Babington (Cork and Westmeath)
In 1679 Thomas Babington was granted 813 acres in the barony of Carbery, county Cork. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas Babington held land in the parish of Aughrim, barony and county of Roscommon. He appears to have bought the Begg interest in these lands which were held from the Trustees of Simpson's Hospital. Thomas Babington of 72 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin is mentioned on the sale rental of the Begg estate. In 1829 Thomas Babington, a Dublin solicitor, married Maria J D Begg and they had two sons Thomas D'Alton Babington and William D'Alton Begg. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation Thomas Babington was a lessor in the parish of Rathconrath, county Westmeath. In the 1870s Thomas Babington of Dame Street, Dublin and Cork owned 396 acres in county Roscommon and 552 acres in county Cork, while William D Babington of 25, Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin, owned 511 acres in County Westmeath and 29 acres in county Cavan.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Abbey | Kilcanoran | Aughrim | Carrick on Shannon | Aughrim West 46 | Roscommon | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M914 938
OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 33 |
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Begg, 28 Feb 1850, Vol 6, MRGS 39/003, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Dopping-Hepenstall Papers refer to Babington, Begg and D’Alton families, Collection List 61, MSS 35,829-32,874; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Carrick on Shannon Union, 57
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 314
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 262
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mullingar Union, 54 (Loughan)