O'Gorman (Belleview)
This branch of the O'Gorman family are descended from from James O'Gorman of Ennis, county Clare and his wife Susanna Mahon of Limerick who married in 1760. Their son Nicholas Purcell O'Gorman was a barrister and married Frances Anne Smith of Castlepark, county Limerick. Their two sons Nicholas Smith O'Gorman of Belleview and Major Purcell O'Gorman of Springfield, county Waterford owned 863 acres and 604 acres respectivley in county Clare in the 1870s. Major P. O'Gorman also owned 104 acres in county Kilkenny and 261 acres in county Waterford. By 1910 Nicholas S. O'Gorman was residing in Surrey.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belleview/Bellevue | Ballynote West | Kilrush | Kilrush | Kilrush Rural 102 | Moyarta | Clare |
OSI Ref: Q990 538
OS Sheet: 67 Discovery map: 63 |
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| Cappagh Lodge | Ballynote West | Kilrush | Kilrush | Kilrush Rural 102 | Moyarta | Clare |
OSI Ref: Q990 536
OS Sheet: 67 Discovery map: 63 |
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kilrush Union, 122
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 113
- 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] : 350
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 67 (Belview)
Modern printed sources
- WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 40
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: II, 1381
- WALFORD. ''County Families of the United Kingdom''. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., 1910: 839