Westby
Nicholas Westby of Ennis, county Clare, Collector of Customs, was one member of a syndicate of three (Francis Burton, James MacDonnell) who purchased in 1698 the forfeited estates of Viscount Clare from the Earl of Albemarle. The Earl had bought the estates, situated in county Clare, in 1692. Westby's descendents through advantageous marriages acquired estates in counties Wicklow, Kildare and King’s Co (county Offaly). Burke’s Irish Family Records (1976) records Nicholas Westby of Kilballyowen, county Clare and of London, who held extensive estates in county Clare in the mid 19th century, mainly located in the baronies of Moyarta (centred on the parish of Kilballyowen) and Islands (centred on the parish of Kilmaley) but also in at least five other baronies. In the 1870s Edward Perceval Westby of Roebuck Castle, Dundrum, county Dublin and Doon, county Clare, owned 25,779 acres in county Clare and 67 acres in county Dublin.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doondalhen | Kilbaha South | Kilballyowen | Kilrush | Kilballyowen 76 | Moyarta | Clare |
OSI Ref: Q736 476
OS Sheet: 71 Discovery map: 63 |
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| Kilballyowen Lodge | Kilballyowen | Kilballyowen | Kilrush | Kilballyowen 76 | Moyarta | Clare |
OSI Ref: Q801 502
OS Sheet: 65 Discovery map: 63 |
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| Drumellihy | Drumellihy Westby | Kilmacduane | Kilrush | Drumellihy 84 | Moyarta | Clare |
OSI Ref: R038 646
OS Sheet: 47 Discovery map: 57 |
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| Ballymacooda | Ballymacooda | Kilmaley | Ennis | Kilcloher 35 | Islands | Clare |
OSI Ref: R276 727
OS Sheet: 41 Discovery map: 57 |
Archival sources
- Pedigree of Westby of Dublin city, Co Roscommon & Co Clare, c 1690-1859. GO MS 178: 407-412; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of confirmation of arms to descendants of William Westby of Thornhill, Co Dublin & to his grandson Edward Percival Westby of Roebuck Castle, Co Dublin & of Kilballyowen & Rosroe, Co Clare, only surviving son of Nicholas Westby, 24 Oct 1860. GO MS 108: 328-329; National Library of Ireland
- Volume of 36 manuscript maps of estates of William Westby in Co Clare, surveyed by H. Hewett, 1736. Also survey of Killbeahagh and Fodre by M. McNamara, 1727. MS 3018 & Microfilm P 5701; National Library of Ireland
- Volume of 46 maps containing survey of estate of Nicholas Westby in Co Clare, 1851. MS 5669 & Microfilm 5701; National Library of Ireland
- Copy made in 1837 of a mapped survey of the Westby estate in Co Clare made in 1736. MS 5614, see also MS 3018 above; National Library of Ireland
- Surveys of estate of N. Westby in Co Clare & in town of Ennis, with some occupiers’ names, 1840-1842. 21 F. 85; National Library of Ireland
- Marriage settlement of Robert Percival of Knightsbrook, Co Meath & Jane Westby of Ennis, 10 June 1717. D 22,055; National Library of Ireland
- Collis & Ward, Solicitor’s Collection, includes papers re Westby estates in Co Clare, 1708-1914. Small Collection Index No 98. D.22695-22821A, D.22947, D.22983, M.4743-4752 ; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kilrush Union, 79 (Kilbaha South), 80 (Kilballyowen), 99 (Drumellihy Westby)
- 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] : 472
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 115
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ennis Union, 116 (Ballymacooda)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 220 (Kilballyowen)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 353
Modern printed sources
- WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 106, 112, 155
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 1194-1195
- ''The Other Clare'': Ó DÁLAIGH, Brian. Henry Hewett’s Map of Ennis 1736 and the Westby Estate. XVI (1992), 11-15