Kenny's House
When he came back and saw the house, he cried
The Kennys sold their home around 1982
It looked something like this:
Photo taken in 1980 by Bud Land and Agnes Goehle Land
It was bought by the local Rugby Club, who pulled down the ivy and the
plaster
Unfortunately, the stonework on this house built in 1740 was not very
good
A disco was held in the building every week
When the Rugby Club bought new premises, the former Kenny home was left
empty
What do you think of its condition today?
When Courtney Kenny, the last of the family, returned for a visit, he turned away and cried
What should be done with the building?
The Kenny family
Originally Catholics who later converted to Protestantism, the Kenny family established themselves in Ballinrobe in 1740. For several generations the Kennys owned and managed a large estate plus the local flour mill, located on Bridge Street in Ballinrobe. "A Topographic Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, written in 1837 listed the Kenny seat as follows:
Robe Villa is the seat of Courtney Kenny, Esq., in the demesne of which,
and on the bank of the river are the remains of the abbey"
Griffith with dates from the mid 1880s to the mid 1890s lists Stanhope Kenny on High Street with house, land and offices and as landlord of the flour mill.
Where did all their wealth go?