Massy (Doonass)

The Reverend Charles Massy, Dean of Limerick, was a younger brother of Hugh Baron Massy. He married Grace daughter of Sir John Dillon of Lismullen, county Meath and they had a son Hugh Dillon Massy who was created Baronet Massy of Doonass in 1782. He married Elizabeth Stacpoole of Cragbrien, county Clare and had two sons Hugh and the Reverend Charles who married Mary Anne Ross Lewin in 1796. Their son Hugh Dillon succeeded his uncle as 3rd Baronet in 1842. In 1818 Hugh Dillon Massy married Mary J. Westropp. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the estate of Sir Hugh Dillon Massy 3rd Baronet was mainly in the parishes of Kilseily and Kiltenanlea, barony of Tulla Lower, county Clare. He also held land in the parishes of Killokennedy and Killuran. In November 1858 approximately 6,000 acres known as the Broadford estate and 5,000 acres known as the Doonass estate were advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates' Court. In the 1870s Lady Mary Dillon Massy of Doonass owned 4,625 acres in county Clare.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Summerhill	Summerhill	Kiltenanlea	Limerick	Kiltenanlea 109	Tulla Lower	Clare	OSI Ref: R655 626 OS Sheet: 54 Discovery map: 58
Doonass	Doonass	Kiltenanlea	Limerick	Kiltenanlea 109	Tulla Lower	Clare	OSI Ref: R649 617 OS Sheet: 54 Discovery map: 58
Newtown	Newtown	Kiltenanlea	Limerick	Kiltenanlea 109	Tulla Lower	Clare	OSI Ref: R617 627 OS Sheet: 53 Discovery map: 58
Elm Hill House	Rineroe	Kiltenanlea	Limerick	Kiltenanlea 109	Tulla Lower	Clare	OSI Ref: R635 626 OS Sheet: 53 Discovery map: 58
Ruanard House	Ruanard	Kiltenanlea	Limerick	Kiltenanlea 109	Tulla Lower	Clare	OSI Ref: R617 635 OS Sheet: 53 Discovery map: 58
Doon House	Doon	Killuran	Tulla	Killuran 139	Tulla Lower	Clare	OSI Ref: R555 739 OS Sheet: 44 Discovery map: 58
Waterpark	Summerhill	Kiltenanlea	Limerick	Kiltenanlea 109	Tulla Lower	Clare	OSI Ref: R658 631 OS Sheet: 54 Discovery map: 58
Oakfield (Tulla Lower)	Oakfield	Kiltenanlea	Limerick	Kiltenanlea 109	Tulla Lower	Clare	OSI Ref: R612631 OS Sheet: 53 Discovery map: 58

Archival sources

Encumbered Estates Court Rental for Broadford & Doonass estates of Sir Hugh Dillon Massy, 1858. 14 A. 5; National Library of Ireland
Pedigree of Massey of Duntrileague, Barons Massey, of Knockanevan, New Garden, Stoneville, Co Limerick & Donass, Co Clare, c 1641-1806. GO MS 112: 31; National Library of Ireland
Genealogical notes on Massy of Doonass by Charles French Blake Foster, c 1865. MS 13,560; National Library of Ireland
Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), Lloyd, 8 June 1855, Vol 8, 127- ; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Lloyd, 8 June 1855, Vol 35 (14), & 21 July 1855, Vol 36 (4), MRGS 39/016 & 39/017, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), Massy, 25 Nov 1858, Vol 11, 227-; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Massy, 25 Nov 1858, Vol 54 (12), MRGS 39/027, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Lease of part of Springfield, Sir Hugh Dillon Massy to John Gabbett Wilson. E.J. French solicitor's collection, Small Accessions Index 8, D.2784; National Archives of Ireland
Deeds, testamentary, legal & miscellaneous records including documents re Dillon Massy, mainly 19th century. A.Lane Joynt solicitor's collection, Small Accession Index 51, Co.965-990, M.353-363, D.5534-5753, T.1176-1198; 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 : 156 (Doonass), 158 (Doone), 309 (Newtown), 364 (Summerhill)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 157 (Doon), 215 (Doonass, Newtown, Elm Hill, Ruanard, Summerhill)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Limerick Union, 73 (Doonass), 78 (Newtown), 79 (Rineroe & Ruanard), 80 (Summerhill); Tulla Union, 41 (Doon)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 111
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] : 309
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 223 (Doonass)
TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 99 (Newtown & Doonass)
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 171 (Doon), 173 (Doonass)

Modern printed sources

WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 104, 105, 116, 209-210, 237, 256-257, 272
''Irish Ancestor'': BOURKE, John. The Tenants of Sir Hugh Dillon Massy near Clonlara, Co. Clare, in 1844. XVII (1985), 72-74
BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 106 (Doonass)
BLAKE, Tarquin. ''Abandoned mansions of Ireland''. Cork: Collins Press, 2010.: 36-45 (Doonass)