Reade/Read
The Reades were originally a Westmeath family who married into the Featherstonehaugh family. John Cecil Reade's estate in the barony of Loughrea was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates court in October 1850. It also included lands in counties Galway and Clare and houses in Kilkenny. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Phillip Read was one of the principal lessors in the parishes of Clonrush and Inishcaltra, barony of Leitrim, county Galway. In the 1870s he owned almost 5000 acres in county Galway. This estate passed to the Hibbert family following the marriage of Robert F. Hibbert and Flora Reade in 1887. Hugh Weir gives details of this family in his book on county Clare houses.
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodpark (Woodpark Lodge) | Woodpark | Inishcaltra | Scarriff | Inishcaltra North | Leitrim | Galway |
OSI Ref: R691863
OS Sheet: 136 Discovery map: 53 |
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), John Cecil Reade, 29 October 1850, Vol 3 MRGS 39/001 1 (microfilm copy at NUIG). ; National Archives of Ireland
- Baker, Ringwood & Gordon, solicitors' collection, includes copy will & probate grant Philip Reade, Woodparks, Co Galway, 1883. Small Accs. Index 105, T.11,996; National Archives of Ireland
- Genealogical notes on Reade of Woodpark, by Charles French Blake Foster, c 1865. MS 13,560; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Scarriff Union, 87.
- 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] : 384.
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Galway, http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/default.html: Inishcaltra Parish
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 299.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of names of proprietors and area and valuation of properties in counties in Ireland, held in fee or perpetuity or long leases at chief rents,'' 1876. (412) LXXX. 395: 149.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 224.