Maunsell (Oakly Park & Blackwater)
This was a junior branch of the Maunsell family of Ballywilliam, county Limerick. Their main residence was at Oakly Park, Celbridge, county Kildare. They held land in the parishes of Caherconlish and Inch St Lawrence, barony of Clanwilliam, county Limerick. In the 1870s their estate amounted to 1,190 acres in county Limerick and 1,308 acres in county Kildare. In 1877 Richard Mark Synnot Maunsell married as his second wife Mary Eliza, daughter and heiress of Samuel Caswell of Blackwater, county Clare and their son Richard John Caswell Maunsell succeeded his father in 1907. By 1916 R.J.C. Maunsell had agreed to sell his 2,057 acres of tenanted land in county Clare to the Congested Districts' Board. Another family member George Woods Maunsell held land in the parishes of Killulagh and Killucan, county Westmeath, amounting to 511 acres in the 1870s plus other acreages in counties Dublin, Kildare, Limerick Meath and Wexford (Hussey de Burgh). George W Maunsell was the father of Richard Mark Synnot Maunsell.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyglass | Ballyglass | St Patricks | Limerick | Ballyglass 113 | Bunratty Lower | Clare |
OSI Ref: R607 618
OS Sheet: 53 Discovery map: 58 |
Archival sources
- Survey of estate of Richard Maunsell in parishes of St Lawrence & Caherconlish, barony of Clanwilliam, 1847. 16 H 22(19); National Library of Ireland
- Map of lands of Carriggreely, parish of St Laurence & Cahirconlish, property of John Maunsell, Sept 1801. 16 H 22(23); National Library of Ireland
- Maunsell Family Papers (Portarlington & Oakley Park), deeds mainly re lands of Carrickoreily, Co Limerick, late 18th-early 19th centuries & family & estate correspondence, 1815-1888. PC 550; National Library of Ireland
- A map of part of the lands of Ballymore in the parish of Ballymore, barony of Racondra, Co. Westmeath, part of the estate of G. M. Maunsell. Surveyed by John Logan of Dublin. Coloured map, 17 by 22 inches, mounted on linen, May, 1827. 16 J. 10 (6); National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 41
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 222
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 151
- 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] : 312
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castletowndelvin Union, 45 (Clondalever)
Modern printed sources
- WALFORD. ''County Families of the United Kingdom''. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., 1910: 759
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 396-397
- WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 24
- MAUNSELL, Robert George. ''History of Maunsell, or Mansel''. Cork: Guy and Company, 1903: 65-67