Sampson (Scarriff & Belmont)
At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Sampson held six townlands in the parish of Moynoe, barony of Tulla Upper, and also land in the parish of Killokennedy, barony of Tulla Lower, county Clare. George Sampson also owned land in four county Clare baronies. Lilla Sampson in her book on the Sampson family gives genealogical trees for the descendants of John Sampson and his wife Marcella O'Callaghan. They had three sons, the eldest of whom was Denis. He married Charlotte Petré and they had a number of sons including John (father of Donat Sampson of Bayswater, London), Dr Francis C. Sampson and George Sampson of Belmont, Castle Connell, county Limerick, who married Anna Lyons of Croome House, county Limerick. They were the parents of Colonel George Dennis Sampson. The Sampsons appear to have acquired extensive estates in county Clare by the 1870s as Donat Sampson of London owned 8,501 acres in the county and George Sampson of Belmount, county Limerick, owned 3,596 acres. They both held untenanted land in the Scariff district in 1906.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moyriesk | Moyriesk | Doora | Ennis | Spancelhill 24 | Bunratty Upper | Clare |
OSI Ref: R408 773
OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 58 |
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| St Catherines | Coolready | Kilnoe | Scarriff | Boherglass 124 | Tulla Upper | Clare |
OSI Ref: R592 814
OS Sheet: 28 Discovery map: 58 |
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| Belmont | Stradbally North | Stradbally | Limerick | Castleconnell 47 | Clanwilliam | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R657 619
OS Sheet: 1 Discovery map: 58 |
Archival sources
- Chancery [sale] rental & map of estate of Donal Sampson in barony of Tulla Upper, Co Clare, not dated. 999/505/11-12; National Archives 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 : 300 (Moynoe - Sir John Reade)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 405 (Moynoe - Fitzgibbon Hinchy)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ennis Union, 35 (Moyriesk), Scarriff Union, 52 (Carrowmore)
- 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] : 402
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 113
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 223-224
Modern printed sources
- WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 203-204
- ''Analecta Hibernica'': Report on the Sampson Papers, Moynoe, by Edward MacLysaght. XV (1944), 376
- SAMPSON, Lilla E. Briggs ''The Sampson Family''. Baltimore: Willliams & Wilkins Co, [1914]: 107-111
- MADDEN, Gerard. ''A History of Tuamgraney & Scariff since earliest times''. Tuamgraney: East Clare Heritage, 2000: 101-106