Ringrose (Moynoe)
In 1705 and 1713 John Ringrose of Moynoe, barony of Tulla Upper, county Clare, bought lands in the barony of Tulla from the sale of the estate of Charles Boyle, 3rd Earl of Cork. His sisters married Thomas Croasdaile of Cloghstoken, county Galway and James Moloney of Kiltannon, county Clare. John Ringrose was Sheriff of county Clare in 1722 and married Jane Purdon. Their only son died childless in 1746 and their daughters married Francis Drew and John Bowerman.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Moynoe | Carrowmore | Moynoe | Scarriff | Scarriff 136 | Tulla Upper | Clare |
OSI Ref: R656 852
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 58 |
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Archival sources
- Blake Butler Papers, include envelopes containing pedigrees of related families - Ringrose of Moynoe. GO MS 521; National Library of Ireland
- Lismore Papers, sale of lands of Powlegower 280 acres and ffossomore 113 acres, barony of Tulla, co clare, to John Ringrose of Moynoe, for £290 & £316. 24 & 25 July 1705 and sale of Caparane and Clonosker, barony of Tulla, for £855 in 1713. MS 6146; National Library of Ireland
Modern printed sources
- MADDEN, Gerard. ''A History of Tuamgraney & Scariff since earliest times''. Tuamgraney: East Clare Heritage, 2000: 91-92
- ''North Munster Antiquarian Journal'': VI, No 3 (1951), 89
- BURKE, John. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoing territorial possessions or high office; but uninvested with heritable honours''. London: Henry Colburn, 1836-1838: IV, 575