Bouchier/Bourchier (Baggotstown)
The Bouchiers had estates in county Limerick from Elizabethan times when they were granted some of the estate of the Earls of Desmond. Sir George Bouchier built Lough Gur castle in 1586 and his estate passed to the Fane family. However another branch of the Bourchier family acquired the nearby Kilcullane and Baggotstown estates. John Bouchier of Baggotstown, Kilcullane and Maidenhall, county Limerick, married Faith O’Grady of Kilballyowen and had three sons, James inherited Kilcullane and John inherited Baggotstown and Maidenhall. The Kilcullane estate was sold in 1812 to the 1st Viscount Guillamore. In the mid 19th century the Baggotstown estate was situated in the parish of Knockainy, barony of Smallcounty, county Limerick and Ballyhay, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, county Cork. James David Bouchier, a political activist who was very involved in the affairs of Bulgaria in the latter half of the 19th century, was a member of this family. In the 1870s the Bouchier estate was comprised of 845 acres.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baggotstown | Baggotstown | Knockainy | Kilmallock | Uregare 24 | Smallcounty | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R658 353
OS Sheet: 40 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Maiden Hall | Garrynderk South | Effin | Kilmallock | Tobernea 44 | Coshma | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R552 233
OS Sheet: 47 Discovery map: 73 |
Archival sources
- Irish Tourist Association Survey file for parish of Knockaney, barony of Small County, 1944. Limerick North East 24 ; Limerick Studies Department, Dooradoyle
- Collection of Co Cork leases & other legal documents, principally relating to the Bernard family but also to members of the Gookin, Buckworth, Stammers, Sealy, Beecher, Hedges, Stepney, Champagne, Fitzgerald, Daunt, McCarthy, Sanders, Webb, Bouchier & Baldwin families, 1709-1829. IE BL/SC/CB/1-30; University College Cork, Boole Library Archives
- Fred Sutton, solicitor's collection, includes will of Limerick families in the Rathkeale area, including Lloyd, Watkins, Evans, Bouchier, De La Hunt, Dolmage etc, 19th century. Small Accs. Index 1/698; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Smallcounty, 67 (Baggotstown)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 19 (Baggotstown)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 27 (Baggotstown), II, 102 (Parish of Kilcullane)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 146
- 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] : 47
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 265
- 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: 184 (Maidenhall)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxi, 254
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 357 (Maiden Hall)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 54-55
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Charleville Papers (from 1709), in the custody of Mr. C. J. Bourchier, Charleville Estate Office, Tullamore, relating to the families of Armstrong, Cox, Holmes and Bury, Earls of Charleville and to lands in Cos. Tipperary and Offaly. Includes reference to 4 leases by the Bouchier family of lands at Maidenhall, 1765-1788. Report No 211