Cruise/Cruice
It is evident from documents in the Westport Papers that the Cruise family, originally from Cruisetown, county Louth, acquired land at Castlegar, in the parish of Ballynakill, barony of Killian, county Galway, in the mid 17th century. In the 19th century the Cruises were occupying Cruice Lawn on the estate of James Galbraith in the parish of Killosolan, barony of Tiaquin, which Galbraith held from the Blakeneys and nearby Greenville, which the Cruises held from the Bellews. In the 1850s Daniel Cruise held a townland in the parish of Drum, barony of Athlone, county Roscommon. The Cruise family were petitioners in the sale of Kelly-Egan property at Grange in the barony of Clonmacnowen, county Galway, in November 1858. Daniel W. Cruice of Fairfield, Ahascragh owned 360 acres in county Galway in the 1870s and Daniel J. Cruise of Killarney owned 1,386 acres in county Roscommon. In 1875 Ardkeenan held in fee and lands in the parishes of Taghmaconnell leased from Sir Thomas Burke of Marble Hill were advertised for sale by members of the Cruice family. In 1878 the house and lands at Bredagh, as well as other properties in the baronies of Kilconnell and Tiaquin, county Galway, were offered for sale in the Land Judges' Court. Daniel William Cruice is described as bankrupt in the sale notice.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cruise Lawn | Gallagh | Killosolan | Mountbellew | Castleblakeney 145 | Tiaquin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M683 429
OS Sheet: 60 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Greenville | Greenville | Killosolan | Mountbellew | Castleblakeney 145 | Tiaquin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M692 442
OS Sheet: 60 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Bredagh/Breda | Bredagh | Killosolan | Mountbellew | Castleffrench 146 | Kilconnell | Galway |
OSI Ref:
OS Sheet: 60 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Fairfield (Kilgerrill) | Fairfield | Kilgerrill | Ballinasloe | Killure 2 | Clonmacnowen | Galway |
OSI Ref: M781359
OS Sheet: 74 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Ardkeenan | Ardkeenan | Drum | Athlone | Thomastown 10 | Athlone | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M968 371
OS Sheet: 51 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Camlagh | Camlagh | Taghmaconnell | Athlone | Carrowreagh 19 | Athlone | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M869 391
OS Sheet: 50 Discovery map: 47 |
Archival sources
- Westport Estate Papers, Collection List 78; National Library of Ireland
- Land Judges' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Cruice, 26 February 1878, Vol 131, MRGS 39/059, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Pedigree of Cruice of Carrowneganny, Co Galway & Summerhill, Co Roscommon, c 1720-1850. GO MS 176: 365; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Cruice, 15 Jan 1875, Vol 118, MRGS 39/053, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Land Judges’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Cruice, 16 Apr 1878, Vol 131, MRGS 39/059, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Joyce Mackie & Longheed, solicitors' collection (1960), rental of estate of Daniel J. Cruice Ardkeenan etc, barony of Athlone, n.d. M.5916; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I, 290 (Cruise Lawn & Greenville) & 510 (Ardkeenan - Naghten)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 77 (Bredagh - unoccupied), 86 (Camlagh), 142 (Cruise Lodge) & 211 (Greenville - Dillon)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mountbellew Union, 89 (Gallagh)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 294 & 315
- 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. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 110
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Athlone Union, 2 (Ardkeenan)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 262
Modern printed sources
- DRUM HERITAGE GROUP. ''Drum and its Hinterland''. Drum Heritage Group, 1994: 217-220
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': CASTELEYN, Mary. The O'Briens of Fairfield, Co Galway: the O'Brien relations of Florimond, Comte de Basterot''. XI No. 3 (2004), 190-204