Llewellyn Blake , The Tuam Herald, March 6, 1909: Count Llewellyn Blake, Colonel 3rd Connaught Rangers, J P for Co Galway and D L for Co Mayo, was born in 1842. He is the only surviving son of Maurice Blake, of Ballinafad, by Anne, daughter and heir of Marcus Lynch, at Cloghballymore. He gave over his estate at Ballinafad to a French religious order. He was made a Count of the Papal Court in 1895.
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