Doolan
At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Thomas Doolan was leasing a property valued at £20 in the parish of Lickmolassy, barony of Longford, to Charles Cooper. In February 1861 Doolan's estate at Fairy Hill was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. It was purchased by Louis Goodbody of Clara for £1000. The property was held under lease in perpetuity from Shewbridge to Doolan, dated November 1794. Shewbridge held for the Clanricarde estate.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Fairy Hill | Fairy Hill | Lickmolassy | Portumna | Portumna 183 | Longford | Galway |
OSI Ref: M857058
OS Sheet: 127 Discovery map: 53 |
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| Palmerstown ( Pokoroko) | Fairy Hill | Lickmolassy | Portumna | Portumna 183 | Longford | Galway |
OSI Ref: M862050
OS Sheet: 127 Discovery map: 53 |
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| Wingfield | Wingfield | Loughkeen | Birr | Clohaskin 2 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S020 963
OS Sheet: 8 Discovery map: 53 |
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Archival sources
- Landed Estates Court rentals (O'Brien), Doolan estate, 7 February 1861, Vol 61, MRGS 39/031. (Microfilm copy at NUIG).; National Archives of Ireland
- Copy of the lease of the lands of Clarary, Co. Galway by William Doolan of Portumna to Henry Shewbridge of Clarary. Nov. 14, 1788. D. 11,059 ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : 34
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1846''. (London:Slater, 1846): p.134 (Portumna)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.VI, Parish of Loughkeen, p. 161 & 170.
Modern printed sources
- ''Irish Times'': 8 February 1861, p.4