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Actions	O'Rorke, John, Rev., Will Remove from selection Add to selection TitleO'Rorke, John, Rev., Will RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services ReferenceGS01/07 Date1849 Creator John Rev O'Rorke Production date 1849 Scope and Content Certified copy (1920) of Will of O’Rorke wherein he bequeath all his moiety of the town and lands of Toughboy in the barony of Athlone and county Roscommon and lands of Sandymount, otherwise Carnagarra with the lands of Cloneliough in the parish of Ballinaskill, county Galway to his son Rev. John O’Rorke forever, but subject to the charge of £1,000 which is charged and incumbered with the order to be raised and paid there out for the benefit of the younger children of his present marriage,To be paid to them as directed by his present wife, Elizabeth O’Rorke, in her last Will. In default of such Will then to be divided between then share and share alike. He bequeath his dwelling house and offices at ‘Moylagh’ together with the new and old gardens annexed thereto and Glebe farm, the Church Park and Pullideen, as also the Rifle Park and other lands included in the lease of Rifle Park from Sir M.Bellew to him, and Burke’s farms together with the furniture, plate and china etc to his wife Elizabeth for and during her nature life, and after her decease it should go and descend to his son Charles Denis O’Rorke. He bequeath the residue and remainder of his real freehold and leasehold estate lands in Ireland and elsewhere to William John Digby, Moate Lodge and John Dennis of Carroroe, county Galway forever upon trust, but to let Elizabeth receive a yearly annuity, rent charge, or annual sum of £200. He charges the last mentioned lands with the sum of £2,000 which he leaves to his daughter Anna Rebecca O’Rorke. Lands are to remind in trust to Digby and Denis (Trustees) for the use of his son Charles Denis O’Rorke and for and during the term of his natural life and to pass in male issue to his eldest son ; if no issue to go to the use of his son George Morris in male tail ; and if no issue to the use of his son Henry Thomas male entail ; and if no issue to the use of his son Marcus William in male tail ; and if no issue to the use of Edward Digby in male tail ; and if no issue to his son Albert John in male tail. If no other sons then to the use of his daughters as tenants in common and not as joint tenants. He requested that all his personal estate and effects shall be sold and the money raised from the sale together with any other amount of money or securities held at the time of his death to be immediately applied to discharge debts, funeral expenses and residue to be disposed of as follows; Elizabeth should receive £200 ; his sons, George, Henry, Marcus, Edward and Albert should receive £1,500 each ; and his daughters Elizabeth, Mary, Teresa, Adelaide to should receive £1,500 each ; His daughter Emily Armstrong should receive £10 as a mark of his regard - she already being provided for by him upon her marriage. He further ordered that several legacies to his sons and daughters shall be paid to them on reaching 21 years or day or an approved marriage. Codicil to will - whereas he left plate in dwelling house in Moylagh to Elizabeth, but as it was the property of his late wife Jane, the mother of his son John O’Rorke he leaves the related plate which came to him through Jane to his son John. (see also Landed Court records). Extent9pp LanguageEnglish Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives. Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access. LevelItem

TitleO'Rorke, John, Rev., Will

RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services

ReferenceGS01/07

Date1849

Production date 1849

Scope and Content

Certified copy (1920) of Will of O’Rorke wherein he bequeath all his moiety of the town and lands of Toughboy in the barony of Athlone and county Roscommon and lands of Sandymount, otherwise Carnagarra with the lands of Cloneliough in the parish of Ballinaskill, county Galway to his son Rev. John O’Rorke forever, but subject to the charge of £1,000 which is charged and incumbered with the order to be raised and paid there out for the benefit of the younger children of his present marriage,To be paid to them as directed by his present wife, Elizabeth O’Rorke, in her last Will. In default of such Will then to be divided between then share and share alike.

He bequeath his dwelling house and offices at ‘Moylagh’ together with the new and old gardens annexed thereto and Glebe farm, the Church Park and Pullideen, as also the Rifle Park and other lands included in the lease of Rifle Park from Sir M.Bellew to him, and Burke’s farms together with the furniture, plate and china etc to his wife Elizabeth for and during her nature life, and after her decease it should go and descend to his son Charles Denis O’Rorke.

He bequeath the residue and remainder of his real freehold and leasehold estate lands in Ireland and elsewhere to William John Digby, Moate Lodge and John Dennis of Carroroe, county Galway forever upon trust, but to let Elizabeth receive a yearly annuity, rent charge, or annual sum of £200. He charges the last mentioned lands with the sum of £2,000 which he leaves to his daughter Anna Rebecca O’Rorke.

Lands are to remind in trust to Digby and Denis (Trustees) for the use of his son Charles Denis O’Rorke and for and during the term of his natural life and to pass in male issue to his eldest son ; if no issue to go to the use of his son George Morris in male tail ; and if no issue to the use of his son Henry Thomas male entail ; and if no issue to the use of his son Marcus William in male tail ; and if no issue to the use of Edward Digby in male tail ; and if no issue to his son Albert John in male tail. If no other sons then to the use of his daughters as tenants in common and not as joint tenants.

He requested that all his personal estate and effects shall be sold and the money raised from the sale together with any other amount of money or securities held at the time of his death to be immediately applied to discharge debts, funeral expenses and residue to be disposed of as follows; Elizabeth should receive £200 ; his sons, George, Henry, Marcus, Edward and Albert should receive £1,500 each ; and his daughters Elizabeth, Mary, Teresa, Adelaide to should receive £1,500 each ; His daughter Emily Armstrong should receive £10 as a mark of his regard - she already being provided for by him upon her marriage.

He further ordered that several legacies to his sons and daughters shall be paid to them on reaching 21 years or day or an approved marriage.

Codicil to will - whereas he left plate in dwelling house in Moylagh to Elizabeth, but as it was the property of his late wife Jane, the mother of his son John O’Rorke he leaves the related plate which came to him through Jane to his son John.

(see also Landed Court records).

Extent9pp

LanguageEnglish

Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives.

Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access.

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