Brady (Williamstadt)
The Brady family in county Clare were descended from Hugh Brady, post-Reformation bishop of Meath. The family were associated with several county Clare houses including Williamstadt and Raheen, near Tuamgraney. William Brady of Williamstadt was the second son of Henry Brady and his wife Mary Molony. In 1790 he bought land in the Whitegate locality of county Galway from the Croasdailes. William's granddaughter Mary succeeded to Williamstadt in 1817 and she married Dr Francis Cornelius Sampson in 1833. The estate of Hugh Brady, principally situated in the barony of Tulla, county Clare but with lands in the barony of Leitrim, county Galway, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates court in November 1854. Hugh Brady is recorded as the principal lessor in the parish of Kilbarron, barony of Leitrim, county Galway, in Griffith's Valuation.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Williamstadt House | Drummaan South | Clonrush | Scarriff | Drummaan 132 | Leitrim | Galway |
OSI Ref: R770884
OS Sheet: 135 Discovery map: 59 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates Court Rentals (O'Brien), Brady (Tulla), 21 Nov 1854, Vol 32, 39/014, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), Brady, 21 Nov 1854, Vol 6, 77-88 & Vol 13, 1-12, 13-20; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
- Croasdaile to Brady. 424 113 275735; Registry of Deeds