Westropp (Ballysteen)
A junior branch of the Attyflin family, Burke writes that Thomas Westropp of Mellon, county Limerick purchased Ballysteen from the Chichester House Commissioners in June 1703. He married Elizabeth Bury of Shannongrove, county Limerick. The Westropps of Mellon are descended from their second son Mountiford Westropp. The descendants of their eldest son Thomas continued to live at Ballysteen until the death of General John Westropp in 1825. He had no children and was succeeded by his sister Sara who married Thomas Odell of Ballingarry, county Limerick, their third son Edmond assumed the surname of Westropp. In the early 1850s Edmund Westropp held 2 townlands in the parish of Iveruss, barony of Kenry, one of them from the Earl of Carrick. Richard Westropp of Ballysteen owned 374 acres in county Limerick in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mellon | Mellon | Ardcanny | Rathkeale | Ballynacarriga 124 | Kenry | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R446 569
OS Sheet: 4 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Ballysteen | Ballysteen | Iveruss | Rathkeale | Iveruss 122 | Kenry | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R341 546
OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 64 |
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| Glenagaureen | Ballysteen | Iveruss | Rathkeale | Iveruss 122 | Kenry | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R337 554
OS Sheet: 3 Discovery map: 64 |
Archival sources
- Field Notebook from 1881 of Thomas Johnson Westropp, antiquary, containing family trees & other genealogical information re the different branches of the Westropp family. PP/2; Clare County Archives
- Pedigree of Westropp family of York, Limerick city & of Cos Limerick, Cork, Clare & of New Zealand, 1572-1884. GO MS 180: 320-344; National Library 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 : 56 (Ballysteen)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 154
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 28 (Ballysteen)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: Parish of Iveruss, III, 292
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 383 (Ballysteen)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 269 (Mellon), 270 (Ballysteen)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 647
- PINE, L.G. (ed). ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. 4th ed. London: Burke's Peerage, 1958.: 531-532
- WESTROPP, George. ''The Westropp Family 1250-2000''. The author, 2000: 147-167