Pigott (Rathkeale)
In the mid 19th century John Pigott held townlands in the parish of Clonshire and Rathkeale, barony of Connello Lower, in the parish of Ballingarry and Kilfinny, barony of Connello Upper and Croom, barony of Coshma, all in county Limerick,. His main tenant in the barony of Connello Lower was Samuel Dickson Power. John Pigott was the great grandson of Southwell Pigott who died circa 1755. Southwell Pigott was the son of John Piggott of Kilfinny, barony of Connello Lower and Gertrude, a daughter of Sir Thomas Southwell, 1st Baronet of Castle Matrix. In 1718 he succeeded to the Capard estate of his cousin in county Laois. In the 1870s Henry Armand Pigott of Capard, Rosenallis, Queen’s County, owned 3,477 acres in county Limerick and Robert A.R. Pigott of Capard owned 4,932 acres in Queen's county [county Laois]. This family share a common ancestry with the Pigotts, baronets.
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Clonshire | Clonshirebeg | Clonshire | Rathkeale | Croagh 134 | Connello Lower | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R435 452
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 65 |
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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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| Ballynakill | Ballynakill | Kilfinny | Croom | Kilfinny 5 | Connello Upper | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R464 406
OS Sheet: 30 Discovery map: 65 |
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Archival sources
- Deeds, testamentary, legal & miscellaneous records including documents re John Pigott, mainly 19th century. A.Lane Joynt solicitor's collection, Small Accessions Index 51, Co.965-990, M.353-363, D.5534-5753, T.1176-1198; National Archives of Ireland
- Pedigree of Pigott of Queen’s Co (Laois), Innishannon, Co Cork, Kilfinny & Rathkeale, Co Limerick & Somerset, 1562-1878. GO MS 180:149-157; National Library of Ireland
- Transcripts of Viscount Midleton Papers, include letter from Southwell Pigott re a demand for chief rent, 9 Nov 1720. T2862/2/20; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Deeds, legal papers etc., concerning the family of Pigott (of Capard, Co. Leix), mainly relating to the Rathkeale, Co. Limerick area, 17th-20th c. (An unsorted collection in the National Library of Ireland). ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 152
- 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] : 367
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Connello Lower, 20 (Clonshire), 33 (Cloghanarold), Barony of Connello Upper, 83 (Ballynakill)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 121 (Cloonshire)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 380 (Clonshire), I, 572-573 (Clonarla)
- 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: 383
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 164
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 484-485
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 87
- ''Analecta Hibernica'': Report on the Ussher Papers contains reference to a legal case in 1685 Robert Taylor v Robert Piggott re lands in barony of Connello, county Limerick. XV (1944), 65-78