Sir James O'Connell, 1st Baronet (10 January 1786 – 28 July 1872) was an Irish

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and younger brother of

Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell (I) ( ga, Dónall Ó Conaill; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), hailed in his time as The Liberator, was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland's Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. His mobilizat ...

Life

James O’Connell established himself at Killarney (

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) in the early nineteenth century, leasing lands from the Herbert family of

Muckross House Muckross House ( ga, Teach Mhucrois) is located on the small Muckross Peninsula between Muckross Lake and Lough Leane, two of the lakes of Killarney, from the town of Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. In 1932 it was presented by William B ...

.Connell NUI Galway - Landed Estates Database - (Estate) O'Connell
/ref> On 29 October 1869 he was created a " Baronet of Lakeview and of Ballybeggan". In 1870 Sir James O’Connell built "Lakeview House", replacing an earlier house called "Lakeville". It was built in 1740 and located in the southern end of the townland of "Maulagh". Lakeview House still existsNUI Galway - Landed Estates Database - House: Lakeview
/ref> and is in the possession of descendants of Sir James O'Connell. His estate amounted to over 18,000

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in the 1870s and included lands in the parish of Ratass in the barony of Trughanacmy (County Kerry).

Family

Sir James was the son of Morgan O'Connell, a general store proprietor, and Catherine O'Mullane - both parents being from a

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family. O'Connell was the younger brother of

and the nephew of the soldier Lieutenant-General

Daniel Charles, Count O'Connell Daniel Charles, Count O'Connell (21 May 1745 – 9 July 1833) was the uncle of Daniel O'Connell "the Liberator." He was from a noble family of Derrynane House, County Kerry, Ireland, but because of the Penal Laws (Ireland) of the time, which for ...

. He was married to Jane O'Donoghue and had five children, the eldest son succeeding as Sir Maurice James O'Connell, 2nd Baronet (1821–1896).

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thepeerage.comHomepage of Lakeview House and Estate
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oconnell, James 1786 births 1872 deaths 19th-century Irish people People from County Kerry Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

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