McGrath (Toonagh)
In 1852 William Henry McGrath married Bridget O'Brien, a daughter of Cornelius O'Brien of Birchfield, parish of Kilmacrehy, barony of Corcomroe, county Clare and they inherited the Toonagh estate. Weir writes that Elizabeth Mary, daughter of John Stacpoole O'Brien of counties Clare and Armagh was William McGrath's second wife. They had a son also named William Henry McGrath born in 1877 and a grandson Sir Brian McGrath, private secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh. In the 1870s William Henry McGrath of Toonagh and Dublin owned 3,092 acres in county Clare and a further 1,118 acres in common with Cornelius A. Keogh.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toonagh House | Toonagh | Dysert | Ennis | Templemaley 25 | Inchiquin | Clare |
OSI Ref: R308 823
OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: 57 |
Archival sources
- Land Judges’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Vyse, 20 Apr 1880, Vol 138 (28), MRGS 39/062, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court rental, William Henry McGrath a minor & Elizabeth Mary McGrath, Toonagh estate, not dated. Small Accessions Index 1/271, LEC 279; National Archives of Ireland
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] : 295, 301
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 111
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ennis Union, 89