Westropp (Mellon)
The Westropps of Mellon, county Limerick are descended from Mountiford, second son of Thomas Westropp of Mellon who died circa 1744. In 1813 Mountiford's grandson also named Mountiford married Jane daughter of Charles Dawson of Charlesfort, county Wexford. Mrs Jane Westropp held townlands in the parishes of Kildimo and Ardcanny, barony of Kenry in the early 1850s, some of them were leased from Sir St George Gore. Her son Dawson Westropp succeeded to Mellon and his younger brother inherited the Dawson property in county Wexford (Westropp-Dawson family). Dawson L. Westropp owned 930 acres in county Limerick in the 1870s. His granddaughters were still in possession of Mellon and Cartown in the 1970s. Henry Westropp of Richmond Villa was a grandson of Thomas Westropp of Mellon. His grandson Henry Westropp of Green Park, was High Sheriff of Limerick in 1865 and Member of Parliament for Bridgewater.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartown | Cartown | Ardcanny | Rathkeale | Pallaskenry 128 | Kenry | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R435 563
OS Sheet: 4 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Mellon | Mellon | Ardcanny | Rathkeale | Ballynacarriga 124 | Kenry | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R446 569
OS Sheet: 4 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Ballynacarriga | Ballynacarriga | Ardcanny | Rathkeale | Ballynacarriga 124 | Shanid | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R453 562
OS Sheet: 4 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Richmond Villa | Richmondvilla | Crecora | Croom | Crecora 3 | Pubblebrien | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R530 485
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 65 |
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
- Detailed abstracts of wills of Westropp of Attyflin & Melon/Mullan, Co Limerick, Bunratty, Co Clare, Carduggan, Co Cork & Cork city, 1698-1771. GO MS 142: 109-110; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Kenry, 24 (Cartown), 9 (Mellon): Barony of Pubblebrien, 8 (Richmondvilla)
- 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: I, 43 (Mellon & Ballincarriga House), I, 433 (Richmond Villa)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 285 (Melon), 335 (Richmondvilla)
- FITZGERALD, Rev P. & MCGREGOR, J.J. ''The history, topography and antiquities of the county and city of Limerick''. Dublin: 1826, republished Limerick: O'Brien Book Publications,1999: I, 348 (Cartown & Melon)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: I, 145 (Ballynacarriga)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: II, 261 (Richmond Villa)
- 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'.: 371, 383
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 269 (Mellon)
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 1195-1202
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 204 (Mellon)
- HOWARD, Joseph Jackson and CRISP, Frederick Arthur (eds). ''Visitation of Ireland''. Baltimore: reprint by Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1973: VI, 84-86
- Ó CORRBUÍ, Máirtín. ''Kenry: The story of a barony in County Limerick''. The author, 1975, reprint 2004: 73-78