Prittie (Lord Dunalley)
The Prittie family descend from Colonel Henry Prittie who was granted 5,900 acrese in county Tipperary, including Kilboy, in 1666. In 1800 his descendant, Henry Prittie, was created Baron Dunalley of Kilboy, county Tipperary. A note in the Dunalley Papers Ms. 29,806 (136) records the sale of the Kerry estate of this family to the Crosbies in 1742 for £1,500. The Dunalley estate was mainly located in the parishes of Kilmore, barony of Upper Ormond and Modreeny, barony of Lower Ormond but also in the parishes of Dolla,Templederry, Kilmastulla and Kilnarath. In June 1858 estate lands (743 acres) in the barony of Eliogarty and Ikerrin, county Tipperary including Corville and Sheehys and in the barony of Clonlisk (667 acres), King's County (Offaly), were advertised for sale. In the 1870s Lord Dunalley owned 21,081 acres in county Tipperary.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Field (Clonmel) | Raheen | St. Mary's (Clonmel) | Clonmel | Clonmel East Urban 74 | Upperthird | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S212223
OS Sheet: 2 Discovery map: 75 |
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| Corville | Corville | Corbally | Roscrea | Roscrea 120 | Ikerrin | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S154 884
OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 60 |
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| Kilboy | Kilboy | Kilmore | Nenagh | Kilmore 104 | Upper Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R863 719
OS Sheet: 26 Discovery map: 59 |
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| Northland | Ballyhasty | Modreeny | Borrisokane | Cloghjordan 14 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R960 886
OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 53 |
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| Deer Park | Cloghjordanpark | Modreeny | Borrisokane | Cloghjordan 14 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R980 888
OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 53 |
|
| Cloghjordan House | Oxpark | Modreeny | Borrisokane | Cloghjordan 14 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R976 882
OS Sheet: 16 Discovery map: 59 |
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| Tenessee | Coolnagrower | Modreeny | Borrisokane | Cloghjordan 14 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R946 874
OS Sheet: 15 Discovery map: 59 |
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Archival sources
- Dunalley Papers: Letters, deeds and other papers of the Prittie family, Lords Dunalley, relating to estates in counties Kerry & Tipperary, 17th-20th centuries, including reference to the Ponsonby, Harrison and Sadlier families. Collection List 27.; National Library of Ireland
- Trant Papers, include documents re Prittie family, 1606-1911. Collection List A14, MSS 31,554-31,645 & D 27,807-27,890; National Library of Ireland
- Trant Papers, estate and family papers of the Trant family of Cos Kerry, Cork, Limerick & Tipperary, 1606-1911, includes references to this family. Collection List 14, MSS 31,554-31,645 & D 27,807-27,890 ; National Library of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Dunalley, 29 June 1858, Vol 52 (54), MRGS 39/025, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Collis & Ward Presentation (1950), includes maps of the Stag Park, near Cloghjordan, part of the estate of Lord Dunalley, 1820s. M.4792-4793 ; National Archives of Ireland
- A map of part of Corville in the possession of the Hon F. Prittie, 1803. 16 I. 17 (18); National Library of Ireland
- Map of Curryquin, Co Tipperary, the estate of Lord Dunalley, now in the possession of Samuel Brindley, 1849. 16 I.17(12); National Library of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association File, North Tipperary No. 21 (Kilboy); Tipperary Studies Research Library (Archives), Thurles
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] : 140
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 161
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Upperthird: 72 (Raheen)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Ikerrin, 24 (Corville)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 110 (Cloghjordan House - Rev Edwin Palmer), 134 (Corville), 171 (Dunally Castle)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 400 (Corville), II, 187 (Kilboy)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Upper Ormond, 53 (Kilboy)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Lower Ormond, 108 (Ballyhasty), 112 (Cloghjordanpark), 119 (Oxpark)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 277 (Kilboy)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 45
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxviii & 243 (Kilboy)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 159 (Killboy)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.II, Parish of Corbally, p.8, 25. Parish of Dolla, pp.104. Vol.V, Parish of Kilmore, p.42,48, 50-51, 53, 55-56, 58-59, 62, 65, 90 (Kilboy House). Vol.V, Parish of Kilnaneave, p.232. Vol.VI, Parish of Modreeny, p.294 [Tenessee]. Vol.VIII, Parish of Templederry, p.215, 219
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.142
Modern printed sources
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Dunalley Papers: Letters, deeds, etc., of the family of Prittie, lords Dunalley, relating to estates mainly in Cos. Kerry and Tipperary, incl. c.100 items, being letters to, and receipted bills of Rt. Hon. George Ponsonby, c. 1810-17. No. 472.
- ''Analecta Hibernica'': SADLIER, T.U. Dunalley Papers. XIII, 129
- ''Analecta Hibernica'': SADLIER, Thomas U. Manuscripts at Kilboy, Co Tipperary, in the possession of the Lord Dunalley. XII, (1943), 131-151
- HAYES, William and KAVANAGH, Art. ''The Tipperary Gentry''. Dublin: Irish Family Names, 2003 : I, 195-205
- NOLAN, William. Patterns of living in County Tipperary from 1770 to 1850. In NOLAN, William (ed.) ''Tipperary: History and Society''. Dublin: Geography Publications, 1985: 288-314