Gloster
Members of the Gloster family, George, James and Richard, held land in county Clare mainly in the parishes of St Munchins and St Patricks, barony of Bunratty Lower, close to the city of Limerick. They also had land in the parishes of Noughaval, barony of Burren and O’Briensbridge, barony of Tulla Lower. The representatives of George Gloster of Limerick held 644 acres in county Clare in the 1870s. A report in a county Tyrone newspaper records the murder in 1844 of Arthur Gloster of Moylish, near Limerick, who had purchased an estate at Toonagh, in county Clare, for which he paid at least £10,000. Another family of Glosters lived at Rockfield, parish of Ardcanny, county Limerick in the mid 19th century. Captain Richard Gloster owned 452 acres in county Limerick in the 1870s. He died in 1893.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballycannan | Ballycannan North | St Munchins | Limerick | Ballycannan 112 | Bunratty Lower | Clare |
OSI Ref: R563 615
OS Sheet: 63 Discovery map: 58 |
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| Ballycannan | Ballycannan West | St Munchins | Limerick | Ballycannan 112 | Bunratty Lower | Clare |
OSI Ref:
OS Sheet: 63 Discovery map: 58 |
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| Parteen House | Parteen | St Patricks | Limerick | Ballyglass 113 | Bunratty Lower | Clare |
OSI Ref: R580 603
OS Sheet: 63 Discovery map: 58 |
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| Rockfield | Ballynacarriga | Ardcanny | Rathkeale | Ballynacarriga 124 | Kenry | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R442 554
OS Sheet: 4 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Ballynacarriga | Ballynacarriga | Ardcanny | Rathkeale | Ballynacarriga 124 | Shanid | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R443 556
OS Sheet: 4 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Derryknockane | Derryknockane | Knocknagaul | Limerick | Roxborough 57 | Pubblebrien | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R565 515
OS Sheet: 13 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Moylish | Moylish | St Munchins | Limerick | Limerick North Rural 58 | North Liberties of Limerick | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R561 585
OS Sheet: 5 Discovery map: 65 |
Archival sources
- Fee farm grant from Earl of Limerick to Edward Gloster re premises in Georges St, Limerick, 1853.; Limerick City Museum
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Limerick Union, 24 (Ballycannan), 32 (Parteen)
- 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] : 182
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 109
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Kenry, 7 (Ballynacarriga); Barony of Pubblebrien, 46 (Derryknockane)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 43 (Rockfield - Fitzgerald & Ballincarreg - Hurst)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: VI, 47 (Moylish)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of North Liberties of Limerick, 7 (Moylish)
Modern printed sources
- GLIN, Knight of, GRIFFIN, D. J. & ROBINSON, N.K (eds).'' Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland''. Dublin: Irish Architectural Archive/Irish Georgian Society, 1989. : 41-42
- WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 19, 215
- Ó RIAIN, Dónal & Ó CINNÉIDE, Séamus. ''The History and Folklore of Parteen and Meelick''. Limerick: 1990: 74, 78-81
- ''Tyrone Constitution'': 15 November 1844