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19-583: Viscount Dillon , of Costello - Gallen in the County of Mayo , is a title in the Peerage of Ireland . It was created in 1622 for Theobald Dillon , Lord President of Connaught . The Dillons were a Hiberno-Norman landlord family from the 13th century in a part of County Westmeath called 'Dillon's Country'. His great-grandson, the seventh Viscount, was a supporter of the Catholic King James II of England and

38-598: A number of grants to outlawed Norman lords at this time by Cathal Crobhdearg, King of Connacht , Gilbert and his brothers were given Máenmaige and Cairbre Drom Cliabh . The first reference to this family is in the Annals of the Four Masters in 1193. The sons of one of the first Nangles, Gilbert de Nangle, became known as the Oistealb, and gave rise to the surname Mac Oisdealbh, later MacOisdealbhaigh, anglicised to MacCostello. It

57-463: Is believed to have derived his surname from his homeplace of Angle, Pembrokeshire . Philip was an Anglo-Irish knight , fl. 1195–1206, son of Jocelyn de Angulo of Meath , Philip and his two brothers, Gilbert and William, were outlawed for rebellion in 1195 and had their lands confiscated. However, in 1206 King John of England pardoned them, Philip being allowed to inherit his father's estates at Navan . From his brother, William de Angulo , descend

76-457: Is one of the ancient baronies of Ireland . Unusually for an Irish barony, it straddles two counties : County Mayo and County Roscommon . It comprises the modern day districts of Kilkelly , Kilmovee , Killeagh, Kilcolman, and Castlemore. Prior to the Norman conquest of Ireland , the area was called Sliabh Lugha and was ruled by the Ó Gadhra dynasty. In the 12th century, Milo de Angelo removed

95-510: The Connacht families of Waldron , and others. He is considered an ancestor of Nano Nagle . William was an Anglo-Irish knight , fl. 1195–1206, and son of Jocelyn de Angulo. William was associated with the rebellion of his brothers Gilbert and Philip in 1195, and likewise pardoned in 1206. He held lands in Meath under Walter de Lacy which were returned to him upon his pardon. He is the ancestor of

114-864: The Mac Jordan Duff, Mac Phillip, de Bhaldraithe/Mac Bhaldrin/ Waldron clans of County Mayo . The Song of Dermot and the Earl (composed early 13th century) mentions the de Angulo family, and casts doubt upon Gilbert's paternity. This is probably intended to insult Gilbert as a traitor to the King. Cum il feffa ses baruns, chevalers, serjans e garsunz. [...] A Gilibert de Nangle enfin Donad tut Makerigalin; A Jocelin donat le Novan E la tere de Ardbrechan: Li un ert fiz, li altre pere, Solum le dit de la mere. How he enfeoffed his barons, Knights, serjeants and retainers. [...] To Gilbert de Nangle , moreover He gave

133-672: The O'Gadhra seat from Airtech Mór to Costello. He built a castle there, known as Castlemore. The Ó Céirín (Kearns) family also had a presence as lords of Ciarraige Locha na nÁirne . The Costello family who gave their name to the Barony were originally Nangles, or de Angulos, who came to Connacht with the Anglo Normans in the 12th century. Gilbert de Angulo , Baron of Navan , arrived with his brothers who had been outlawed and expelled from their lands in Meath in 1195. They were later pardoned in 1206. In

152-588: The Restoration and disappointed by his failure to recover the family estates, he devoted the rest of his life to wreaking vengeance on the new Dillon proprietors until his death in 1667. Loughglynn , built circa 1715, was the seat, or main residence, of the Dillon family in Costello who became absentee landlords in the nineteenth-century. The land remained with the Dillon family until Harold Dillon, 17th Viscount Dillon sold

171-525: The development of the Connacht holdings, now the Barony of Costello. The MacCostello land was in the part of Mayo now known as the Barony of Costello until the end of the 16th century. In 1565, their seat of power was near Ballaghaderreen (now part of County Roscommon ). Their name, although the Mac has now been dropped, is a common surname in both Mayo and County Galway where it is usually spelt with an extra 'e' at

190-450: The end. The Costellos were one of the many great Irish families which, during the seventeenth century destruction of everything Gaelic, produced famous rapparees who fought against Oliver Cromwell and the parliamentarians . The local Costello landholders lost title to their lands to Theobald Dillon, 1st Viscount Dillon in some sharp practices during the period of the Tudor reconquest in

209-732: The estate in counties Mayo and Roscommon, amounting to 93,652 acres, to the Congested Districts' Board on 11 May 1899. Civil parishes located in County Mayo: Civil parishes located in County Roscommon: By the terms of the County of Roscommon Act, 1840 , two townlands of the parish of Kilcoman were detached from the barony of Costello in Mayo and transferred to the barony of Frenchpark in Roscommon. The townlands remained in

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228-557: The parish of Kilcolman. The townlands moved to Frenchpark are Banada and Keelbanada The 1840 Act also transferred four townlands of the parish of Castlemore to the barony of Frenchpark: Aghalustia, Cappagh, Lissian and Roosky The four lay to the right bank or southern side of the River Lung , detached from the other townlands of the parish. 53°49′35″N 8°47′48″W  /  53.826419°N 8.796782°W  / 53.826419; -8.796782 William de Angulo De Angulo

247-408: The province of Connacht . To save expense and ensure the smooth legal transfer he persuaded them to allow him surrender their lands for them in one land-title in the surrender and regrant process and have it regranted in his name, becoming the legal landowner in the process. He never returned the land-title to the native owners as had been intended. The title of Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen,

266-472: The thirteenth Viscount, sat as a Member of Parliament for Harwich and County Mayo . His great-grandson, the nineteenth Viscount, was a Brigadier in the Army. As of 2014 the title is held by the latter's great-grandson, the twenty-second Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1982. The heir apparent is the present holder’s son, Hon. Francis Charles Robert Dillon (b. 2013) Barony of Costello Costello

285-564: Was especially created for him in the Peerage of Ireland in 1622 when Lord President of Connaught confirming his position. This would lead to rapparee actions by Dudley (or Dubhaltach Caoch) Costello against the Dillons in the seventeenth century. Dudley was an officer in the army of the Confederate Catholics in 1642, and later became a colonel in the Spanish army. Returning to Ireland after

304-764: Was given the French title of Count Dillon in 1711 and was also created "Viscount Dillon" and "Earl of Dillon" by James Francis Edward Stuart , the Jacobite claimant to the throne. His son Henry, the eleventh Viscount, was a Colonel in the French Army , but Dillon's Regiment was disbanded in 1793 due to the turmoils of the French Revolution . His son Charles, the twelfth Viscount, notably represented Westbury in Parliament and conformed to Anglicanism in 1767. His son Henry Augustus,

323-449: Was one of fifty knights serving under Hugh de Lacy upon the latter's grant of the Lordship of Meath by King Henry II of England in 1172. Jocelyn was awarded the title Baron of Navan by de Lacy. He had sons Gilbert , Philip and William, all of whom would be outlawed for rebellion in 1195. He built a fort at Navan , the origin of the town, of which he can be called the founder. Jocelyn

342-643: Was outlawed after the Glorious Revolution . He founded ' Dillon's Regiment ' of the Irish Brigade in the French Army, which was supported by the Wild Geese and achieved success at Fontenoy in 1745. However, his son Henry, the eighth Viscount, managed to obtain a reversal of the outlawry in 1694 and later served as Lord Lieutenant of County Roscommon . His younger brother, Lieutenant-General Arthur Dillon ,

361-464: Was the first recorded instance of a Norman family assuming an Irish 'Mac' name. From that time forward, they became thoroughly Irish. The family had focused their interests on grants in Breifne from 1221 until their expulsion in 1248 and after Gilbert's brother William de Angulo received the grant of Sliabh Lugha in the conquest of Connacht of Richard Mór de Burgh, 'Lord of Connacht' this focus shifted to

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