Quin (Quinsborough)

Lord George Quin was the second son of Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort and Mary, only daughter and heir of George Quin of Quinsborough, parish of St Patricks, barony of Bunratty Lower, county Clare, second son of Valentine Quin of Adare. In 1814 Lord George married a daughter of the 2nd Earl Spencer and they had two sons and one daughter. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation the Quin estate was in the parishes of Kilfintinan, Killeely and St Patricks, barony of Bunratty Lower, Kilseily, barony of Tulla Lower and Rath, barony of Inchiquin, county Clare, Ballingarry, barony of Connello Upper, county Limerick and Clogher, barony of Kilnamanagh Lower, county Tipperary. In the 1870s Lord George Quin of London owned 2,850 acres in county Clare, 889 acres in county Limerick and 3,078 acres in county Tipperary. In May 1866 part of the Quin estate in the barony of Tulla Lower was advertised for sale.

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Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Quinsborough	Parteen	St Patricks	Limerick	Ballyglass 113	Bunratty Lower	Clare	OSI Ref: R575 604 OS Sheet: 63 Discovery map: 58
Willbrook	Craggaunboy	Rath	Corrofin	Rath 19	Inchiquin	Clare	OSI Ref: R238 876 OS Sheet: 24 Discovery map: 57
Bunkers Hill	Ballymorris	Kilfintinan	Limerick	Cratloe 116	Bunratty Lower	Clare	OSI Ref: R473 598 OS Sheet: 62 Discovery map: 65

Archival sources

Pedigree of Quin of Adare, Earls of Dunraven & of Quinsborough, 1709-1838. GO MS 171: 499-500; National Library of Ireland
Copy of grant of arms to Lord George Taylor on his assuming name & arms of Quin in conformity with will of his maternal grandfather George Quin, of Quinsborough, 1 Mar 1813. GO MS 106: 42; National Library of Ireland
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), Quin, 15 May 1866, Vol 24, 31-40; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Inchiquin, O’Brien & Macnamara, 29 Apr 1866, Vol 81 (25), MRGS 39/039, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Quin, 15 May 1866, Vol 81 (45), MRGS 39/039, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Quin of Quinsborough estate papers, 18th-19th centuries. WR 985; Northamptonshire Record Office
Xerox copies of lease & map of Ballymorris, Co Clare, George Quin of Quinsborough to Michael Ryan, Ross, 1787, also account books & genealogical information [re Ryan family] 1820-1866. 999/445; National Archives of Ireland
Papers relating to the property in Co. Tipperary of the Quin family, 1787-1846. Associated names, Brabazon, Croker. D. 17,752-8; M. 2182-8; T. 7173 ; National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Limerick Union, 11 (Ballymorris), 32 (Quinsborough), Corrofin Union, 44 (Craggaunboy)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 199
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] : 378
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 113, 152, 168
LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 324
TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 99 & 101 (Quinsborough)
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 173 (Quinsborough)

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