Joyce (Joycegrove)
An estate in the parishes of Tuam, barony of Dunmore and Dunmore, barony of Ballymoe, county Galway, owned by a branch of the Joyce family. Henry Joyce was the proprietor in the 1830s and his assignee Thomas Reilly sold the estate to the Brownes in the early 1850s. The Browne family renamed the house Brownesgrove.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joycegrove/Brownesgrove | Joycegrove | Tuam | Tuam | Killeen 220 | Dunmore | Galway |
OSI Ref: M467577
OS Sheet: 30 Discovery map: 39 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Reilly & Joyce, 26 Nov 1850, Vol 4, MRGS 39/002, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Glynn Notebook, copies of deeds and documents re the Joyce family, Tuam area, 17th & 18th centuries. MS 4183; National Library of Ireland
- Affidavit in Chancery case of Ward v Joyce re property of Henry Joyce of Joyce Grove, Co Galway, early 19th century. M2808; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 223
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Galway, http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/default.html: Joycegrove
- 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: 211
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 394 (Joice-grove)
Modern printed sources
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': LANE, Pádraig G. Rentals and Communities in Galway in the immediate aftermath of the Famine. LIX (2007), 101-108