Eyre/Hedges Eyre (Galway)
Richard Hedges Eyre of Macroom Castle and Mount Hedges, county Cork, married Frances Browne, daughter of the 2nd Viscount Kenmare. In 1777 their daughter Helena married Reverend George Maunsell, Dean of Leighlin. Their second son, Robert Hedges Eyre Maunsell, married his cousin, Elizabeth Dorothea, daughter and co heiress of Thomas Maunsell of Plassey, county Limerick. Reverend Maunsell's fourth son married Lady Catherine Hare, daughter of the 1st Earl of Listowel and their eldest son, Reverend Robert Hedges Maunsell, assumed the additional name of Eyre when he succeeded to some of the estates of his great uncle Robert Hedges Eyre. In the early 19th century the Hedges Eyre family had property in county Cork and lived at Macroom Castle. In 1852 the Hedges Eyre family advertised for sale a large amount of property in the town and county of the town of Galway, also townlands in the baronies of Tiaquin, Longford and Leitrim. Much of their estate was bought by a Mr Ashworth. The estate of Robert Hedges Eyre White and Reverend Robert Hedges Maunsell Eyre, devisees of Robert Hedges Eyre, in the baronies of Slievardagh and Middlethird, county Tipperary, was advertised for sale in November 1854. In the 1870s Reverend Robert Hedges Maunsell Eyre of Innishannon, county Cork, owned 223 acres in county Galway and 539 acres in county Cork.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Plassey | Sreelane | Kilmurry | Limerick | Ballysimon 45 | Clanwilliam | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R615 582
OS Sheet: 5 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Mount Hedges | Lackaduff | Macroom | Macroom | Macroom 227 | West Muskerry | Cork |
OSI Ref: W324 724
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: 79 |
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| Macroom Castle | Lackaduff | Macroom | Macroom | Macroom 227 | West Muskerry | Cork |
OSI Ref: W338 728
OS Sheet: 71 Discovery map: 79 |
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| Kilcrea House | Kilcrea | Desertmore | Bandon | Kilbonane 19 | East Muskerry | Cork |
OSI Ref: W505 678
OS Sheet: 84 Discovery map: 86 |
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| Fort Eyre | Shantallow | Rahoon | Galway | Galway | Galway | Galway |
OSI Ref: M285252
OS Sheet: 94 Discovery map: 45 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), White & Eyre, 28 May 1852, Vol 15, MRGS 39/007, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Deeds and other papers re the management of property belonging to the Eyre family in the town of Galway, 18th and 19th centuries. LE4; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
- T.U. Sadlier Collection of deeds, testamentary & miscellaneous documents re property of the Eyre family in Cos Galway & Cork & Limerick city, includes reference to the Hollow Blades Co, Hedges Eyre & the Governors of the Erasmus Schools, 17th-19th centuries. Small Accs. Index 72; National Archives of Ireland
- Miscellaneous documents including legal documents & Macroom estate accounts, 1841-50. T.U.Sadlier collection, Small Accessions Index 1/674, M.1154-1158, D.12753-12759, Co.2785-2791, T.4122; National Archives of Ireland
- T.U. Sadlier Collection, includes miscellaneous testamentary, legal & other documents re estates of Hedges of Macroom, Lord Bantry & Hedges Eyre, 18th & 19th centuries. Small Accs Index 1/611, T.3841-3850, M.1018-1028, Co 2432-2437 ; National Archives of Ireland
- T.U. Sadlier Collection, includes rentals & accounts re estates of Richard Eyre in Cos Galway, Cork & Tipperary, 1752-1804 & Viscount Bantry's estates at Glengariff & Clanlaurence, 1806-1825; Lord Berehaven's accout with Rev S. Payne 1840-1842. Small Accs Index 1/665, M.5943-5947; National Archives of Ireland
- Papers relating to the Eyre family of Cos. Cork and Galway. Co.2221-2416, 2632-8; D. 11,565-11,715, 23,121-2; M. 970-1008, 1018-27, 5906; T. 3793-3821, 3841-50 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Copy of map of lands belonging to the house of Old Castle (Macroom) Showing the contents of each field by itself in statute measure, by Edward Vaughan, Surveyor. 15 Sept 1768. Also copy of lease of Meadstown by Thomas Roche to William Roche. 20 May 1758; lease by William Roche to John Nettles 5 Mar 1767. 1758-1768. U066 ; Cork City and County Archives
- Bantry Papers 1671-1980s, include documents re the Eyre family of Galway and Cork. IE BL/EP/B; University College Cork, Boole Library Archives
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), White & Eyre, (Co Tipperary), 24 Nov 1854, Vol 32 (15) & 13 June 1856, Vol 40 (38), MRGS 39/014 & 39/019, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
- T.U. Sadleir purchase, includes rentals & accounts of estates in cos Cork, Galway & Tipperary, 1752-1804. M.5944; National Archives of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Macroom; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 151
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 295
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Clanwilliam, 85 (Plassy)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 191 (Plassy)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 319 (Plassey)
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 176 (Mounthedges)
- SMITH, Charles, M.D. ''The ancient and present state of the county and city of Cork. Containing a natural, civil, ecclesiastical, historical and topographical description thereof ''. First published 1750. This edition published Cork: John Connor, 1815: I, 180 (Macroom Castle), 204 (Kilcrea)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 239 (Mount Hedges)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Poor Law Union of Galway: 56 (Fort Eyre)
Modern printed sources
- PINE, L.G. (ed). ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. 4th ed. London: Burke's Peerage, 1958.: 485-487
- LANE, Pádraig. The Encumbered Estates Court and Galway Land Ownership, 1849-58. In MORAN, Gerard (ed). ''History & Society''. Dublin: Geography Publications, 1996 : 395-419
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': HAYES MCCOY, Marguerite. The Eyre Documents in University College, Galway. XX (1942-1943), 57-74, 151-179, XXI (1944-1945), 71-95 & XXIII (1948-1949), 147-153
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 796-814 (Maunsell)
- ''Analecta Hibernica'': MacLysaght, Edward. Report on the Herbert papers. XV (1944), 95-107 [includes references to Eyre and Hedges-Eyre material].