Wade (Aughrim)
In 1653, William Wade, a soldier in Cromwell’s army, was granted lands at Killavally, near Tyrrellspass, county Westmeath and at Philipstown, King’s County (Offaly). His descendant Thomas Wade, born 1719 sold the Killavally property in 1756 and purchased lands in county Galway. In 1813 his grandson, another Thomas Wade, married Dorothea, daughter of Gustavus Hume Rochfort of Rochfort, county Westmeath. Their grandson Gustavus Rochfort Wade, who assumed the name of Hyde, lived at Lynnbury, Mullingar. The Wade family held lands at Carrowmore, barony of Kilconnell, county Galway, during the late 18th and 19th centuries. In the 1870s Rochford Wade was in possession of over 1,100 acres in county Galway and 324 acres in county Roscommon. Samuel Wade of Aughrim owned 57 acres in county Westmeath. In 1906 Rochfort Wade held over 900 acres of untenanted land in county Galway.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield House | Carrowmore | Aughrim | Ballinasloe | Aughrim 3 | Kilconnell | Galway |
OSI Ref: M782289
OS Sheet: 87 Discovery map: 47 |
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Archival sources
- Wade of Fairfield papers. LE14; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
- Ordnance Survey maps showing lands in non congested districts: Wade estate, 132 acres in barony of Kilconnell, Co Galway, 1907. 15.A.23(15); National Library of Ireland
- Fairfield (Aughrim). Photographs. 030/050.; Irish Architectural Archive
- Copies of grants of arms to Gustavus Rochfort Wade of Lynnbury, Co Westmeath, on his assuming under royal licence, the name and arms of Hyde, 14 Sept 1908 and 28 June 1909. GO Ms 111, 227-228 and GO Ms 111a, 14; National Library of Ireland
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] : 461.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballinasloe Union, 57.
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol. I, 97.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 300
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 306
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Galway, http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/default.html: Aughrim Parish
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 366 (Lynnbury)
Modern printed sources
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 59
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 625
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 615-617