placenamesKilmainebeg
Cill Mheáin Bheag
The Landed Estates database records a Jenings property in the parish offered for sale in 1852.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Mheáin Bheag · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilmainebeg · English · main form
Place & story
The family at Fountainhill
The University of Galway’s Landed Estates database places the Jenings family at Fountainhill in Kilmainebeg parish from at least the middle of the eighteenth century. It records Ulick Jenings’s marriage in 1769 to Catherine, daughter of George McNamara of Cong, and notes family burials at Cong Abbey. [2]
An estate on the market
In April 1852 the Fountainhill estate was advertised for sale through the Encumbered Estates Court. Its 251 acres included a corn mill and dwelling house. The database cites a newspaper report of Edward O’Donnell purchasing some of the property, without stating that he acquired the whole estate. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmainebeg. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Jenings, Fountainhill, estate525 — Landed Estates database · University of Galway, Landed Estates research project
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.