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IE CLC/PP/EST/1 McMahon Collection McMahon Collection Descriptive List Clare County Council Archives IE CLCCA/PP/EST/1 IE CLCCA/PP/EST/1 McMahon Collection Contents Identity Statement .......................................................................................................... 4 Reference Code: ......................................................................................................... 4 Title: ........................................................................................................................... 4 Dates: ......................................................................................................................... 4 Level of Description: ................................................................................................. 4 Extent: ........................................................................................................................ 4 Context ........................................................................................................................... 4 Creator: ...................................................................................................................... 4 Archival History: ....................................................................................................... 4 Administrative History: ............................................................................................. 4 Content and Structure .................................................................................................... 4 Scope and Content: .................................................................................................... 4 Arrangement .............................................................................................................. 5 I Rental Accounts .............................................................................................. 6 (I) Anderson Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………….………..7 (II) Archer Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………...………..…......8 (III) Bolton Family Estate, Co. Clare……………………………………….9 (IV) Cahill Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………………………..9 (V) Collins Family Estate, Co. Clare……………………………………... 10 See Also PP/EST/1/21………………………………………………...11 (VI) Considine Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………………..11 (VII) Cox Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………………………..12 (VIII) Crowe Family Estates, Co. Clare…………………………………...12 (IX) Crowley Family Estates, Co. Clare…………………………………...15 (X) Barclay Family Estate, Co. Clare- part 1 (see (LXIII) PP/EST/1/817- for part 2)…………………………………….15 (XI) Blood Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………………… …24 (XII) Burton Family Estate, Co. Clare……………………………………..28 (XIII) Culligan Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………………..66 See also: PP/EST/1/275…………………………………………...… 70 (XIV) Cullinan Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………………..71 (XV) Ellis Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………………………..73 (XVI) Fitzgerald & Davoren Family Estate, Co. Clare………………….....74 (XVII) Foley Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………………......79 (XVIII) Forster Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………………......80 (XIX) Goldwyer Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………………81 (XX) Greene Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………………......81 (XXI) Haire Family Estate, Co. Clare …………………………………...…82 (XXII) Hodder Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………………...…83 (XXIII) Kelly Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………………...…..83 (XXIV) Kennedy Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………...……94 (XXV) Cronin & Ryan Family Estate, Co. Clare……………………....…...94 (XXVI) Enright Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………………..95 (XXVII) Creagh Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………………. 95 (XXVIII) Kenny Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………………….95 (XXIX) Kerin Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………………….…96 (XXX) Lillis Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………………….......96 (XXXI) Lynch Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………………...….97 © Clare County Council Archives 2015. All Rights Reserved. Page 2 IE CLCCA/PP/EST/1 McMahon Collection (XXXI) Mahon Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………………….98 (XXXIII) Matthew Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………………...99 (XXXIV) McInerney Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………… 100 (XXXV) McMahon Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………………102 (XXXVI) Maloney Family Estate, Co. Clare……………………………….104 (XXXVII) MacNamara Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………..108 (XXXVIII) Moody Family Estate, Co. Clare……………………………….123 (XXXIX) Moroney Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………………123 (XL) Nagle Family Estate, Co. Clare……………………………………….123 (XLI) O’Connor Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………………….124 (XLII) O’Donohue Family Estate, Co. Clare……………………………….125 (XLIII) O’Gorman Family Estate, Co. Clare……………………………….125 (XLIV) O’Loghlen Family Estate, Co. Clare……………………………….126 (XLV) Pilkington Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………………...126 (XLVI) Reilly Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………………….128 (XLVII) O’Meehan Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………………128 (XLVIII) Patterson Family Estate, Co. Clare……………………………….129 (XLIX) Rickard Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………………..129 (L) Ryan Family Estate, Co.Clare…………………………………………..133 (LI) Rynne Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………………………..134 (LII) Shaughnessy Family Estate, Co. Clare………………………………..134 (LIII) Spaight Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………………….134 (LIV) Stephens Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………………...136 (LV) Studdert Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………………….137 (LVI) Westropp Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………………..144 (LVII) Willis Family Estate, Co. Clare……………………………………..147 (LVIII) Clounloun Estate, Co. Clare………………………………………..149 (LVIX) Morice Family Estate, Co. Clare…………………………………...150 (LX) East Clare by-election…………………………………………………150 (LXI) Particulars of sales of property……………………………………….151 (LXII) Valuations for probate ………………………………………………160 (LXIII) Foley Estate, Co. Clare……………………………………………..167 (LXIV) Various Estates……………………………………………………..167 (LXV) Barclay Family Estate, Co. Clare part 2 ……………………...…...173 (see (X) PP/EST/1/42-76 for part 1) (LXVI) Various Estates II…………………………………………………..191 (LXVII) McMahon Estate, Co. Clare………………………………………193 II Administration………………………………………………………….194 III Registers…………………………………………………………….204 (i) Rental Account Registers…………………………………...204 IV Insurance Accounts……………………………………………………227 Conditions of Access and Use: ...................................................................................... 7 Access: ....................................................................................................................... 7 Langauage: ................................................................................................................. 7 Finding Aid: ............................................................................................................... 7 Archivist’s Note: ........................................................................................................ 7 Rules/ Conventions: ................................................................................................... 7 © Clare County Council Archives 2015. All Rights Reserved. Page 3 IE CLCCA/PP/EST/1 McMahon Collection Identity Statement Reference Code: IE CLCCA/PP/EST/1 Title: McMahon Collection Dates: 1611-1970 Level of Description: Fonds/Item Extent: 53 boxes Context Creator: Michael McMahon and Son Auctioneers Archival History: The collection was donated to the National Archives of Ireland in the 1970s by Dermot McMahon, grandson of Michael McMahon. It was then reaccessioned by Clare County Council Archives’ Service in 2010. Administrative History: The collection originates from estate papers relating to the business of land agents in County Clare in the 18th century. Michael McMahon operated an auctioneering and land agency firm in Ennis from the mid 1800s. Michael McMahon was also clerk and Presiding Officer at Ennis Courthouse for the 1917 East Clare by-Election. Content and Structure Scope and Content: This collection consists of papers from an auctioneering and estate agency business dating between the 17th to 20th centuries. The main content of material relates to rental accounts from estates throughout County Clare. Files relating to the fixing of fair rent, and requests for improvements as a subsequence of the Land Acts are proliferous throughout the collection such as (PP/EST/1/459) dating from 6 April 1883- 30 January 1912 relating to the fixing of a fair rent for lands at Moananagh, County Clare on the estate of William James MacNamara, Bushy Park, Ennis, County Clare, tenanted by Henry Canavan. Includes originating notice of application by tenant to the Land Commission Court to fix fair rent, order fixing fair rent under the Land Law (Ireland) Acts 1881 & 1887, valuation of land under the Land Law (Ireland) Act 1896, particulars of holdings and application to fix a second term of rent. The Rental Account Books give tenants’ names and addresses, valuation, rents and arrears. The collection also contains items relating to ejectment decrees and notices to quit (PP/EST/364). © Clare County Council Archives 2015. All Rights Reserved. Page 4 IE CLCCA/PP/EST/1 McMahon Collection Wills and marriage settlements form part of many of the family estate papers within the collection relating to such a very early will of Isabella Barclay (PP/EST/1/62) dated the 5 September, 1716. On 7 November 1866 a marriage settlement made between Elizabeth Duchess de Rovigo, Carnelly, County Clare and Francis Nathaniel Burton, Carrigaholt Castle, County Clare (PP/EST/1/180) forms part of the Burton estate papers. The administrative collection from Michael McMahon contain letter books from Michael McMahon and Son relating to Estate Management,