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Offline colinmclharr

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Connolly landed estates in Ireland
« on: Friday 01 May 15 19:46 BST (UK) »
This started after the Williamite War (1689-91) when William Connolly, a lawyer, traded in the lands that were confiscated afterwards.  He became extremely wealthy and owned a huge amount of land throughout Ireland.  His family held these lands for more than 200 years.

Can anyone recommend a good book on this subject?  ....even better if it focused on lands held in County Donegal.

Also, I will be in Dublin in two weeks, will visit the National Library, as well as the National Archives.  I would love to find any of the estate papers that apply to where my grandfather lived, in Teelin, Co. Donegal.  I'd appreciate any suggestions that would help my research.

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Re: Connolly landed estates in Ireland
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 02 May 15 02:07 BST (UK) »
Is this him http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Conolly
There is a book in the reference, the family papers are in Northern Ireland, assuming this Wikipedia entry is correct.

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Re: Connolly landed estates in Ireland
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 02 May 15 02:30 BST (UK) »
This should be useful it lists where all the family papers are, including the National Archives in Dublin and the NLI.
http://www.irishmanuscripts.ie/pdf/products/105/Reduced%20size%20The%20Conolly%20Archive%20Preview.pdf
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