum, Tully and Gortnamona, Martin J. Blake refers to a grant date... |
| p.188 | Blake (Kiltullagh, Frenchfort & Vermount) | The lands of Kiltullagh/Kiltolla, parish of Oranmore, barony of Dunkellin, county Galway, were grant... |
| p.409 | Cullen (Kilkerrin) | The 'Parke' Cullens were another branch of the Cullen family of Manor Hamilton, county Leitrim. The... |
| p.411 Photograph of Abbert | Blakeney (Abbert) | Robert Blakeney, a member of a family of Elizabethan settlers, was granted lands at Castle Blakeney,... |
| p.411 Photograph of Annagh | Bodkin (Annagh) | The Bodkins, one of the ‘Tribes’ of Galway, were granted Annagh and other lands in the barony of Cla... |
| p.412 Photograph of Ballina | Blake (Ballyglunin) | In ''Blake Family Records'' Martin J. Blake states that Martin Blake of Cummer, county Galway, purch... |
| p.412 Photograph of Ballinamore Park | ffrench (Ballinamore) | The Honourable Martin ffrench was a younger brother of Sir Thomas ffrench, 3rd Baron. Martin ffrenc... |
| p.412 Photograph of Ballinlass | D'Arcy (Ballinlass) | In the first half of the 19th century Nicholas D'Arcy owned land in the parishes of Aghascragh and T... |
| p. 4, 8-9, p.412 Photograph of Ballybaun | Kelly (Aghrane Castle/Castle Kelly) | The Kellys were settled at Castlekelly, Ballygar, barony of Killian, county Galway, from the late 17... |
| p.4-5, p.413 Photograph of Ballydonelan | Donnellan/Donelan | An estate of over 3,000 acres in the baronies of Clonmacnowen and Kilconnell, county Galway, was gra... |
| p.413 Photograph of original Ballydugan (with third storey) | Burke (Ballydugan) | Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland indicates that Michael Burke of Ballintober, county Roscommon purch... |
| p.413 Photograph of Ballyforan Lodge | Kenney/Fitzgerald-Kenney | The Kenneys, originally from Somerset, settled in county Wexford in the late 16th century. In the 1... |
| pp.4 | O'Kelly (Gortray/Fairfield) | Ambrose O'Kelly was the one of the principal lessors in the parish of Kilmalinoge, barony of Longfor... |
| pp.4 | O'Kelly (Gallagh & Ticooly) | The O'Kellys of Ticooly in the parish of Killosolan, barony of Tiaquin, county Galway, and later of... |
| p.8 | Daly (Dalystown) | In 1814 the Rt. Hon Denis Bowes Daly was the owner of the Dalystown estate, the son of Hyacinth Dal... |
| p.4 | Daly (Castledaly) | This branch of the Dalys were descended from the Dalys of Killimer and also Dalysgrove, near Ahascra... |
| pp.4, 9, 11 | Kelly (Newtown) | A family with county Roscommon origins, members of 18th century generations of the Kellys served in... |
| pp.4, 11-12 | McDermott (Ramore/Rathmore) | James Anthony McDermott of Ramore married Mary Agnes Blake of Cregg Castle in the early 19th century... |
| p.4 | O'Kelly (Creeraun) | Teige Kelly was granted 191 acres in Creeraun, parish of Ballymacward, barony of Tiaquin, county Gal... |
| p.4 | Kelly (Kellysgrove) | James Kealy, son and heir of William Kealy, was granted 612 acres at Kealye's Grove by patent dated... |
| p.5 | Daly (Killimordaly) | This branch of the Dalys are derived from Teige Fitzdermot O'Daly who built Killimor Castle in the 1... |
| p.5 | Devereux | Reverend Nicholas Devereux was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Killimordaly, barony of... |
| pp.5-7 (including Daly of Lismore), 17 | Daly (Dunsandle & Carnakelly) | The Daly family of Dunsandle derived from Daly of Carnakelly in the parish of Kiltullagh. They bough... |
| pp.5-8 | Daly (Raford) | The Daly family of Raford were descended from the Dalys of Carnakelly. The Raford estate was bought... |
| pp.5-6, 8 | Daly (Quainsborough/Quansbury) | Peter Daly of Quansbury was the fourth son of Denis Daly of Carrownakelly, county Galway, a Judge of... |
| p.5 | Daly (Dalysgrove) | The Dalys of Dalysgrove, parish of Ahascragh, barony of Killian, county Galway, settled in east Galw... |
| p.8 | Smyth (Masonbrook) | The Smyths acquired property in and around the Loughrea area in the early 19th century. In 1828 they... |
| p.8 | O'Farrell/Farrell (Dalystown Demesne) | In the 1830s Dalystown House is described as the home of Dr. O'Ferrall. At the time of Griffith's Va... |
| p.8-9 | Kelly (Fiddaun Lodge) | Donnogh Kelly was granted lands in counties Mayo and Galway by patent dated 4 Apr 1670. McCarthy wr... |
| p.8 | Kelly (Muckloon) | In 1728 the Kellys settled at Muckloon, parish of Taghboy, barony of Killian, county Galway, which t... |
| p.9-10 | Concanon | The Concannons were formerly Gaelic chiefs in the Kilkerrin area of north east Galway. The lands of... |
| p.10. | O'Hara (Raheen) | Raheen was originally a property held by the Lopdell family. It was to this area that some of the Ki... |
| pp.10, 12 | Kilkelly (Drimcong) | Originally large landowners in the Kinvarra area of south county Galway, the Kilkelly estates had be... |
| pp.10, 117, 131 | O'Flahertie (Lemonfield) | The O'Flaherties of Lemonfield are descended from the O'Flaherties of Aughnenure Castle near Oughter... |
| pp.10-11 | Lynch (Drimcong) | By a patent under the Acts of Settlement, dated 14 Mar 1679, Isidore Lynch of Drimcong, was granted... |
| p.11 | Martin (Bushy Park) | Robert Martin held an estate in the parishes of Kilcummin and Kilannin, barony of Moycullen, county... |
| p.11 | Martin (Ballynahinch) | A branch of the Anglo Norman family of Martin, one of the Tribes of Galway, was granted the O'Flaher... |
| p.105 | Gore (Baronet) | In the mid 1850s Sir St George Gore, 8th Baronet, held at least 15 townlands in the parishes of Boyo... |