Lee (Barna & Bettyville)
Burke's 'Landed Gentry of Ireland'' (1958 edition) states that the Lee family purchased the lands of Barna, barony of Owny and Arra, county Tipperary, in 1668. In 1778 George Lee of Barna married Alice, daughter and heiress of John Norris of Limerick. Their second son, John, married Emma Bevan of Camas, county Limerick and John and Emma Lee had an only son, William Norris Lee of Bettyville, county Limerick, who held land in the parishes of Killeenoghty and Killanahan, barony of Pubblebrien. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Henry A. Lee held land in the parishes of Kilnarath and Kilvellane, barony of Owney and Arra, county Tipperay. In the 1870s he owned 526 acres and was residing in England. In 1852 Henry Albert Lee of Barna, county Tipperary, married Susan Kate Benn of Dromore House, county Tipperary, and died nine years later. He was succeeded by his son Albert Henry Lee.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bettyville | Killanahan | Killeenoghty | Croom | Garrane 18 | Pubblebrien | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R530 458
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Barna | Barna | Kilvellane | Nenagh | Newport 96 | Owney and Arra | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R721 638
OS Sheet: 31 Discovery map: 59 |
Archival sources
- Deed re lands of Lee family in Cos Limerick & Kerry, 1743-1749. T/1265; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Pedigrees of Lee family of Dublin City, of Crag, Barna and Cashel, Co. Tipperary, of Kilteel and Tullagorey, Co. Kildare and Navan, Co. Meath, of Coleraine, Co. Derry, of Tandragee, Co. Armagh, of Cootehill, Co. Cavan, of Barnadown, Co. Wexford and Clonderelaw, Co. Clare, 1683 -- 1821. Genealogical Office: Ms.142, pp.86-101 ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Pubblebrien, 37 (Killanahan)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 60 (Barna), 68 (Betty-ville)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 150
- 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] : 265
- 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: I, 347 (Bettyville)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 263
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 219 (Barna)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Owney and Arra, 76 (Barna)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.VI, Parish of Kilvellane, p. 31