Finch (Tullamore Park)
An English family who settled in county Tipperary in the 17th century. Lieutenant Colonel Simon Finch was granted over 3,400 acres there in 1666. They intermarried with a number of county Clare land owning families such as the Purdons, Singletons and Bradys. Edward Finch of Kilcoleman married Margaret Purdon of Tinerana, county Clare. The Finchs of Tullamore are descended from their eldest son, Simon, and the Finchs of Kilcoleman and Maryville from their second son, William. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Finch estates were in the parishes of Burgesbeg, Monsea and Youghalarra, barony of Owney and Arra. The estate of John Finch in the barony of Owney and Arra, amounting to 1,593 acres was advertised for sale in April 1864. In 1867 part of the lands of Cragroe (172 acres), barony of Tulla Upper, county Clare, was advertised for sale, the estate of Edward Finch. In the 1870s John Finch of Tullamore Park, Nenagh, county Tipperary and Cragroe, Tulla, county Clare, owned 1,579 acres in county Tipperary and 129 acres in county Clare, George Massy Finch of Bloomfield, Newport, owned 883 acres in county Tipperary and Hugh Finch of Rathurles owned 147 acres. At the same time George W. Finch of Maryville owned 143 acres in county Limerick and William Finch of Kilcoleman owned 412 acres in county Tipperary.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryville | Maryville | Ballycahane | Croom | Kilpeacon | Pubblebrien | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R556 447
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Clonmacken | Clonmacken | St Munchins | Limerick | Limerick North Rural 58 | North Liberties of Limerick | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R546 568
OS Sheet: 5 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Abbeyville | Monaster South | Monasteranenagh | Croom | Abbeyville 13 | Coshma | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R552 405
OS Sheet: 31 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Bloomfield | Newport | Kilvellane | Nenagh | Newport 96 | Owney and Arra | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R721 616
OS Sheet: 37 Discovery map: 59 |
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| Rathurles | Rathurles | Kilruane | Nenagh | Ballygibbon 108 | Upper Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R907 802
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 59 |
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| Tullamore Park | Tullamore | Monsea | Nenagh | Youghalarra 101 | Owney and Arra | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R828 795
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 59 |
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| Kilcolman | Kilcolman | Youghalarra | Nenagh | Youghalarra 101 | Owney and Arra | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R821 783
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 59 |
Archival sources
- Pedigree of Finch of Watford in Herefordshire, of Kilcolman & Tullamore Park, Co Tipperary, Maryville, Co Clare & The Abbey, Co Limerick, c 1544-1842. GO MS 175: 247-253; National Library of Ireland
- Map of estate of Finch family in barony of Oweny & Arra, Co Tipperary & in Feakle, Co Clare, 1858 & sale Tipperary estate 19 Apr 1864. M.5514(1-3); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), Finch, 7 May 1867, Vol 23, 37-42 (with note re purchaser); James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Finch, 7 May 1867, Vol 85 (18), MRGS 39/041, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association Survey file for parish of Manister, barony of Pubblebrien, 1943. Limerick North East 26; Limerick Studies Department, Dooradoyle
- Transfer of Property under Land Judges, estate of Laura E Bennett, part of Ballyregan townland, [parish of Ballycahane, barony of Pubblebrien], in envelope addressed to Colonel G W Finch, Maryville, Kilpeacon, 16 Jan 1894. LM0000.4595; Limerick City Museum
- Collis-Sandes Papers include records re the Finch family & lands in Cos Cork, Kerry & Limerick (Croom), 1772-1918. PC 217 (1) Bundle (6); National Library of Ireland
- Records of the Rous family, Earls of Stradbroke, include a lease for a year of an estate of several thousand acres in half-barony of Owny, in county palatine of Tipperary. Symon Finch of Killicleman, co. Tipperary, Esq. to Edward Warter of Bilboa, co. Limerick, Esq, 20 September 1681. HB26/412/743 ; Suffolk Record Office: Ipswich Branch
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Finch, 19 Apr 1864, Vol 72 (12), MRGS 39/035, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 159
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 109
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Pubblebrien, 3 (Maryville): Barony of Coshma, 75 (Monaster South)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 126 (Maryville), II, 391 (Kilcoleman), 730 (Tullaghmore)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: I, 304 (Maryville)
- FITZGERALD, Rev P. & MCGREGOR, J.J. ''The history, topography and antiquities of the county and city of Limerick''. Dublin: 1826, republished Limerick: O'Brien Book Publications,1999: I, 347 (Maryville)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: VI, 50 (Clonmacken)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 263, 278
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 75
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Owney and Arra, 90 (Tullamore), 119 (Kilcolman)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 229 (Kilcoleman)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 169
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.VII, Parish of Monsea, p.17. Vol.IX, Parish of Youghalarra, p.289.
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 380-382 (Dring formerly Finch)
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 204
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Dring Papers (from 1716), the property of Mr. S. H. Dring, Mount Patrick, Glanmire, Co. Cork, relating to the Dring and Finch families and to lands in Cos. Cork and Tipperary. No. 417
- GRACE, Daniel. ''Portrait of a Parish, Monsea & Killodiernan, Co Tipperary''. Nenagh: Relay Books, 1996: 76-77
- GRACE, Daniel. ''Portrait of a Parish, Monsea & Killodiernan, Co Tipperary''. Nenagh: Relay Books, 1996: 144