Rae
Members of the Rae family, whose estate was centred on Keel House, Castlemaine, held over 5000 acres in county Kerry in the 1870s. Francis Rae was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Kilgarrylander at the time of Griffith's Valuation while Robert Rae was the lessor of several townlands in the parish of Killorglin at the same time. In July 1853 over 1,300 acres of land near the village of Killorglin was advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates' Court, the property of Robert and Elizabeth Anne Rae. In 1906 terms had been arranged by the Congested Districts Board for the purchase of over 600 acres of the estate of W.L. Rae in county Kerry. In 1909 the Board reported that this land had been purchased.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knockglass | Knockglass More | Kilgobban | Tralee | Knockglass | Corkaguiny | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q701101
OS Sheet: 37 Discovery map: 71 |
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| Keel House | Keel | Kilgarrylander | Tralee | Kilgarrylander 157 | Trughanacmy | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q783103
OS Sheet: 46 Discovery map: 71 |
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| Altavilla | Farrantoreen | Killorglin | Killarney | Killorglin 80 | Trughanacmy | Kerry |
OSI Ref: V782958
OS Sheet: 56 Discovery map: 78 |
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| Anna | Annagh | Kiltallagh | Tralee | Kiltallagh 158 | Trughanacmy | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q830037
OS Sheet: 47 Discovery map: 71 |
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (Burke), Rae, 7 July 1853, Vol 35; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Corkaguiny Barony: 86 (Knockglass)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 144
- 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] : 379
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Trughanacmy Barony: 143 (Keel), 157 (Ardmoneel)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, 96 (Kilgarrylander Parish), 98 (Kilgobban Parish), Vol.II, 152 (Killorglin Parish)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 5 (Annagh)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''14th Annual Report of the Congested Districts Board for Ireland [Cd.2757], 1906'': 8
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. '' 18th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 4927] HC 1909, xvi. Appendix XXXII: 139
Modern printed sources
- Bary, Valerie. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes of some Houses of Kerry'' Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1994. : 12 (Ardmoneel Cottage), 144 (Keel), 161 (Knockglass)
- ''THE KERRY MAGAZINE'': BARY, Valerie. Keel House. 1 (1989), 18-20.