Wren
Smith states that the Wren family in county Kerry were descended from a Cromwellian adventurer named Thomas Wren, who settled in Kerry. Leslie Wren was the lessor of several townlands in the parish of Kilcolman, barony of Trughanacmy, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Alicia Wren held townlands in the parish of Aghavallen, barony of Iraghticonnor at the same time. The Ordnance Survey Name Books note that John Wren of Litter was leasing these townlands from the Blacker estate in the 1830s. Leslie Wren's estate in county Kerry amounted to over 2400 acres in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letter House | Letter | Aghahvallen | Listowel | Astee 112 | Iraghticonnor | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q925478
OS Sheet: 2 Discovery map: 63 |
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 484
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 145
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Iraghticonnor Barony: 20 (Letter)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.II, 69 (Kilconly Parish)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 272
- SMITH, Charles. ''The ancient and present state of the county of Kerry. Containing a natural, civil, ecclesiastical, historical and topographical description thereof.'' Dublin: 1774. : 61
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS County Kerry: Vol.I, Aghavallan Parish, 49.
Modern printed sources
- Bary, Valerie. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes of some Houses of Kerry'' Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1994. : 168
- ''The Genealogists' Magazine'': PIELOU, P.L. Notes on the Wren family of Ballylongford. VII, 2(1935),