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Born c.1800 in Croghan, County Tipperary, and near to the town of Birr, County Offaly, Mary Monaghan married William Perkinson in or around 1825.

James McKenna was clerk of Tullamore Poor Law Union for approximately 40 years. Born in County Monaghan, his early career was as a teacher in Mountmellick, County Laois. He was then appointed clerk of the Tullamore Union where he remained until his retirement. He died on 4 December 1907 at the age of 92 years. An obituary published in the King's County Chronicle remarked 'An idea of his self-sacrifice to his work will be formed when it is stated that even on Christmas days instead of passing holidays at home with his family, he would be seen in his office in Tullamore Workhouse as intent upon his duties as if he was bound to have his books posted up for an immediate imperative inspection.'

The Committee had been established during World War I to support Belgian refugees with accommodation and financial assistance after the German invasion into Belgium.

Thomas Homan Mulock Molloy was born on 5 May 1798 to parents, Elizabeth Homan Mulock and Laurence Bomford Molloy. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, achieving a B.A. in 1818, M.A. in 1825 and M.D. in 1826. On 5 February 1828 he married Frances Sophia Berry, daughter of John Berry, and Elizabeth Bury, daughter of William Bury, uncle of the 1st earl of Charleville. Together they had fifteen children; Frances Elizabeth, Thomas Homan Mulock, John Berry, Elizabeth Georgina, Thomas Lawrence, Richard Homan, Mary Mulock, Lawrence Bomford, William Bury, Hester Jane, Anne Homan, Henry Pilkington, Homan, Francis Berry, and George Phillips.

In 1843, Thomas Homan Mulock Molloy inherited Bellair House and estate from his uncle, Thomas Homan Mulock. He was directed on becoming entitled to the estates to take the sole name and arms of Homan-Mulock. He served as Justice of the Peace for King’s County, and he was later appointed High Sheriff for the County in 1849. Following the Famine years, many of the tenants had immigrated to America or died, the estate was in poor condition. Thomas Homan Mulock Molloy died at Bellair on 25 June 1889, and was buried at Liss.

William Bury Homan Mulock was born on 19 April 1841 to Frances Sophia Berry and Thomas Homan Mulock. Educated in Trinity College and was appointed to the Indian Civil Service in 1862.

He served in Bombay in various roles, including Assistant-Registrar of High Court and later Assistant-Magistrate and Collector, 1862-1873; Assistant-Commissioner and Branch Inspector-General of Assurance, and Inspector of Education in Sind, 1873-1876; Collector and Magistrate, 1880; Senior Collector and Magistrate, 1885. In 1885 he chaired the Commission appointed to consider the workings of the factories in the Bombay Presidency. He retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1889 on succeeding to the family estates under his father’s will. He took possession of Bellair House in 1889, and in retirement he served as Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for King’s County, as well as JP for County Westmeath. In 1895 he served as High Sheriff for the King’s County.

He died in 1921 and bequeathed Bellair House to his niece, Lady Hester Nina Homan Mulock, who refused to accept it, and handed it to her niece Sheila Claude Beddington Wingfield, Viscountess Powerscourt.