Cusack
By the early 19th century this family was living at Abbeville, Malahide, county Dublin. In the late 20th century Abbeville was the home of Charles J. Haughey, see Mary Rose Doorly ''Abbeville'', published by Townhouse (1996). At the time of Griffith's Valuation William Cusack held the townland of Ballymurray, parish of Elphin, barony and county of Roscommon. In the 1870s his wife Mrs Sophia Cusack of Abbeville House is recorded as owning 291 acres in county Roscommon and 423 acres in county Dublin.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Cusack Papers relating to the Cusack family and to lands in Cos Dublin & Roscommon, c 1580s-20th cent. ; National Library of Ireland
- Cusack Papers, documents re transfer of lands at Feltrim, Co Dublin & purchase of lands at Ballymurray, Co Roscommon, includes genealogical notes, 1708-1725. MS 8813; 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] : 112
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 315
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 312-313
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on Cusack Papers. No. 3