Fitzgerald (Kilcarragh & Adelphi)
This family was established at Kilcarragh, parish of Kilfenora, barony of Corcomroe, county Clare in the early 18th century. In 1783 William Fitzgerald of Kilcarragh married Anne Powell of Cloverville, county Limerick and they had two sons. The eldest, Francis John Fitzgerald, lived at Adelphi, [near Ennis] and died unmarried in 1854. He was succeeded by his brother, William Fitzgerald of Adelphi and Inchoveagh, parish of Kiltoraght. In the mid 19th century the Fitzgerald estate was mainly in the parishes of Kilfenora and Kiltoraght, barony of Corcomroe, Killonaghan, Oughtmama and Kilmoon, barony of Burren and Kilrush, barony of Moyarta. William Fitzgerald died in 1872 and the estate passed to his grandson, William Henry Wilson, who assumed the additional surname of Fitzgerald in accordance with his grandfather’s will. In the 1870s William Henry Wilson-Fitzgerald owned over 9,000 acres in county Clare. He lived at Cliffe Hall, Darlington, Durham in the north of England. His aunt, Mary Fitzgerald, married Sir Lucius O’Brien 5th baronet in 1837.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Ballybaun | Ballybaun | Kilfenora | Corrofin | Kiltoraght 17 | Corcomroe | Clare |
OSI Ref: R212 935
OS Sheet: 16 Discovery map: 51 |
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| Kilcarragh | Kilcarragh | Kilfenora | Ennistimon | Kilfenora 49 | Corcomroe | Clare |
OSI Ref: R178 938
OS Sheet: 16 Discovery map: 51 |
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| Adelphi | Clifden | Rath | Corrofin | Rath 19 | Inchiquin | Clare |
OSI Ref: R263 890
OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 57 |
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Archival sources
- Copy of confirmation of arms to descendants of William Fitzgerald of Kilcarragh & to his daughter Anne, widow of Richard Bassett Wilson of Cliff Hall, co of York, only surviving child and co-heir of William Fitzgerald of Adelphi, 5 July 1872. GO MS 109: 253-254; National Library of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), Fitzgerald, 27 May 1858, Vol 11, 17-22; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Fitzgerald, 27 May 1858, Vol 51 (54), MRGS 39/025, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Corrofin Union, 6 (Ballybaun) & 44 (Adelphi), Ennistimon Union, 63 (Kilcarragh)
- 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] : 161
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 109
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 2 (Adelphi), 228 (Kilcarragh)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 487 (Adelphi)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.166
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 192
- WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 4, 18, 156
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 2 (Adelphi)