Estate: Keogh (Keoghville)

Associated Families

• McKay
• Keogh (Keoghville)

Description

The Keoghs were large landowners in county Roscommon before the Acts of Settlement when they lost much of their territory. William Keogh married Mary Ffrench of Rahoon and they were the parents of Judge William Keogh. In the 1870s W.J. Keogh of Fig-hill, Athlone owned 446 acres in county Roscommon. Four other members of the Keogh family owned 337 acres each in the county.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	OS Grid Reference / Map
Keoghville Built by Laurence Keogh and his wife Mary Fallon at the end of the 18th century. They were the grandparents of Judge Keogh. Described in the Ordnance Survey Field Name Books as still in the occupation of Keogh, the representaive of the ancient proprietors of Doohy-Keogh 'but he is poor and nearly shook'. This must be Ross Keogh who resided in Keoghville in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation held in fee by John McKay and valued at £15. Abandoned in the 20th century and replaced by a modern bungalow, the yard is still in use.	Carrowkeeran	Taghmaconnell	Athlone	Castlesampson 6	Athlone	Roscommon	M927 427 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #48.
Camlagh The Newcomens resided at Camlagh in the mid 18th century and then leased the property to the Keoghs. Occupied by a Cruise in 1814 and described as a house of small dimensions at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. Occupied by E. Kilkenny in 1837 and by James Kelly and James Naughton in the 1850s.	Camlagh	Taghmaconnell	Athlone	Carrowreagh 19	Athlone	Roscommon	M869 391 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #50.
Feacle/Fighill The residence of Dennis Keogh in 1814, occupied by R. Keogh in 1837 and by Richard Keogh in the 1850s when the house was valued at £2. The house has been known as Fighill since at least 1837. The old house is no longer lived in.	Feacle	Taghmaconnell	Athlone	Castlesampson 6	Athlone	Roscommon	M913 428 Discovery map #47. OS Sheet #48.
Corkip An 18th century Lyster home, later occupied by the Keoghs, now in ruins.	Corkip	Taghmaconnell	Athlone	Castlesampson 6	Athlone	Roscommon	M918 503 Discovery map #40. OS Sheet #45.

Modern printed sources

• Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society: NAUGHTEN, Mary. Judge William Nicholas Keogh. XXXVIII (1981-1982), 5-30
• The Galway Reader: Galway Profiles 4. William Keogh MP, III Nos. 3 & 4 (1950), 90-93
• MATTHEW, H.C.G. and HARRISON, Brian (eds). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: University Press, 2004: XXXI, 357-358
• TAGHMACONNELL HISTORY & HERITAGE GROUP. Taghmaconnell: A History. Taghmaconnell Historical & Heritage Group, 2000: 17

Archival sources

• National Archives of Ireland: W.B. Scott, solicitor's collection, includes leases of Corkip Anthony Lyster of Newpark to John Keogh of Keoghville, 1805. Small Accs. Index 76, D.9983, D.9987 & D.10,025

Contemporary printed sources

• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1855-1858.: Athlone Union, 18 (Carrowkeeran) & 22 (Feacle)
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 185 (Fig-hill) & 226 (Keoghville)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 586
• ORDNANCE SURVEY FIELD NAME BOOKS, County Roscommon: IV, 109
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 316

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