Landed Estates
University of Galway

O'Dwyer (Kilmurry)

At the time of Griffith's Valuation Edmund, James and William O'Dwyer held land in the parishes of Kilmurry and Kilfarboy, barony of Ibrickan, county Clare. In April 1855 the estate of the late James O'Dwyer in the barony of Ibrickan, comprised of 803 acres was advertised for sale. Weir writes that James O'Dwyer, a magistrate, was living at Newpark in 1846.

Associated Families

Houses

Name Townland Civil Parish PLU DED Barony County Map Ref  
Newpark Newpark Templemaley Ennis Ennis Rural 26 Bunratty Upper Clare OSI Ref: R355 785
OS Sheet: 34
Discovery map: 58
Photo of Newpark

Archival sources

  • Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), O’Dwyer & Others, 5 Apr 1855, Vol 8. 49-74; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
  • Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), O’Dwyer & Others, 5 Apr 1855, Vol 34 (18), MRGS 39/016, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland

Modern printed sources