Estate: Crean

Associated Families

• Crean

Description

A family transplanted to county Mayo from county Galway under the Cromwellian settlement. The Crean family first settled at Brickens, in the parish of Bekan, barony of Costello, county Mayo. By the mid 19th century they held 5 townlands in the parish and were residing at Ballinvilla. In 1876 Arthur Lynch Crean had an estate of 731 acres. By March 1916 Austin F. Crean had accepted an offer from the Congested Districts' Board for the purchase of 571 acres of his estate.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Ballinvilla (H99) The home of the Crean family in the 19th century. The house no longer exists.	Ballinvilla Demesne	Bekan	Claremorris	Culnacleha 78	Costello	Mayo	Lat/Lon: 53.71426 -8.87553 OSI Ref: M422 742 Discovery map #39. OS Sheet #102.

Archival sources

Contemporary printed sources

• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Claremorris, 133
• HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878: 106
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 30
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I, 189
• ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Mayo: Vol II, 126 & 159
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 364
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland, [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 55
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 308

Modern printed sources

• COMER, Michael and Ó MURAÍLE, Nollaig (eds.). BÉACÁN/BEKAN Portrait of an East Mayo Parish. Castlebar: Connaught Telegraph, 1986: HEANEY, Fr Martin J. and GREENE, Joe. Families of note in bygone days. 153-156

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