Estate: Fallon (Ballina)

Associated Families

• Fallon (Ballina)

Description

A branch of the the Gaelic chieftain family of O'Fallon was granted land at Ballina in the parish of Taghboy, barony of Athlone, county Roscommon, in 1654. In 1749 William Fallon was living at Ballina and Patrick Fallon at nearby Cloonagh. William Fallon had a son Malachy renowned for fighting duels. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Anthony Fallon held an estate centred on his house at Ballina. His estate of 318 acres was advertised for sale in May 1867. The Reverend James O'Fallon, Bishop of Elphin 1756-1786 was a brother of Patrick Fallon of Cloonagh.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Cloonagh (H1223) The home of a branch of the Fallon family from the mid 18th century. Wilson refers to it as the seat of John Fallon in 1786. Occupied by James Mannion in 1814 and described in the 1830s as "a well built modern mansion forming three fourths of a cross". Occupied by James Bailey at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was part of the Trench estate. It is now a ruin.	Cloonagh	Taghboy	Athlone	Turrock 11	Athlone	Roscommon	Lat/Lon: 53.45661 -8.24842 OSI Ref: M835 452 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #47.
Ballina (H1224) Wilson refers to Ballyna as the seat of Mr. Fallon in 1786. Occupied by Malachy Fallon in 1814. It was held in fee by Anthony Fallon at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £6. Occupied by John Duignan in 1906. It is still extant.	Ballina	Taghboy	Athlone	Turrock 11	Athlone	Roscommon	Lat/Lon: 53.46202 -8.23791 OSI Ref: M842 458 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #47.

Archival sources

• Irish Architectural Archive: Cloonagh House. 087/096
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Fallon, 17 May 1867, Vol 85, MRGS 39/041, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Library of Ireland: Stacpoole Kenny Papers: marriage settlement of John Fallon of Cloonagh and Helena Maria Rice of Ennis, Co Clare, 27 April 1791. D 26,533
• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of O’Fallon of Cloonaugh, Co Roscommon, c 1690-c 1780. GO MS 164:213

Contemporary printed sources

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• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Athlone Union, 87
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 20
• LEGG, Marie Louise (ed). Census of Elphin 1749. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2004: 213
• ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Roscommon: IV, 78
• TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 77 (Cloonagh & Ballina)
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 121 (Ballyna & Cloonagh)

Modern printed sources

• Jnl. of the Roscommon Archaeological and Historical Society.: GACQUIN, William. Rev Dr James O'Fallon Bishop of Elphin 1756-1786. VI (1996), 99-102
• TISRARA HERITAGE SOCIETY. A History of Tisrara. Tisrara Heritage Society, 1997: GACQUIN, William. Rev. Dr. James O'Fallon Bishop of Elphin - 1756-1786. 76-81