Landed Estates
University of Galway

Dalton (Woodpark)

The Anglo Norman family of Dalton was established in county Clare from the early 17th century. Michael Dalton of Woodpark, parish of Bunratty, barony of Bunratty Lower, married Mary Anne Fitzgerald of Castlekeale in 1761. The family was still resident there in 1837 but the house was leased to John Kennedy by the time of Griffith’s Valuation. It is evident from the sale of lands at Kilmurry in county Clare by Edward Neville Dalton first advertised in June 1854 that the Daltons were leasing land from the Stacpooles. Woodpark itself and other lands were advertised for sale in October 1854. http://daltondata.0pi.com/county_clare.htm

Associated Families

Houses

Name Townland Civil Parish PLU DED Barony County Map Ref  
Woodpark Woodpark Bunratty Ennis Sixmilebridge 42 Bunratty Lower Clare OSI Ref: R439 637
OS Sheet: 51
Discovery map: 58 		Photo of Woodpark

Archival sources

  • Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), Dalton, 14 July 1854, Vol 6, 45-58 ; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
  • Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Dalton, 13 June & 14 July 1854, Vols 29 (18) & 30 (16), MRGS 39/013, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
  • Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), Dalton, 28 Oct 1854, Vol 6, 59-76; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
  • Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Dalton, 28 Oct 1854, Vol 30 (43), MRGS 39/013, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

Modern printed sources