Power (Clonshire & Monroe)

Samuel Dickson of Ballynaguile, county Limerick married firstly a Miss Farrell and had a daughter who married Richard Pierce Power. By his second wife, Mary Norris, Samuel Dickson had five sons: Stephen, John of Clonshire, Samuel, Reverend Richard and William. Samuel Dickson Power of Clonshire, county Limerick and Monroe, county Tipperary, had a son, Richard Pierce Power, who married Elizabeth Massy of Glenwilliam Castle, county Limerick. Pierce Power held three townlands in the parish of Youghalarra, barony of Owney and Arra, county Tipperary at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Their son, Hamo Massy-Power, was living at Clonshire in 1910. William D. Power of Clonshire owned 1,125 acres in county Limerick and 1,854 acres in county Tipperary in the 1870s. The Ordnance Survey Name Books record the representatives of Stephen Dickson, Limerick, holding lands in the parishes of Dunmoylan, Loughill and Shanagolden, barony of Shanid. Daniel Dixon [Dickson] Power of Kilfinnon who was married to Elizabeth Maria Odell, daughter of Colonel William Odell of The Grove, county Limerick, was agent for these lands. Daniel D. Power held lands in the parishes of Iveruss and Kildimo, barony of Kenry, Ballingarry, barony of Connello Upper and Clonagh, barony of Connello Lower, county Limerick, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He either bought or leased Bolane from the Earl of Charleville. His 500 acre estate at Ballynacourty, barony of Kenry and Ashborough, barony of Connello Upper, was advertised for sale by his assignee in May 1854. The representatives of Daniel D. Power owned 131 acres in county Limerick in the 1870s. In 1878 Hussey records William D. Power of Clonshire as the owner of 1,854 acres in county Tipperary and 1,125 acres in county Limerick.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Ballynacourty	Ballynacourty	Iveruss	Iveruss	Castletown 125	Kenry	Limerick	OSI Ref: R372 550 OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 64
Bolane	Bolane	Kildimo	Rathkeale	Kildimon 127	Kenry	Limerick	OSI Ref: R439 533 OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 65
Clonshire	Clonshirebeg	Clonshire	Rathkeale	Croagh 134	Connello Lower	Limerick	OSI Ref: R435 452 OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 65
Ballinvira	Ballinvira	Cappagh	Rathkeale	Croagh 134	Connello Lower	Limerick	OSI Ref: R417 453 OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 65
Fort William House	Bealduvroga	Rathkeale	Rathkeale	Ballingarry 7	Connello Lower	Limerick	OSI Ref: R418 376 OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 65
Ballynakill	Ballynakill	Kilfinny	Croom	Kilfinny 5	Connello Upper	Limerick	OSI Ref: R464 406 OS Sheet: 30 Discovery map: 65
Ashborough	Ballynaroogabeg East	Ballingarry	Croom	Ballynoe 10	Connello Upper	Limerick	OSI Ref: R414 346 OS Sheet: 37 Discovery map: 65
Monroe	Monroe	Youghalarra	Nenagh	Youghalarra 101	Owney and Arra	Tipperary	OSI Ref: R793 806 OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 59

Archival sources

Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Lawder & Power, 9 May 1854, Vol 27 (50), MRGS 39/012, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Graves, Baker, Drought, Power & Maunsell, 23 Feb 1860, Vol 57 (39), MRGS 39/029, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Connello Lower, 20 (Clonshire), 24 (Ballinvira),Barony of Kenry, 19 (Ballynacourty), 46 (Bolane), 61 (Bealduvroga): Barony of Connello Upper, 5 (Ballynarooga East), 83 (Ballynakill)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 113-114 (Ash Grove), 380 (Clounshire House), II, 28 (Ballynacourty), II, 87 (Bollane Cottage), II, 730 (Monroe)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 152, 168
ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: II, 228 (Clounsheer), III, 99-108, V, 61-73, VI, 142-159
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] : 374
LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : !88 (Fort William)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Owney and Arra, 120 (Monroe)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 278 (Monroe)
ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.IX, Parish of Youghalarra, p. 301

Modern printed sources

BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 25 (Ballynacourty), 87 (Clonshire)
WALFORD. ''County Families of the United Kingdom''. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., 1910: 756
BURKE, J. Bernard. ''A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Henry Colburn, 1852: I, 332 (Dickson of Clonshire)