Estate: Pollok (Lismany)

Associated Families

• St George (Tyrone)
• Pollok
• Kenney/Fitzgerald-Kenney
• Daly (Eyrecourt & Bellgrove)
• Burke (Glinsk)
• West (Lismany)

Description

At the time of Griffith's Valuation Allan Pollok was the owner of considerable property in various parts of east county Galway. He was one of the principal lessors in the parishes of Donanaghta and Kilquain, barony of Longford as well as in Ahascragh, barony of Clonmacnowen. Pollok was originally from Scotland and had purchased extensive estates in county Galway in the Encumbered Estates Court in the early 1850s, including the two Burke estates of Glinsk and Creggs in the parishes of Ballynakill and Kilbegnet, barony of Ballymoe. A large portion of the Burke estate was sold to Allen Dowell in 1813 for £30,000. Edmund Dowell sold his estate of 4,401 acres in 1851. It was purchased by Pollok who also bought portions of the West, St.George, Bisset, Eyre and Daly estates in the barony of Longford. Pollok's main residence was at Lismany, near Ballinasloe. In the 1870s he is recorded as holding over 29,000 acres in county Galway as well as a small amount of property in county Dublin. In 1881 he was succeeded by his son John, who married a daughter of John C. R. Bingham, 4th Lord Clanmorris. John's representatives owned over 1000 acres of untenanted demesne land at Lismanny in 1906. They held over 500 acres of untenanted land in the Eyrecourt area as well as the houses at Ballynamuddagh and Cloghbrack.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Redmounthill Farm (H874) At the time of Griffith's Valuation the property at Ballynamudagh, a steward's house and out buildings valued at £14, were part of the Pollok estate. In 1906 this property was valued at £41. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s the buildings are labelled Redmounthill Farm. The house and some portions of the farm buildings remain at the site.	Ballynamuddagh	Donanaghta	Portumna	Eyrecourt 173	Longford	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.22673 -8.14975 OSI Ref: M900196 Discovery map #53. OS Sheet #100, 108.
Woodview (H875) In the 1830s a "gentleman's residence" named Woodview already existed here. Slater notes it as the seat of Richard G. Daly in 1846. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Richard Eyre was leasing this property from Richard G. Daly. By 1906 this house had become part of the Pollok estate and was valued at £10. The house is still extant and occupied.	Buddelagh & Cloghbrack	Donanaghta	Portumna	Eyrecourt 173	Longford	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.20607 -8.14519 OSI Ref: M903173 Discovery map #53. OS Sheet #108.
Kilquain (H885) At the time of Griffith's Valuation Allen Pollok held a property in Kilquain valued at £5 10s which was used as a steward's house. There is evidence of estate architecture in the vicinity but twentieth century buildings on site.	Kilquain	Kilquain	Portumna	Kilquain 175	Longford	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.17629 -8.22137 OSI Ref: M852140 Discovery map #53. OS Sheet #108.
Oghil (H931) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Allan Pollok held a property at Oghil More townland, parish of Clonfert, on which a house was in progress, together with a mill and other buildings. The property stood on 368 acres. The mill chimney was demolished during the later twentieth century but many of the other buildings remain.	Oghil More	Clonfert	Ballinasloe Union	Laurencetown 19	Longford	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.24288 -8.16479 OSI Ref: M890214 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #100.
Sycamorehill (H932) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Allan Pollok held a property at Sycamorehill, parish of Clonfert, valued at £16. Molloy states that this house was burned during land agitation on the Pollok estate in the 1850s but it was subsequently re-built. Sycamorehill is still extant and part of a large farm.	Sycamorehill	Clonfert	Ballinasloe	Laurencetown 19	Longford	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.25365 -8.17681 OSI Ref: M882226 Discovery map #53. OS Sheet #100.
Coolcarta Farm (H933) At the time of Griffith's Valuation Allan Pollok held a property valued at £20 in the townland of Annaghcorrib, parish of Clonfert, barony of Longford. It is labelled as Coolcarta Farm on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Padraig Lane states that this property was damaged by fire during land agitation in the 1850s. A substantial farm still exists at the site.	Annaghcorrib	Clonfert	Ballinasloe	Kylemore 18	Longford	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.23935 -8.11234 OSI Ref: M925210 Discovery map #53. OS Sheet #100.
Kylemore Dairy (H934) Allan Pollok held a property valued at £7 together with over 400 acres in the townland of Kylemore, parish of Clonfert, barony of Longford in 1856. On the 25-inch Ordnance survey map of the 1890s there is a property labelled Kylemore Dairy in this townland. Parts of the farm buildings remain at the site.	Kylemore	Clonfert	Ballinasloe	Kylemore 18	Longford	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.25819 -8.14386 OSI Ref: M904231 Discovery map #53. OS Sheet #88, 100.
Crowsnest (H936) In 1856 Allan Pollok was the occupier and lessor of a property valued at £6 together with over 460 acres, in the townland of Crowsnest, parish of Clontuskert, barony of Longford. Molloy provides a detailed description of the huge farmyard (M868239) in the neighbouring townland of Ganaveen which was part of the Pollok estate. The latter was destroyed by fire in 1920. The Crowsnest property is now in ruins.	Crowsnest	Clontuskert	Ballinasloe	Lismanny 20	Longford	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.25540 -8.20679 OSI Ref: M862228 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #100.
Lismany/Lismanny (H937) Allan Pollok's estate was centred on the property at Lismany. In 1856 the buildings there were valued at £10. In 1906 Lismanny was owned by the representatives of John Pollok. It was valued at £90. It was sold by the Pollok family in 1924 and demolished some years later. Only the cellar of the house together with the ruins of an extensive range of estate buildings now remains at Lismanny. However both gatelodges and several other estate houses are still occupied.	Lismanny	Clontuskert	Ballinasloe	Lismanny 20	Longford	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.26893 -8.17688 OSI Ref: M882243 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #88, 100.
Fairfield (H986) Valued at £18 and held in fee by Pollok at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is no longer extant.	Fairfield	Kilbegnet	Glennamaddy	Creggs 74	Ballymoe	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.59278 -8.40177 OSI Ref: M734 604 Discovery map #40. OS Sheet #19.
Millford (H987) Allen Pollok held a steward's house and offices valued at £16 at Millford at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Extensive buildings remain at the site.	Millford	Kilbegnet	Glennamaddy	Creggs 74	Ballymoe	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.59376 -8.37761 OSI Ref: M750 605 Discovery map #40. OS Sheet #19.
Skehaghard (H988) Built by Allen Dowell circa 1840. Occupied by Edward Dowell at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £32. Advertised for sale in 1855 and bought by Alan Pollock. A lithograph and long description of the house are included in the sale rental. It was the home of Pollock's steward George Lowe for a time and leased to Martin J. McDonnell from 1883-1912. Taken over by the Congested Districts Board in 1918, the house was demolished in 1919.	Skehaghard	Kilbegnet	Glennamaddy	Creggs 74	Ballymoe	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.59728 -8.40030 OSI Ref: M735 609 Discovery map #40. OS Sheet #19.
Curraghbog (H989) Leased by Allen Pollok to Michael Kelly in the mid 1850s when it was valued at £7. A house is still extant at the site.	Curraghbog	Kilbegnet	Glennamaddy	Creggs 74	Ballymoe	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.60181 -8.38826 OSI Ref: M743 614 Discovery map #40. OS Sheet #19.
Lisbeg (H1132) In 1906 the representatives of John Pollok were in possession of a house and buildings valued at £65 at Lisbeg, parish of Clonfert. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Allen Pollok had owned the townland of 353 acres and a herd's house valued at almost £3. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage states that it was re-built after a fire in the 1890s and occupied by John Gardiner at that time. It is still extant and occupied.	Lisbeg	Clonfert	Ballinasloe	Clonfert 16	Longford	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.23846 -8.10186 OSI Ref: M932209 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #108, 109.
Lissanacody (H1568) The Pollok estate held a steward and caretakers' houses at Lissanacody, barony of Longford at the time of Griffith's Valuation, valued at £6 between them. In 1906 the property was part of the estate of the John Pollok's representatives and was valued at £7.Molloy writes that these buildings, which were unoccupied at the time, were damaged by fire in 1854. Some farm buildings remain at the site.	Lissanacody	Donanaghta	Portumna	Eyrecourt 173	Longford	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.20964 -8.16166 OSI Ref: M892177 Discovery map #53. OS Sheet #108.

Archival sources

• Irish Architectural Archive: Lismany. Photographs & Press Cuttings. 055/062.
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Burke & Moretti, 13 Dec 1853, Vol 25, MRGS 39/011, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Library of Ireland: Estate Maps, 1853. MS 22,028

Contemporary printed sources

• The Dublin Builder: ANON. Mr. Allen Pollok as a farmer and engineer. 1 November 1861.
• The Dublin Builder: Mr. Allan Pollock, residence and farm. I, 2 (1859), 143.
• The Irish Builder: Anon. A paragon estate: Mr. Pollock's Lismany estate. XII, 249 (1870), 107.
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Portumna Union, 2 (Ballynamuddagh & Woodview), 28 (Kilquain)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Ballinasloe Union, 107 (Crowsnest, Lismanny), 135 (Annaghcorrib, Oghil, Sycamorehill), 137 (Kylemore).
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Glennamaddy Union, 114 (Fairfield & Curraghbog), 117 (Millford) & 119 (Skehaghard)
• 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: 370
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 317 (Skehaghard - reps John Pollok)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 307 (Lisbeg, reps. John Pollok).
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 309 (Lismanny), 334 (Lissanacody, Ballynamuddagh, Budellagh)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of names of proprietors and area and valuation of properties in counties in Ireland, held in fee or perpetuity or long leases at chief rents, 1876. (412) LXXX. 395: 148.
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 299

Modern printed sources

• Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society: LANE, Padraig G. 'Purchasers of land in counties Galway and Mayo in the encumbered estates court, 1849-1858. XLIII (1991), 111
• Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society: LANE, Pádraig G. The General Impact of the Encumbered Estates Act of 1849 on Counties Galway and Mayo. XXXIII (1972), 44-74
• Studies: Lane, Padraig G. An attempt at commercial farming in Ireland after the Famine. LI (1972), 54-66.
• BENCE-JONES, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 185 (Lismany)
• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 596.
• CONWELL, J. J. Lickmolassy by the Shannon. Galway: Gortanumera Historical Society, 1998. : 93
• LYONS, Mary C. Illustrated Incumbered Estates, Ireland, 1850-1905. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1993. : 155-156
• MELVIN, Patrick. Estates and landed society in Galway. (Dublin: Éamonn de Búrca, 2012). : pp.84-86
• MOLLOY, Joe (ed). The parish of Clontuskert: glimpses into its past.. Clontuskert, county Galway: Clontuskert Heritage Group, 2009. : Pollok of Lismanny. pp.205-238.

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