Estate: Tuthill (Kilmore)

Associated Families

• Villiers (Kilpeacon & Beech Hill)
• Quin (Ballynisky)
• Tuthill

Description

The Tuthill family settled in county Limerick in the early 18th century. John Tuthill of Kilmore was the eldest son of George Tuthill's 1740 marriage to Dorothea Villiers of county Kilkenny. His younger brother was Christopher Tuthill of Faha. John Tuthill assumed the name of Villiers in March 1794 in accordance with the will of his uncle Edward Villiers of Kilpeacon and married Elizabeth Jackson of Fanningstown. They had 5 sons including Christopher Devonsher Tuthill from whom the Tuthills of Moyglare, county Kildare descend. The eldest son George Tuthill of Kilmore & Ballyteigue, county Limerick married Catherine daughter of Henry Langley of Lisnamrock Castle, county Tipperary. John L. Tuthill held land in the parishes of Caherconlish and Killeenagarriff, barony of Clanwilliam and Ballingarry, barony of Connello Upper and Croagh, barony of Connello Lower in the 1850s. The estate of John and George Tuthill amounting to 1,312 acres including Mulkear was advertised for sale in July 1854. The purchasers included Archdeacon Tisdall and Mr. Hugh Stanley while other parts of the property were purchased in trust. Captain William Tuthill of Moyglare owned 286 acres in county Limerick in the 1870s and a further 821 acres in the same county in association with William Bredin. In 1792 George Tuthill of Kilmore, the eldest son of John and Elizabeth, married Catherine Langley of Lisnamrock, county Tipperary and their grandsons eventually emigrated to Australia and the USA. In February 1851 the lands of Greenhills were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court, the purchaser was William Johnstone.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Greenhills (H2333) Occupied by Thomas Sherlock in 1814 and by Peter Franklin who held the house valued at £10 and 177 acres from Jeremiah Tuthill, scond son of John Tuthill Villiers.	Greenhills	Knocknagaul	Limerick	Roxborough 57	Pubblebrien	Limerick	Lat/Lon: 52.58787 -8.65223 OSI Ref: R558 487 Discovery map #65. OS Sheet #22.
Mulkear (H2429) Built by the Reverend J. Crampton in 1812 at a cost of £3,000. He was still resident in 1837. Occupied by George Gough in the early 1850s, held by him from John Tuthill and valued at £35. Later the home of Samuel Frederick Dickson. Home of Martin Edward Patrick White circa 1900. In 1786 Wilson refers to a house at "Gran" as the seat of Mr.Gough, which may refer to an earlier house in this area.	Garraunykee	Killeenagarriff	Limerick	Ballyvarra 46	Clanwilliam	Limerick	Lat/Lon: 52.66670 -8.52183 OSI Ref: R647 574 Discovery map #65. OS Sheet #6.
Kilmore (H2493) Brian de Breffny writes that the back section of Kilmore House is part of the 17th century house built by the Moncktons. The front part was built by the Tuthills in the mid 18th century. George Tuthill purchased the house from Edward Monckton in 1737. The Tuthills had previously held it on lease. Occupied by Thomas Lynch in 1814 and by Colonel William Jones in the early 1850s, when the property was held from Elizabeth Tuthill and valued at £15. In 1906 Kilmore was the residence of Anne Isabel O'Grady. This house is still extant and occupied.	Kilmore Demesne	Ballingarry	Croom	Coolrus 12	Connello Upper	Limerick	Lat/Lon: 52.46510 -8.74312 OSI Ref: R495 351 Discovery map #65. OS Sheet #38.
Ballyteige (H2926) Originally the home of a branch of the Tuthill family, no large house is marked on the first Ordnance Survey map in this townland. The house was leased to David Conyers of Castletown Conyers in 1885 and to Thomas W. Westropp Bennett in the 1890s. It is now available for hire, see http://www.ballyteigue.com/	Ballyteige Upper	Bruree	Kilmallock	Rockhill 28	Connello Upper	Limerick	Lat/Lon: 52.42121 -8.71886 OSI Ref: R511 302 Discovery map #65. OS Sheet #38.

Archival sources

• Limerick City Museum: Catalogue of the contents of Kilmore House, following the death of Miss A.[J]. O'Grady, not dated. LM1994.0020
• Limerick City Museum: Collection of deeds, leases, correspondence, valuations, Land Commission & other papers re the Ballyteige estate & the family of Charles Langley Tuthill, including including a rental 1879-1893 & lease of Ballyteige House to David G. Conyers, 25 Mar 1885, 1850s-1910s. LLM2002.0482.001-333
• Limerick City Museum: Copy deed, John Tuthill of Limerick city to George & Jeremiah Tuthill, re sum of money, 1814. LM2002.0059
• National Archives of Ireland: Large collection of solicitors' records including documents re the Tuthill family, 18th-19th centuries. E.J.French solicitor's collection, Small Accessions Index 8
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Tuthill, 16 July & 12 Nov 1850, Vol 2 (24), MRGS 39/001, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Tuthill, 13 July 1854, Vol 30 (14), MRGS 39/013, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Papers re Tuthill family in city & county of Limerick especially Ballyteigue, 18th century. M.5825(1-51)
• National Archives of Ireland: Lucas Estate, Co Tipperary, leases & other deeds re lands in barony of Iffa & Offa, Co Tipperary and members of the Tuthill, Lucas, Fennell & other families, 18th-19th centuries . 999/762
• National Archives of Ireland: Papers relating to the estates at Lisnamrock, Co. Tipperary of the Langley family, with references to the families of Hemphill, Levinge and Tuthill, 1778-1916. M.5621 (1-55)
• National Library of Ireland: Copy of certificate of arms to the descendants of George Tuthill of Kilmore & Faha, Co Limerick & to his great grandson Surgeon Lt Col Phineas Barrett Tuthill, 22 June 1898. GO MS 111:27-28

Contemporary printed sources

• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Barony of Pubblebrien, 46 (Greenhills): Barony of Clanwilliam, 74 (Garraunykee): Barony of Connello Upper, 26 (Kilmore Demesne)
• HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878: 453
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 210 (Green-hills), 245 (Kilmore)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 293 (Mulcahir)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 262 (Kilmore - O'Grady)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 154

Modern printed sources

• The Freeman's Journal: Encumbered Estates Sale: 14 July 1854, p.4
• The Freeman's Journal: 8 February 1851, Law Intelligence
• HOWARD, Joseph Jackson and CRISP, Frederick Arthur (eds). Visitation of Ireland. Baltimore: reprint by Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1973: I, 35-40
• PINE, L.G. (ed). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. 4th ed. London: Burke's Peerage, 1958.: 714-716
• TUTHILL, P.B. Pedigrees of families of Tuthill and Villiers of Co Limerick. London: 1977-1908: All

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