Hodges (Old Abbey & Burrane)
Dore gives a detailed history of this family in counties Limerick and Clare. The Hodges were established in the Shanagolden, barony of Shanid, locality of county Limerick by the mid 18th century. William Hodges, who appears to have held land in both counties, married Frances Greene of Old Abbey. Their son, George Hodges, maried Mary Monsell of Burrane, county Clare and it was their descendant, George Crowe Hodges, who was living at Burrane at the time of Griffith's Valuation. George Hodges and John Morgan are recorded as proprietors of the townland of Park in the Ordnance Survey Name Books. Lands belonging to George William Hodges and George Crowe Hodges at Glencar, barony of Kilnamanagh, county Tipperary and Castle Quarter, barony of Lower Connello, county Limerick were advertised for sale in November 1850 and other lands at Knockdromroon, barony of Connello in May 1852. The Freeman's Journal reported that Charles Gaussen was the purchaser.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Abbey | Oldabbey | Robertstown | Rathkeale | Shanid 143 | Shanid | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R279 473
OS Sheet: 19 Discovery map: 64 |
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| Burrane | Burrane Lower | Killimer | Kilrush | Killimer 101 | Clonderalaw | Clare |
OSI Ref: R081 527
OS Sheet: 68 Discovery map: 64 |
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| Doonnagurroge Castle | Doonnagurroge | Killimer | Kilrush | Killimer 101 | Clonderalaw | Clare |
OSI Ref: R053 533
OS Sheet: 67 Discovery map: 64 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Hodges, 26 Nov 1850, Vol 11 (2), MRGS 39/004, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Lawder & Hodges, 11 May 1852, Vol 15 (19), MRGS 39/006, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 146 (Burrane & Doonnagurroge)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kilrush Union, 3 (Burrane Lower), 6 (Doonnagurroge)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: Parish of Dunmoylan, III, 99-108
Modern printed sources
- ''Irish Ancestor'': DORE, M.J. The families of Hodges and Morgan of Old Abbey, Co Limerick. XI (1979), 77-84
- ''Freeman's Journal'': Incumbered Estates Court Sale reports, 12 May 1852, p.4