Burke (Tintrim)
John Burke of Tintrim is recorded as a resident proprietor in 1824. Tintrim was also recorded as the seat of John Burke in 1814 and by Lewis in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John A. Burke was occuping the house valued, at £11, at Tintrim, parish of Clonrush, barony of Leitrim, county Galway. In May 1867 the mansion house and almost 600 acres at Tintrim, the property of Edmund Burke, were offered for sale in the Landed Estates court. Edmund Burke died in Pennsylvania, USA in 1890.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tintrim | Tintrim | Clonrush | Scarriff | Drummaan 132 | Leitrim | Galway |
OSI Ref: R767907
OS Sheet: 135 Discovery map: 53 |
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Archival sources
- Landed Estates Court Rentals (O'Brien), Burke (Tintrim), 10 May 1867, Vol 85, MRGS 39/041, (microfilm copy in NUIG).; National Archives of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association file, Parish of Clonrush, Clare North 1.; Clare County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- DUTTON, Hely. ''Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 415
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Scarriff Union, 79.
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol. I, 375.
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 373.
Modern printed sources
- WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 263.
- ''Jnl. of the East Clare Heritage Group: Sliabh Aughty'': MADDEN, Paddy, O’BRIEN, Alfie and CRAWFORD-OPPENHEIMER, Christine. The Burkes of Tintrim House, Whitegate: what happened to the son and heir, Edmund Burke? XIII (2007), 9-14