Can anybody help me please with information about Edmond O'Callaghan of Kilgorey Esq and Francis Mac Namara of Moyriesk Esq in the late 18th century? In his will of 1779 Edmund Burke of Meelick instructed that the sums of money devised to his children were to be paid from the sale of his stock and from the several judgement debts due to him from the above gentlemen, amounting to the sum of £10,000. I have no idea who Edmond O'Callaghan may have been but I suspect that Francis MacNamara may have been a connection of John MacNamara of Quin and Major "Fireball" MacNamara. Any information or suggestions as to possible sources of information will be greatly appreciated. Thank you all. Brendan Burke Dublin.
There is a McNamara descendant on the list who can likely help you far more efficiently that I can with my assorted notes. However, I am sending along a reference to the next generation following the one that you are seeking, plus a little more on the O'Callaghans. Sharon Carberry GB/NNAF/P4550 Calcutt, Francis Macnamara (1819-1863) MP for Clare Scope c1850-63: letters (22) to JB Macnamara Repository National Library of Ireland Record Reference MS 18898 Deep background on the O'Callaghans' arrival in Clare-- "The act for settling Ireland was passed by the English parliament in August 1652. While the land was being surveyed the government was deciding who should forfeit land. Degrees of guilt were established and penalties defined. The result was that owners of Irish land, whether they were Catholic, Protestant or Old English were to suffer... Donogh O' Callaghan of County Cork forfeited three quarters of his 12,000 acre estate. He was assigned 3,000 acres in East Clare in lieu of the proportion he was entitled to retain (he lost all his Cork land). One of the Clare landowners who was forced to make way for him was Donogh O' Malony of Kilgorey who forfeited 166 acres and was assigned in turn, 41 acres in Kilseily parish nearby." http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monticue/Pendergrast_line.htm Of potential utility: O CALLAGHAN MS 261-276 Betham Sketch Pedigrees Series 1, III, p..105 of Montallon & Liscullane, Co. Clare MS 261-276 Betham Sketch Pedigrees Series 1, III, p.105 of Co. Clare & Co. Tipperary MS 527 McLysaght MSS, p. 142-3 of Co. Cork and Co. Clare ----- Original Message ----- ... Can anybody help me please with information about Edmond O'Callaghan of Kilgorey Esq and Francis Mac Namara of Moyriesk Esq in the late 18th century? ... I have no idea who Edmond O'Callaghan may have been but I suspect that Francis MacNamara may have been a connection of John MacNamara of Quin and Major "Fireball" MacNamara. Any information or suggestions as to possible sources of information will be greatly appreciated. Thank you all. Brendan Burke Dublin.