Roche (Castleisland)
In 1864, the rental of lands at Ballymacadam, barony of Trughanacmy, owned by John Roche, an insolvent, was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. The original lease was from John Markham Marshall to Roche. Redmond Roche, senior and junior, owned over 1500 acres in Castleisland in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Maglass House | Maglass East | Ballymacelligott | Tralee | Ballyegan | Trughanacmy | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q943123
OS Sheet: 39 Discovery map: 71 |
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| Ballymacadam House | Ballymacadam | Castleisland | Tralee | Castleisland 152 | Trughanacmy | Kerry |
OSI Ref: R029106
OS Sheet: 40 Discovery map: 72 |
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Archival sources
- Lease by Francis Twiss of the old military barracks, Castleisland, to Redmond Roche, 1860. D.26,710. ; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Roche, 29 April 1864, Vol 72, MRGS 39/036, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives 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] : 391
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Trughanacmy Barony: 76( Ballymacadam)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 260 (Maghlass)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS County Kerry: Vol.I, Castleisland Parish, 370.