Molony (Granaghan)
The Molonys of Granaghan, parish of Tomfinlough, barony of Bunratty Lower, county Clare, were descended from a younger son of James Molony of Kiltanon, parish of Tulla, barony of Tulla Upper, county Clare and his second wife Elizabeth Croasdaile. Several generations of Croasdaile Molonys owned Granaghan in the 18th and 19th centuries but the house was inhabited by the Hewitt family from the late 18th century. The main part of the Molony estate was in the parishes of Quin and Kilraghtis, barony of Bunratty Upper and in the parish of Feakle, barony of Tulla Upper. By the mid 19th century this Molony estate was in Chancery. Houses in Dublin and Sixmilebridge and over 1,800 acres of Croasdaile Molony's estate were advertised for sale in November 1856. In the mid 19th century Croasdale Mullowney also held an estate in the parish of Killoscully, barony of Owney and Arra, county Tipperary. In the 1870s Henry Goone Molony of Limerick owned 5,664 acres and his nephew Henry Molony of Dublin owned 1,110 acres in county Clare.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granaghan | Granaghan More | Tomfinlough | Ennis | Tomfinlough 43 | Bunratty Lower | Clare |
OSI Ref: R427 693
OS Sheet: 42 Discovery map: 58 |
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| Castle Waller | Castlewaller | Kilnarath | Nenagh | Kilnarath 95 | Owney and Arra | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R760 625
OS Sheet: 37 Discovery map: 59 |
Archival sources
- Genealogical notes on Molony of Granahan by Charles French Blake Foster, c 1865. MS 13,560; National Library of Ireland
- Map of Furrure surveyed for Henry B. Molony by Timothy Molony, let to named tenants by Croasdaile Molony, 1794. 15 B. 9(28) ; National Library of Ireland
- Longfield Maps, survey of lands of Doonane & Drummaghmartin, barony of Tulla, county Clare, estate of Tottenham esq, let to Henry Molony, 1815. 21 F. 32 (36); National Library of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), Molony, 28 Nov 1856, Vol 9, 37-76; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Molony, 28 Nov 1856, Vol 43 (2), MRGS 39/020, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ennis Union, 32 (Granaghan More)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 207 (Granahine)
- 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] : 319
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 112, 166
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Owney and Arra, 65 (Castlewaller)