The Farmers ~ Part Two
The Farmers ~ Part Two The Farmer From Killenard The Kelly family came to America from Killenard, in the Parish of Lea, which was a part of the Barony of Portnahinch, in the Queen’s County 1 . The barony sat in the northeastern part of the county, where the River Barrow defines portions of its borders with the King’s County and with County Kildare. To the east, on the Kildare side of the Barrow, lies the town of Monasterevin, in a barony of the same name; and south of it are the townlands that comprised the Barony of West Offaly. “Lea Castle, Queens County, Ireland” watercolor c. 1800 by Charles Fraser (1782-1860) Handwritten note identifies the Castle as Lea Castle in Ireland, and the tree a chestnut tree that is nine yards in circumference. Coill an Aird . In Irish, it means ‘Wood of the Height’; it is the local name for a group of townlands just south of the town of Portarlington. Ballycarroll , Ballybrittas , Tierhogar , and Rathmiles are said to lie along the Sli Dai