Massy (Stoneville)
Burke's ''Irish Family Records'' states that William Massy bought Stoneville, Rathkeale, county Limerick, from the Honourable Henry Southwell in 1751. William Massy was a younger son of Hugh Massy of Duntrileague, county Limerick. From his eldest son Hugh descend the Massys of Stoneville and his second son John was the ancestor of the Massys of Glenville. The descendants of Hugh Massy were still living at Stoneville in the late 20th century. In the mid 19th century the Massy estate was in the parishes of Doondonnell and Nantinan, barony of Connello Lower. In the 1870s Elizabeth Massy widow of James Fitzgerald Massy owned 1,138 acres in county Limerick.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Cloghanarold | Cloghanarold | Doondonnell | Rathkeale | Riddlestown 132 | Connello Lower | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R344 418
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 64 |
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| Stoneville | Stoneville | Nantinan | Rathkeale | Riddlestown 132 | Connello Lower | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R354 438
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 64 |
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Archival sources
- Will of Diana Massy of Stoneville, 1850-1851. Charles J. Wilson collection, Small Accession Index 15, T.8272-8273; National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Massy, 14 Feb 1851, Vol 5 (52), MRGS 39/002, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Massy, 14 Nov 1856, Vol 42 (38), MRGS 39/020, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Massy & Westropp, 18 Nov 1859, Vol 57 (34), MRGS 39/029, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Massy, 25 Apr 1873, Vol 109 (51), MRGS 39/050, (microfilm copy in NUIG); 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] : 309
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 151
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Connello Lower, 33 (Cloghanarold), 55 (Stoneville)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 572-573 (Clonarla), II, 149 (Stoneville)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 362 (Stoneville)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: V, 229 (Stoneville)
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 104 (Stoneville)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 164 (Stoneville)