Baylee/Bayley (Mount Baylee)
Henry Baylee of Loughgur, county Limerick, was a nephew of Sexten Baylee, Mayor of Limerick in 1758. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Henry Thomas Baylee held five townlands in the parish of Clonlea, barony of Tulla Lower, county Clare. Weir writes that he was married to Susannah Bentley of Hurdleston. In 1872 Charles William Baylee of Mount Baylee married Margaret Jane Amelia Cooper and they had one daughter. In the 1870s Susannah Baylee of Templeogue, Dublin, owned 910 acres in county Clare. Charles Sexten Baylee of Mount Bailey, county Tipperary, owned 8 acres in county Limerick in the 1870s. 64 acres of his estate at Ballynantybeg, north suburbs of Limerick city, were advertised for sale in May 1862. He held this property on a lease dated 1858 from the Marquess of Lansdowne.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baylee | Knockatinty | Clonlea | Tulla | Kilkishen 138 | Tulla Lower | Clare |
OSI Ref: R512 728
OS Sheet: 43 Discovery map: 58 |
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| Loughgur Castle | Loughgur | Knockainy | Kilmallock | Knockainy 23 | Smallcounty | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R647 410
OS Sheet: 32 Discovery map: 65 |
Archival sources
- Rental & account book of Richard Kane includes copy correspondence from [R.T.] Baylee, Mount Baylee, to Captain Kane re "overholding tenants" and his property at Mount Baylee, 1841. MS 7874; National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Baylee, 8 May 1862, Vol 65 (12) & 30 Apr 1863, Vol 67 (81), MRGS 39/033 & 39/034, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Tulla Union, 35
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 366
- 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] : 26
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 107
- 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: 184 (Loughgur)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxx, 172 (Mount Baylee)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 202 (Lough-Gur)