Estate: Thompson (Trughanacmy)

Associated Families

• Thompson (Trughanacmy)

Description

In the 1830s, the Ordnance Survey Field Name Books mention Peter Thompson as a sub-lessee of Sir Edward Denny's estate in the barony of Trughanacmy. Robert A. Thompson was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Annagh, barony of Trughanacmy, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Mildred Thompson was the proprietor of over 1300 acres in county Kerry in the 1870s.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Caherwisheen (H1894) Robert A. Thompson was in possession of this property at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £15.	Caherwisheen/Caherweesheen	Annagh	Tralee	Ballyseedy	Trughanacmy	Kerry	Lat/Lon: 52.24946 -9.69433 OSI Ref: Q843122 Discovery map #71. OS Sheet #38.
Ballyard (Thompson) (H1895) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Robert Thompson was leasing a property at Ballyard, to Henry Stokes, when it was valued at £20. Bary records that Henry Stokes was the County Surveyor of Kerry in the mid-nineteenth century and lived in Tralee at that time. He was married to Letitia Bland and they later moved to south Kerry to lands owned by the Bland family.	Ballyard	Annagh	Tralee	Tralee Rural	Trughanacmy	Kerry	OSI Ref: Discovery map #71. OS Sheet #29.

Archival sources

• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Thompson of Clonskeagh Castle, Dublin, counties Longford, Meath, King's County & of Castleisland, county Kerry,c.1700-1854. Genealogical Office Ms.178, 60-70.
• National Library of Ireland: Rowan Collection: Legal papers & some accounts relating to the Chute, Hickson, Thompson and Wilson families in county Kerry, 1687-1845. Ms. 20,609.
• National Library of Ireland: Rowan Collection: miscellaneous accounts of Rev. Arthur Blennerhassett, members of Thompson family and associated correspondence, 1838-1861. Ms.20,613.
• National Library of Ireland: Rowan papers: Conveyance by Martha Thompson of dwelling house & premises at Castle Street, Tralee, to William Reed, 1851. D.26,709.

Contemporary printed sources

• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Trughanacmy Barony: 2 (Caherwisheen & Ballyard)
• ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS County Kerry: Vol.I, Ballynahaglish Parish, 272.
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of names of proprietors and area and valuation of properties in counties in Ireland, held in fee or perpetuity or long leases at chief rents, 1876. (412) LXXX. 395: 75.

Modern printed sources

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