O'Brien (Fairy Hill)

The O'Briens owned land at Fairy Hill, parish of Kilmaley, barony of Islands, county Clare, from the early 19th century. Michael O'Brien held 3 townlands in the parish at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In November 1866 the estate of Michael Joseph O'Brien and John Joseph O'Brien, administrators of the will of Michael O'Brien, was advertised for sale. The estate included premises in Ennis.

Associated Families

O'Brien (Fairy Hill)

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Fairy Hill	Culleen	Kilmaley	Ennis	Killanniv 36	Islands	Clare	OSI Ref: R247 764 OS Sheet: 32 Discovery map: 57

Archival sources

Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), O’Brien, 13 Nov 1866, Vol 24, 101-116; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), O’Brien, 13 Nov 1866, Vol 83 (21), MRGS 39/040, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 181

Modern printed sources

WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 122