Staveley/Stevelly (Co Limerick)
At the time of Griffith's Valuation Robert Jones Stavelly held an estate in the parishes of Monagay, barony of Glenquin and Cloncrew, Dromcolleher and Kilmeedy, barony of Connello Upper, county Limerick. In the 1870s James Butler Stavelly of Croydon Park, Fairview, county Dublin, owned 4,169 acres in county Limerick. Robert Jones Staveley appears to be the son of Jones Staveley who was a son of Robert Staveley and Sarah Jones. Jones Staveley was a Judge in the High Court of Ireland. Robert J. Staveley married Maria Butler and had a number of children, for further information see http://www.staveley-genealogy.com/dublin.htm
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenduff Castle | Glenduff | Monagay | Newcastle | Mountplummer 108 | Glenquin | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R303 217
OS Sheet: 53 Discovery map: 72 |
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Archival sources
- O'Brien of Cahirmoyle Papers, estate & family papers, 18th-19th centuries, including records re the Stavelly family. Collection List 64; National Library of Ireland
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] : 425
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Glenquin, 83 (Glenduff)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 387 (Glanduff Castle - Eyre Massey)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 199 (Glenduff)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 154