Estate: Pepper

Associated Families

• Pepper

Description

''Burke's Irish Family Records'' (page 997) refers to Lambert Pepper of Mota, county Tipperary, who married Jane Otway in 1730. The Peppers of Lissanisky, parish of Ballymackey, county Tipperary, were a branch of the Pepper family of Ballygarth, county Meath. Simon Pepper was the fourth son of Lambart Pepper and his wife Jane. Simon died in 1821. He had ten sons. His seventh son, Theobald, lived at Lissanisky and his ninth son lived at Lismore. The Peppers held land in the parish of Ballymackey from the Honourable O.F.G. Toler at the time of Griffith's Valuation.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Lismore (H4383) A house on the Toler estate, occupied by John Pepper and valued at £13+ in the mid 19th century. A building is still located at this site.	Lismore	Ballymakey	Nenagh	Ballymakey 109	Upper Ormond	Tipperary	Lat/Lon: 52.85206 -8.08017 OSI Ref: R946 779 Discovery map #59. OS Sheet #21.
Lissanisky (H4384) The home of a branch of the Pepper family in the 19th century, occupied by Simon Pepper in 1814, by R. Smithwick in 1837. The Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to it as " a good dwelling house, the residence of Mr. Pepper". It was occupied by Theobald Pepper and Brothers in the early 1850s. This house was held from the Honourable O.F.G. Toler and was valued at £25.10 shillings. It is still extant and occupied.	Lissanisky	Ballymackey	Nenagh	Ballymackey 109	Upper Ormond	Tipperary	Lat/Lon: 52.86193 -8.09206 OSI Ref: R938 790 Discovery map #59. OS Sheet #21.
Mota (H4476) This house dates from about 1800. Edward Cambie was resident at Mota in 1814 and T. Pepper Roberts in 1837 and afterwards. The Ornance Survvey Name Books mention that it was his residence in 1840 and that Thomas Sadlier was the proprietor. Mota and 478 acres, the estate of Theobald Pepper Roberts, was advertised for sale in May 1850. George Taylor occupied the house valued at £15.10 shillings in the mid 19th century. He held it from Peter Byrne. Marcus Tuthill lived here later. This house is still occupied.	Mota	Kilbarron	Borrisokane	Kilbarron 10	Lower Ormond	Tipperary	Lat/Lon: 53.00815 -8.26669 OSI Ref: R821 953 Discovery map #53. OS Sheet #6.
Millview (H5006) In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe Mill view as "a good dwelling house, the residence of Mr. Short" though noting S. Pepper as the proprietor. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was leased by Richard Brandley from Mary O'Leary when it was valued at £11. A house is still extant at the site.	Ballyhimikin	Monsea	Nenagh	Nenagh Rural 88	Lower Ormond	Tipperary	Lat/Lon: 52.88785 -8.20950 OSI Ref: R859819 Discovery map #59. OS Sheet #20.

Archival sources

• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Pepper of Ballygarth House, Co. Meath, and Mata, Co. Tipperary, and Miltown Road in Co. Dublin, c.1680 -- 1809. Genealogical Office: Ms.168, pp.52-4

Contemporary printed sources

• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Barony of Upper Ormond, 25 (Lismore & Lissanisky)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Barony of Lower Ormond, 127 (Ballyhimikin)
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 266 (Lisanisk)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 144 (Lissanisca - R. Smithwick)
• ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.I, Parish of Ballymackey, p.258.Vol.VII, Parish of Monsea, p.15

Modern printed sources

• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 477-478

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