Estate: Morgan (Monksfield)

Associated Families

• Morgan (Monksfield)
• McNamara Morgan
• Morgan (Ballymacward)

Description

The Morgan family had acquired the Monksfield estate during the 17th century and were Cromwellian settlers of Welsh origin. By patent dated 8 Feb 1667 they were granted lands in the barony of Dunkellin, county Galway, the barony of Erris, county Mayo and in county Clare. In 1824 Charles Morgan is recorded as a resident proprietor in county Galway. The Morgans were obliged, due to indebtedness, to sell the estate in the 1850s. The county Clare portion, 770 acres at Cappagh in the barony of Burren, was advertised in December 1854. The Rev. Henry Morgan was Rector of St. Nicholas' church, Galway at this time.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Monksfield (H655) The house at Monksfield had originally belonged to the Morgan family who were of Welsh origin. Evidence from the 17th century records shows that they acquired land in this area in the later 17th century. In 1837 Lewis recorded Monksfield as the seat of Capt. Morgan. It had to be sold in the mid-19th century due to debts. By the 1850s it was the residence of Thomas Shawe-Taylor.In 1906 it was owned by Walter Shawe Taylor and was valued at £14. Kelly, writing in 1976, indicated that the estate was sold to the tenants around 1908. After the estate was divided, the house continued to be occupied well into the twentieth century but is now a ruin surrounded by farmland.	Monksfield	Killogilleen	Loughrea	Killogilleen 132	Dunkellin	Galway	Lat/Lon: 53.18318 -8.74051 OSI Ref: M505150 Discovery map #52. OS Sheet #104.

Archival sources

• Irish Architectural Archive: Monksfield. Photograph. 096/019.
• James Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland, Galway: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), Morgan (Co Clare), 5 Dec 1854, Vol 6, 173
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Morgan estate including Monksfield, 13 July 1852, Vol 17, MRGS 39/008, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien),estate of Henry McNamara Morgan, 6 December 1853, Vol 25, MRGS 39/011, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Land Judges' Court Rentals (O'Brien), McNamara Morgan, 14 January 1879, Vol 135, MRGS 39/060, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Land Judges' Court Rentals (O'Brien), McNamara Morgan, 29 June 1878, Vol 133, MRGS 39/059, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Morgan, 5 Dec 1854, Vol 32 (41), MRGS 39/014, (microfilm copy in NUIG)

Contemporary printed sources

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• DUTTON, Hely. Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 416
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 151.
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland, 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 163

Modern printed sources

• The Irish Genealogist: MELVIN, Patrick. The composition of the Galway gentry. (1986), 93.
• BLAKE, Tarquin. Abandoned mansions of Ireland. Cork: Collins Press, 2010.: 124-129 (Monksfield)
• MELVIN, Patrick. Estates and landed society in Galway. (Dublin: Éamonn de Búrca, 2012). : 42

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