placenamesWhitechurch
An Teampall Geal
Eighteenth-century estate deeds distinguish the O’Mullanes’ tenancy at Whitechurch from ownership of an ancestral estate.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Teampall Geal · Irish · main form · validated name
- Whitechurch · English · main form
Place & story
The terms of a renewed lease
Henry Blackall’s study of the Galwey estate papers records a lease dated 23 February 1788 to John O’Mullane. For a £1,000 payment and £90 annual rent, he received Whitechurch’s 535 acres, one rood and thirty perches for the lives of three named sons, with a covenant allowing perpetual renewal. The document concerns a leasehold within the Galwey estate, rather than outright ownership. [2]
A connection traced through later papers
A 1772 estate deed had named John Mullane and his under-tenants in possession of Whitechurch. By the Galwey marriage settlement of 1818, the corresponding lands were described as formerly occupied by him and his under-tenants. Blackall connected this family with Catherine O’Mullane, Daniel O’Connell’s mother, while distinguishing their temporary Whitechurch holding from the O’Mullanes’ ancestral property elsewhere. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Whitechurch. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- The O’Mullanes and Whitechurch, JCHAS 58 (1953), pages 20–21 · Sir Henry Blackall, Cork Historical and Archaeological Society
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.