Saunders (Kerry)
The representatives of A.L.Saunders, of Cloghjordan, county Tipperary, were the owners of over 2000 acres in county Kerry in the 1870s. Arthur Saunders was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Ballincuslane, barony of Trughanacmy, county Kerry, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The Ordnance Survey Name Books record Captain Saunders of Cork as the proprietor of townlands there in the 1830s. Maunsell Andrews, also of Cloghjordan, who was married to Ellen Saunders, held property in the parishes of Dysert and Killeentierna, county Kerry, at the same time. The Saunders family of Tullig , county Kerry had several marriage connections with the Meredith family of Dicksgrove and Annamore.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annamore House | Annamore | Killeentierna | Killarney | Killeentierna | Trughanacmy | Kerry |
OSI Ref: R003067
OS Sheet: 40 Discovery map: 72 |
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| Flesk Cottage | Poulnamuck | Killarney | Killarney | Killarney Rural 71 | Magunihy | Kerry |
OSI Ref: V967892
OS Sheet: 66 Discovery map: 78 |
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| Tullig House | Tullig | Castleisland | Tralee | Castleisland 152 | Trughanacmy | Kerry |
OSI Ref: R018091
OS Sheet: 40 Discovery map: 72 |
Archival sources
- Lease by the Earl of Glandore & others of property in Castleisland to William Saunders, 1787. D.26,696. ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 404
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS County Kerry: Vol.I, 142, Ballincuslane Parish. 355 & 364, Castleisland Parish. Vol.II, 47 (Currans Parish), 252 (Dysert Parish)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 354 (Tullig [Sandes])
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 9 (Andrews of Rathenny), 628 (Saunders of Tullig)