Hickman (Kilmore)

By his second marriage Gregory Hickman, merchant of Hamburgh, had three sons. The eldest, Walter, founded the Kilmore branch of the family. Walter Hickman of Kilmore, parish of Killimer, barony of Clonderalaw, county Clare, had a son Henry who married Margaret, daughter of Sir William Poole of Poole Hall, Devon. Henry and Margaret had three sons, Poole, Henry and William. Margaret Hickman died in 1707. A descendant of one of these sons, Poole Hickman of Kilmore, married Letitia Browne of New Grove. He was High Sheriff of county Clare in 1782. They had a son Poole (1783-1842) and three daughters Letitia, Anne (Browne) and Mary (O’Dwyer). Anne Hickman married her first cousin, Edmond Browne of New Grove, in 1798. In 1824, Mary Browne, daughter of Edmond and Anne Browne, married Francis Gore and their descendants eventually inherited the Hickman estate by the will of Anne’s brother, Poole Hickman, who died in 1842. He was succeeded by his sister, Letitia Hickman, who held an estate comprised of at least nine townlands in the parishes of Killimer and Kilmurry at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. The sale rental of the Kilmore estate dated January 1852 shows that the estate had been much larger, consisting of over 18 townlands and amounting to about 4,800 Irish acres. Marcus Keane bought about 1,000 acres of this estate at Enogh, barony of Moyarta. The Freeman's Journal provides details of the purchasers of other lots though the sale of some was adjourned due to insufficient bidding. Letitia Hickman died in 1861. The following website gives a history of the Hickman family and Kilmore House: http://www.markhams-of-derryguiha.com/id24.html.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Kilmore	Kilmore	Kilmurry	Kilrush	Knock 98	Clonderalaw	Clare	OSI Ref: R110 542 OS Sheet: 68 Discovery map: 64
Woodlawn House	Kilmore	Kilmurry	Kilrush	Knock 98	Clonderalaw	Clare	OSI Ref: R100 541 OS Sheet: 68 Discovery map: 64
Oaklands	Knock	Kilmurry	Kilrush	Knock 98	Clonderalaw	Clare	OSI Ref: R095 538 OS Sheet: 68 Discovery map: 64
Doonnagurroge Castle	Doonnagurroge	Killimer	Kilrush	Killimer 101	Clonderalaw	Clare	OSI Ref: R053 533 OS Sheet: 67 Discovery map: 64
Besborough	Poulnadarree	Killimer	Kilrush	Killimer 101	Clonderalaw	Clare	OSI Ref: R060 522 OS Sheet: 68 Discovery map: 64
Lotabeg	Lotabeg	Rathcooney	Cork	Rathcooney 110	Cork	Cork	OSI Ref: W714 727 OS Sheet: 74 Discovery map: 87

Archival sources

Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Hickman, 22 Jan 1852, Vol 13 (22), 22 Apr 1852, Vol 14 (52), MRGS 39/006, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), Hickman, 22 Jan 1852, Vol 2, 69-; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Keane, 9 Apr 1850, Vol 1 (6), MRGS 39/001, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kilrush Union, 6 (Doonnagurroge), 8 (Poulnadarree), 27 (Kilmore), 28 (Knock)
LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 245 (Kilmore), 312 (Oakland Lodge)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 146 (Donogrogue Castle & Besborough), 191 (Kilmore, Woodlawn & Oaklands)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 221 (Kilmore)
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: 204 (Kilmore)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cork Barony, 37 (Lotabeg)
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 178 (Kilmore)

Modern printed sources

BURKE, John & BURKE, John Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Henry Colburn, 1847: 148-149 (Browne of Newgrove)
WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 107-108, 163, 212, 283
BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 264
''The Other Clare'': UA CRÓINĺN, Risteárd and BREEN, Martin. The Hidden Towers. XVI (1992), 5-10
REID, Austin. ''The tenant farmer in the social and political life of Clare, 1849-1885''. Unpublished M.A. Thesis, Department of History, University College, Galway, 1976: 200
''Freeman's Journal'': Incumbered Estates Court sale reports, 23 January 1852, p.4