The Mellifonts: David Mellefont, 61 Grafton St., Dublin, Tories 17th Century Ballingeary, Melefont family member attained as rapparee in Balingeary, KInsale area 1690, 1731 Convert Roll Gilbert Mellifont, Dunmanway, Magistrates, Lawyers, Middlemen Later, Bantry, Dunmanway.

 

 

 

Gilbert Melefont, Gent. 1731/32 Parish Fanlobbus (Dunmanway) Family heavily involved in Bantry area Donemark tenants of Kenmare Estate, middle men, later Magistrates in Dunmanway Melefont family member attained as rapparees in Balingeary area 1690, Sir Henry Blackhall on Munster Gallweys May be brother of David of Mellifont one of family Mary Mellifont married Henry Gallwey Bantry c 1700.

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Proceedings at the High Court of Justice at Dublin and Cork 1652–1654 for Trying Irish Catholics Arising from Rising of 1641. Mentioned Belgooly, Bandon, Garretstown, Included : ‘Triall.Jo. Long. Philip Barry oge Ja: Roch. Rich. Roch. not here.David oge Reagh. Catherine Dolbier at Belgooly . Pierse Gogan. saved by him. Co. Corke Gerot Nugent. Laghlyn o Line. Philip Roch. Ric. Barry. Jo. Roch. W Mollifont for murdering Pascha Trudgeon’ 54. Jo. Long. – Guilty.55. Philip oge Barry. – Not Guilty.56. James Roch. – Not Guilty.57. David oge Reagh – Not Guilty.58. Philip Roch – Not Guilty.59. Rich. Roch. – Not Guilty.60. Laughlin Ô Line. – Not Guilty.61. W. Mellifont. – Not Guilty.62. Pierse Gogin – Not Guilty63. Rich. Barry – Not Guilty.64. Gerot Nugent – Not Guilty.65. Jo. Roch. – Not Guilty. Trial of Charles MacCarthy Reagh, Dermot McNecrimineh and John Burrows; Trial of Lieutenant Colonel Bourke; Trial of Dr Hely; Trial of John Barry

Mellifonts of Donemark, Bantry, West Cork.

Raparees, Tories, Whiteboys, Anti-Tithers of Muskerry, The Mellifonts, First Boycott, Wife of the Bold Tenant Farmer, his cottage at Ballinascarty and Michael O’Riordan’s (Communist Party of Ireland) tribute to the Keohane Sisters Clonakilty, Co Cork.

1840 Evictions by Lord Kenmare and his Middleman David Mellifont, at Ahil, Bantry, West Cork and other areas, Distress, Typhus, Borrowing from Butter Merchants.

 

Some Rent receipts, Kenmare Estate 1741-46, Bantry Beara Area, William Sullivan, Florence Sullivan, Rev. Thomas Miller, Mort Sullivan, Gilbert Mellifont Donemark, Michael Murphy Newtown and Mills, Beversham Harman Laheran, Patrick Galwey Gurteenroe, Daniel Cronin Gortdarrug Cooloum, Thomas Hutchins Ballylickey, John Riordan Ballylickey, Patrick Minihane Donemark, Richard Tobin Mills Donemark, Ards Coomleigh, Denis Leary, John Harman.

Will:

 

http://www.irishmanuscripts.ie/digital/Registry%20Of%20Deeds%20Abstracts%20Of%20Wills%20Vol%20II%201746-85/

 

Colonel John Townsend and his cousin in Australia have a web site devoted to the West Cork, Townsend family (part Galwey), there are a number of Mellifonts (spelling varies) in the extended family:

 

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~townsend/tree/home.php

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