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Estate: Kenny (Ballinrobe)
Associated Families
- Cuff (Baron Tyrawley)
- Knox (Castle Lackan)
- Kenny (Ballinrobe)
Description
A family established in the Ballinrobe area, barony of Kilmaine, county Mayo, from the late 17th century. They held land from the Earls of Lucan, the Ruttledges, the Cuffs and later from the Knoxes of Creagh. They were also involved in the brewing and milling industries in the town of Ballinrobe. They lived at Rocksborough, a short distance outside the town during the 18th century and then moved into their house Robe Villa in the town. In June 1855 Courtney Bermingham Kenny was granted a lease of Brendrum or Blakehill in the parish of Cong, county Galway by the Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. This property was advertised for sale in 1861. In 1876 Stanhope Kenny owned 598 acres in county Mayo. John Hearne was their agent from 1880s-1910. Most of their estate was vested in the Congested Districts' Board on 1 Dec 1913.Houses
| House Name / Description | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | OS Grid Reference / Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Summerville/Villa Lodge
A house orginally built for a member of the Browne family and used by the Kenny family of Ballinrobe, as a summer residence. |
Rossbeg | Oughaval | Westport | Westport Rural 154 | Murrisk | Mayo | L971 838 Discovery map #31. OS Sheet #87. |
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Robe Villa
A town house on the River Robe, home of the Kenny family for 200 years, sold by them in the early 1980s to the Ballinrobe Rugby Club. 
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Knockanotish | Ballinrobe | Ballinrobe | Ballinrobe 23 | Kilmaine | Mayo | M190 646 Discovery map #38. OS Sheet #118. |
Liskilleen
Built by Courtney Kenny in 1862. |
Liskilleen | Ballinrobe | Ballinrobe | Ballinrobe 23 | Kilmaine | Mayo | M203 682 Discovery map #38. OS Sheet #110. |
Blake Hill
A house on the estate of the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, occupied by the Blakes of Menlo in the late 18th century/early 19th century. Thomas Blake of Brendrum, county Galway, married Mary Lynch, granddaughter of Sir Roebuck Lynch Blosse 2nd baronet and they were the parents of the 9th and 10th Blake of Menlo baronets. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the most valuable house in the townland of Breandrim was a herd's house of £4.15 occupied by C. B. Kenny. Old yard walls remain at this site. |
Breandrim | Ross | Oughterard | Clonbur 157 | Ross | Galway | M127 561 Discovery map #38. OS Sheet #27. |
Archival sources
- Mayo County Library: Kenny Papers, including land agreements, estate management and financial records with some family papers, 1730-1939. Collection list, MP03
- Mayo County Library: Kenny Photographs
- National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Kenny, 15 Nov 1867, Vol 87, MRGS 39/042, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
- National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Kenny, 18 Apr 1861, Vol 61, MRGS 39/031, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
- National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Kenny of Roxborough, Co Mayo, Yorkshire and Co Wicklow, c 1670-c 1851. GO MS 179, 116-119
Contemporary printed sources
- GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Ballinrobe Union, 45, Westport Union, 87 (Summerville) & Oughterard Union, 63 (Breandrim)
- 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: 248
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 355 (Liskilleen)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland, [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 54
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 310
Modern printed sources
- Cathair na Mart: MCWALTER, Patria. The Papers of the Kennys of Ballinrobe. XXIII (2003), 99-105
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 19
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). Burke's Irish Family Records. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 667
- MULLOY, Bridie. Itchy Feet & Thirsty Work: A Guide to the History & Folklore of Ballinrobe. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association, 1990: 132-133
- RUANE, Patrick. Thesis entitled Mayo Country Houses before 1840 - Vernacular country houses in the classical tradition (M.U.B.C.), 1996: Appendix VI
Landed Estates Database, 1.2.4 28 Sep 2009