Walsh/Hussey Walsh
Richard Walsh, a younger son of the Walsh family of county Kilkenny, was transplanted to Crannagh, parish of Drum, barony of Athlone, county Roscommon, under the Cromwellian settlement. The Walshes were mill owners and built up a leasehold estate in the parish of Drum. In 1787 Patrick Walsh of Crannagh married Margaret daughter of John Hussey of Mulhussey [Mounthussey], county Roscommon. Their son John Hussey Walsh inherited both the Crannagh and Mounthussey estates. The estate was in the parish of Drum, barony of Athlone, county Roscommon and the family also held land in county Galway. In the early 1820s the Hussey Walshes bought an estate in county Offaly and went to live at Kilduff House, Kilclonfert. By the time of Griffith's Valuation John Hussey Walsh still owned over 2,000 acres in the parish of Drum. He died in 1863 and in 1876 the Hussey Walsh estate in counties Roscommon and Offaly was advertised for sale in the Landed Estates' Court. Only one part of the estate was sold, the others were purchased by family representatives on behalf of Walter Hussey Walsh and his wife Ellen, daughter of Valentine O'Brien O'Connor. In the 1870s the Hussey Walsh estate amounted to 2,826 acres in county Roscommon. The Hussey Walsh house at Kilduff was sold in 1882 and the family went to live in Dublin and later in London. In the early 20th century the estate was administered by the firm of A.T.S. Magan, estate agents of Athlone. The Land Commission purchased Mount Hussey and its surrounding lands in the 1920s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mounthussey | Moynure | Drum | Athlone | Crannagh 3 | Athlone | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: N000 374
OS Sheet: 52 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Crannagh House | Crannagh | Drum | Athlone | Crannagh 3 | Athlone | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: N012 401
OS Sheet: 52 Discovery map: 47 |
Archival sources
- Hussey Walsh Mss; Irish Genealogical Research Society Library
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Hussey Walsh, 7 July 1876, Vol 125, MRGS 39/056, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Copy of grant of quarterings to Valentine John Hussey Walsh of Mul Hussey, Co Roscommon & Canby, France, 2 Oct 1908. GO MS 111:228-229; National Library of Ireland
- Wills of Walsh & Naghten families, Co Roscommon. John J. Walsh Accession. Acc No 1/248. M. 5367; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Athlone Union, 15
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Roscommon: I, 353
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 296
- 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] : 465
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 319
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 632-634
- DRUM HERITAGE GROUP. ''Drum and its Hinterland''. Drum Heritage Group, 1994: 154-197
- ''Jnl. of the Association for the Preservation of Memorials to the Dead''.: Pedigree of Walsh of Crannagh, Co Roscommon. VII (1907-1909), 700
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': CHAMNEY, Anne R. Extracts from Father Clare’s Annotations to the Conformity Rolls, include reference to this family. X (2001), 427-454
- ''Irish Times'': Landed Estates Court sale notices, 8 July 1876, p.3.