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Synonyms for clonmacnowen or Related words with clonmacnowen
tiaquin
glennamaddy
ballynakill
killosolan
clontuskert
dunkellin
killoscobe
templetogher
kiltartan
kilbegnet
kilconnell
killallaghtan
ballymoe
clonlisk
leyny
cloonclare
rosclogher
clankee
mountbellew
rossinver
kilflyn
tobercurry
carrigallen
kilkerrin
rathaspick
tirerrill
slievemargy
killannin
coshma
killanummery
ballynamuddagh
coshlea
trughanacmy
kilmacteige
kilmoylan
shanid
enniskeen
ballymahon
ballybritt
slievardagh
kilcornan
emlagh
kildrumsherdan
ahascragh
kilmacallan
killasnet
tagheen
cornamucklagh
drumgoon
shrule
Examples of "clonmacnowen"
Derrymullan (), also Derrymullen, is a 226 acre townland on the north side of Ballinasloe in County Galway, Ireland. It is in the barony of
Clonmacnowen
and the civil parish of Kilcloony.
Ó Cellaigh was a descendant of Máine Mór, who founded Uí Maine. His gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather was Conchobar Ó Cellaigh (died 1268), a notable ruler of the kingdom. Seán lived in the parish of Creagh, Ballinasloe, and was described by historian Rev Jerome Fahey as:"an exceedingly influential petty-chief, holding a position astride the main highway into western Connacht. Morne na Maighe, his daughter (or sister?) was the wife of Domhnall Ó Madadhan, lord of Síol Anmchadha, the territory to the south of
Clonmacnowen
. ..in the sixteenth century [he] occupied Creagh castle."
In Clonbrock sat the Dillon family. Lord Clonbrock was listed as a resident proprietor in county Galway in 1824. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Lord Clonbrock was one of the principal lessors in the parishes of Ahascragh, Fohanagh, Killalaghtan and Killosolan in the barony of Kilconnell and Killoran in the barony of Longford. In the 1870s the Clonbrock estate in county Galway amounted to over 110 km (28,000 acres). Lands, house and demesne at Cahir, barony of
Clonmacnowen
, owned by James Dillon, were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates court in July 1854. In 1906 Lord Clonbrock held over 8.1 km (2,000 acres) of untenanted land and the mansion house at Clonbrock.
In Castlegar sat the Mahon family. The Mahons were settled at Castlegar from the late 17th century. They intermarried on a number of occasions with members of the Browne family of Westport. In 1819 the head of the family became a baronet. In the 1830s, at the time of the first Ordnance Survey, Ross Mahon was the proprietor of several townlands in the parish of Ahascragh. The Mahon estate was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Grange, barony of Loughrea at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Mr. Charles Filgate acted as agent for this property. The Mahons also held extensive lands in the baronies of
Clonmacnowen
and Killian. In the 1870s the Castlegar estate amounted to over 32 km (8,000 acres) in county Galway as well as over 3.2 km (800 acres) in the parish of Termonbarry, barony of Ballintober North, county Roscommon. In 1906 Sir William Mahon held over 4.9 km (1,200 acres) of untenanted land in the Ahascragh area. MacLochlainn writes that most of the estate was sold to the Land Commission in 1977.