Blood Smyth
In 1784 Matthew Blood, a Lieutenant in the 57th regiment, son of John Blood of Castlefergus, parish of Doora, barony of Bunratty Upper, county Clare, assumed the additional name of Smyth after his marriage to Dorothea Julia Ingram, a great granddaughter of the Reverend Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick 1695-1725. In the mid 19th century Matthew Blood Smyth held land in the parishes of Doora and Quin, barony of Bunratty Upper. This estate amounted to 954 acres in the 1870s. In 1910 the Venerable William Augustus Blood Smyth, Archdeacon of Killaloe, sold Castlefergus to his cousin, Captain Charles F. Blood of Ballykilty, parish of Quin.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlefergus | Castlefergus | Doora | Ennis | Doora 32 | Bunratty Upper | Clare |
OSI Ref: R387 725
OS Sheet: 42 Discovery map: 58 |
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| Toonagh | Toonagh | Clooney | Tulla | Clooney 142 | Bunratty Upper | Clare |
OSI Ref: R439 777
OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 58 |
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| Egmont Villa | Curragh | Clonfert | Kanturk | Kanturk 165 | Duhallow | Cork |
OSI Ref: R381 041
OS Sheet: 23 Discovery map: 72 |
Archival sources
- Irish Tourist Association Survey File, Parish of Doora, 1940s, Clare East 6.; Clare County Library
- Farm diaries of Neptune Blood Smyth [? agent of Lord Egmont's estate]. of Curra, Kanturk, Co. Cork, c. 1827-1861. Microfilm P7620; National Library of Ireland
- Miscellaneous copies of correspondence, legal papers, etc., relating to Neptune Blood Smyth of Curra, Kanturk, Co. Cork, concerning the family of Smyth and associated families of Gilchrist and Ingram, c. 1836-1856.; National Library of Ireland
- Workmen's accounts of Neptune Blood Smyth [? agent of Lord Egmont's estate], of Curra, Co. Cork, including house-building accounts, c. 1834-1857. Microfilm P7620; National Library 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 : 98
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 496 & II, 478-479 (Castle Fergus), I, 362 (handsome modern house of Neptune Blood)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ennis Union, 47 (Castlefergus); Tulla Union, 8 (Toonagh)
- 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] : 416
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 114
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Duhallow, 21 (Curragh)
Modern printed sources
- WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 66-67, 264
- PINE, L.G. (ed). ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. 4th ed. London: Burke's Peerage, 1958.: 91-94