Studdert (Kilkishen)
The Studdert families of Kilkishen and Bunratty, county Clare, are descended from the Reverend George Studdert, chaplain to King William III, who was granted land in county Limerick at the end of the 17th century. His eldest son Thomas Studdert of Bunratty acquired lands in counties Clare, Limerick and Kerry and married a Cusack of Kilkishen. Thomas’s second son George inherited Kilkishen, parish of Kilmurry, barony of Bunratty Lower. In 1788 he married Hannah Blood of Castle Fergus. In the 1870s the Kilkishen estate of Major Robert Studdert amounted to 2,317 acres in county Clare. Weir writes that five generations of Studderts lived in Kilkishen house until it was sold in 1924. Thomas Studdert, who held 453 acres in the 1870s, was a grandson of George and Hannah Studdert and lived at Ballyhannon, parish of Quin. His son Thomas George Gabbett Studdert eventually inherited Kilkishen.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Kilkishen | Kilkishen | Kilmurry | Tulla | Kilkishen 138 | Bunratty Lower | Clare |
OSI Ref: R486 723
OS Sheet: 43 Discovery map: 58 |
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| Sunville | Teeronea | Clonlea | Tulla | Kilkishen 138 | Tulla Lower | Clare |
OSI Ref: R495 734
OS Sheet: 43 Discovery map: 58 |
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| Ballyhannon | Ballyhannon South | Quin | Ennis | Doora 32 | Bunratty Upper | Clare |
OSI Ref: R405735
OS Sheet: 42 Discovery map: 58 |
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Archival sources
- Deed of release Thomas Studdert of Kilkishen to Peter Arthur of Castleconnell, 8 Apr 1834. BRA collection, Small Accs Index 61, D.6382; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 234
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Tulla Union, 28 (Kilkishen), 36 (Terronea)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 114
- 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] : 433
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 366 (Sion Ville)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 225 (Kilkishen)
- 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'.: 349, 358 (Cusack)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxix, 243 (Kilkishen)
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 1068-1078
- WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 25, 160, 258
- ''The Other Clare'': MCINERNEY, Bill. The Studderts of Kilkishen. IV (1980), 32-34
- STUDDERT, Robert Hallam. ‘’The Studdert Family: Notes & Records’’, (for private circulation). Dublin: At the sign of the Three Candles, 1960: All
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 168 (Kilkishen)