Russell (Limerick)

A branch of the Russell family held land in the parish of Kilfergus, barony of Shanid, county Limerick, in the mid 19th century. Philip William Russell is recorded in both the Ordnance Survey Field Name Books and Griffith's Valuation. His agent was Patrick Hallanon of Glin. He held the property by lease under the Courts. His estate in the barony of Shanid amounting to nearly 3,000 acres was advertised for sale by his assignee Francis Begley in August 1850. Some of it was in the possession of the Reverend Thomas Williamson Peile by the early 1860s. His first cousin John Norris Russell founded the firm of J.N. Russell and Sons, Limerick. The fee simple of the firm's extensive mills at Plassey was advertised for sale in 1868 by the Maunsell family. J.N. Russell died in 1859. He leased Woodbine Cottage, parish of Kilfarboy, barony of Ibrickan, from Burdett Morony. His great granddaughter Elizabeth Russell married Thomas Wise Browning of Carass Court, county Limerick and later took over Woodbine Cottage. In the 1870s John Norris Russell (grandson of J.N. Russell) of Plassy, John Russell of Glenview, Ballyneety and Patrick Russell of Mount Russell, Charleville owned 700, 731 and 1,241 acres respectively in county Limerick.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Lemonfield House	Lemonfield	Knocknagaul	Limerick	Roxborough 57	Pubblebrien	Limerick	OSI Ref: R562 494 OS Sheet: 13 Discovery map: 65
Woodbine Cottage	Leagard South	Kilfarboy	Ennistimon	Milltown Malbay 55	Ibrickan	Clare	OSI Ref: R034 783 OS Sheet: 30 Discovery map: 57
Ballyclogh Lodge	Ballyclogh	Knocknagaul	Limerick	Roxborough 57	Pubblebrien	Limerick	OSI Ref: R575 527 OS Sheet: 13 Discovery map: 65
Edwardstown	Edwardstown	Cahernarry	Limerick	Ballysimon 45	Clanwilliam	Limerick	OSI Ref: R621 496 OS Sheet: 13 Discovery map: 65
Glen View	Glen	Cahernarry	Limerick	Ballybricken 48	Clanwilliam	Limerick	OSI Ref: R622 491 OS Sheet: 13 Discovery map: 65
Milford	Sreelane	Kilmurry	Limerick	Ballysimon 45	Clanwilliam	Limerick	OSI Ref: R616 580 OS Sheet: 5 Discovery map: 65
Shelburne	Farranshone More	St Nicholas	Limerick	Limerick North Rural 58	North Liberties of Limerick	Limerick	OSI Ref: R566 573 OS Sheet: 5 Discovery map: 65
Faha	Faha Demesne	Kilkeedy	Limerick	Patrick's Well 56	Pubblebrien	Limerick	OSI Ref: R509 507 OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 65
Plassey	Sreelane	Kilmurry	Limerick	Ballysimon 45	Clanwilliam	Limerick	OSI Ref: R615 582 OS Sheet: 5 Discovery map: 65
Ballynacarriga	Ballynacarriga	Ardcanny	Rathkeale	Ballynacarriga 124	Shanid	Limerick	OSI Ref: R453 562 OS Sheet: 4 Discovery map: 65

Archival sources

Sale rental of property in Limerick city, by the trustees of the Russell estate, 5 Mar 1900. P23/46; Limerick City Archives
Deeds, testamentary, legal & miscellaneous records including documents re John Russell of Edwardstown, mainly 19th century. A.Lane Joynt solicitor's collection, Small Accessions Index 51, Co.965-990, M.353-363, D.5534-5753, T.1176-1198; National Archives of Ireland
Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Begley & Russell, 2 Aug 1850, Vol 2 (48), MRGS 39/001, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Maunsell, 3 July 1868, Vol 90 (42), MRGS 39/044, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of William Thomas Russell of Limeick & to his grandson Richard Harold Russell of Grange, Buckinghamshire, 10 Nov 1898. GO MS 111:30-31; National Library of Ireland
Report by James Campbell re J. Russell & Sons’ flax spinning & weaving establishment, Limerick, 1858 & 1859. D/2168; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Papers of Barry family of Springvale, Ballyneety, Co Limerick & Leamlara, Co Cork, include reference to the Russells of Glenview, mainly 19th century. P20 ; University of Limerick: Special Collections and Information Services, Glucksman Library

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ennistimon Union, 21
ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: Parish of Kilfergus, IV, 94-116
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Pubblebrien, 45 (Ballyclogh): Barony of Clanwillian, 41 (Edwardstown), 42 (Glen)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 153
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] : 397-398
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 267 (Faha - Taylor), 269 (Ballynacarriga)
SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxvii, 149 (Glenview)

Modern printed sources

PINE, L.G. (ed). ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. 4th ed. London: Burke's Peerage, 1958.: 613-614
WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 281
MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 994-996
BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 232 (Plassey)
GLIN, Knight of, GRIFFIN, D. J. & ROBINSON, N.K (eds).'' Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland''. Dublin: Irish Architectural Archive/Irish Georgian Society, 1989. : 101 (Glen View)
''North Munster Antiquarian Journal'': RUSSELL, Hampden William. The Russells of Limerick, VI (1950), 50-62