Lloyd (Towerhill)
The Lloyds of Towerhill, county Limerick, are descended from the second son of the Reverend Thomas Lloyd of Towerhill and Fantstown. In 1801 the Reverend Rickard Lloyd of Towerhill had married Maria, daughter of the Venerable Garrett Wall and his wife Margaret, eldest daughter of Rickard Lloyd of Castle Lake, county Tipperary. William Lloyd of Towerhill married Dorothea Louisa O'Grady and died in 1864. His widow, Mrs Louisa Lloyd, owned 968 acres in county Limerick in the 1870s. The estate had been advertised for sale in 1889 but the Irish Times reported that no bidders had come forward at the time. In July 1890 the proposal by Messers. Blake to purchase the estate for £8000 was acceded to by the court.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towerhill | Tuogh | Tuogh | Limerick | Cappamore 73 | Owneybeg | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R765 492
OS Sheet: 15 Discovery map: 65 |
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Archival sources
- Lloyd Papers, 1682-1913. IE LA P67 ; Limerick City Archives
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 275
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 375 (Towerhill)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 638 (Towerhill)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Owneybeg, 29 (Tuogh)
- 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, 279 (Towerhill)
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 726-729
- CAPPAMORE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. ''Cappamore - A Parish History''. Cappamore Historical Society, 1992: 126-127, 178-182
- ''Irish Times'': Land Judges' Court reports, 15 July 1890, p.3.