Moreland (Raheen)
In 1836 Thomas Brown Brady mortgaged Raheen and in 1852 was forced to sell the estate because of his debts. The purchaser was John Harrison Moreland who bought a total acreage of 6,971 for £20,400. He is recorded as the immediate lessor of 7 townlands in the parish of Tomgraney, county Clare at the time of Griffith's Valuation and of 2 townlands in the parish of Rathkeale, barony of Connello Lower, county Limerick. Moreland also purchased other lands in the county. He married Dorcas Westropp of Fort Anne and he was badly injured when somebody tried to shoot him in 1862. In the 1870s William John H. Moreland of Raheen owned 5,118 acres in county Clare and 675 acres in county Limerick. One of his daughters married a Crofton and they inherited Raheen and the other daughter married Thomas Barry George, nephew of Mary Tandy of Mountshannon. The Croftons sold the property to the MacLysaghts. Following the death of William Moreland in 1878 Richard Studdert of Coolreagh was appointed agent to the Raheen estates and his brother Hallim G. Studdert was appointed agent to the Mountshannon estate of Mrs George.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raheen | Raheen | Tomgraney | Scarriff | Scarriff 136 | Tulla Upper | Clare |
OSI Ref: R658 831
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 58 |
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] : 326
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 112, 151
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Scarriff Union, 67 (Raheen)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 224 (Raheen)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxxi, 325 (Raheen)
Modern printed sources
- ''Jnl. of the East Clare Heritage Group: Sliabh Aughty'': MADDEN, Gerard. The Morelands of Raheen and a Mixed Marriage. XIII (2007), 15-17
- MADDEN, Gerard. ''A History of Tuamgraney & Scariff since earliest times''. Tuamgraney: East Clare Heritage, 2000: 89-91