Greene (Greenmount)
Captain Thomas Greene was granted land in counties Kerry, Limerick and Clare in 1668. The Greenes owned land in the parish of Croom, county Limerick, at the time of the first Ordnance Survey. Francis John Greene held land in the parishes of Athlacca and Croom, barony of Coshma, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Francis Greene of Greenmount, Patrick's Well, county Limerick owned 1,606 acres in county Limerick in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenmount | Greenmount | Crecora | Croom | Crecora 3 | Pubblebrien | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R529 497
OS Sheet: 13 Discovery map: 65 |
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Archival sources
- Greene of Greenmount Papers. Acc 4656; National Library of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association Survey file for parish of Mungret, barony of Pubblebrien, 1943. Limerick North East 28 ; Limerick Studies Department, Dooradoyle
- Greene of Greenmount Papers, mainly correspondence from Luke Tinkler, 3 Nassau St, Dublin to John Greene re Greene’s surrender of his interest in Summerhill in 1823; includes letters to Mrs Anne Nicholson from Lucy Wentworth Stacpoole 1820s; reference to Harris trust re Nicholsons of St Heliers, Jersey; manuscript copies of wills of John Lewis 6 Nov 1797 & Elizabeth Nicholson 26 Mar 1813; receipts re Godfrey Green & Francis Greene 1760s & 70s & from 1940s; photographs; mid 18th-mid 20th cents. LM2003.0147.1-124; Limerick City Museum
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 149
- 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] : 191
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 433
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Pubblebrien, 6
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 210
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: II, 261 (Greenmount)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 154
- 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: 103 (Graig - Greenmount)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 163 (Graig)