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SINNOTT
The Sinnotts were noted for being the most prolific of the Norman families
of Wexford and they still maintain their numerical strength in the county.
The name appears as Sinod in the 1096 Domesday Book of England. An
account of the Barony of Forth, written around 1680, states: 'There are
many distinct families of Sinnott, in number exceeding any other ancient
name, whose estates were valuable before the late tyrannical usurpation'
(an allusion to the Cromwellian upheaval).
They are further described as 'producing men remarkable for school
learning and persons endowed with heroic spirits and martially disposed
minds, vigorously active in their constantly loyal affections to the Crown of
England.'
The Sinnotts first settled at Ballybrennan, close to the present village of
Killinick, on the main Wexford-Rosslare road. Here they built their chief
castle and remained until dispossessed in the Cromwellian confiscations.
The castle is long gone, but part of its walls is incorporated into the
present large dwelling house at the site. The early Norman Sinnotts were
also granted extensive lands in the Barony of Shelmalier East, including
the present parish of Castlebridge, which became known as Sinnottsland.
They also held the manor of Rosegarland in the parish of Clongeen, barony
of Shelmalier West, until Marcus Sinnott forfeited it to Robert Leigh in the
Cromwellian share-out. Rosegarland is still occupied by a descendant of
Robert Leigh.
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