Irish Family Names from Ballon Village: Byrne,
Dunne, Kirwan, Lecky, Nolan, Reddy, Wolseley.
 Ballykealey
Manor Hotel
Ballon Village
In 1953, the Lecky name was added to the growing
list of departing gentry families from County Carlow.
The Ballykealey
seat had been in their possession since 1649, but not even three
centuries of roots and tradition could hold back the tide of a rapidly
changing financial climate that had already accounted for the departure
of most of their neighbouring landed families.
The 300-acre estate was
bought by the Land Commission, and the house was purchased in the early
1960s for use as a noviciate by the patrician Brothers, owners of the
Wolseley family seat near Tullow since 1915.
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