Frend
In 1666 John Frend, a captain in the Cromwellian army, was granted over 3,000 acres in the barony of Clanwilliam, county Limerick. His fourth son, Benjamin, held estates centred on Boskill, Caherconlish, county Limerick and Ballyreehy, county Offaly. In 1773 his descendant, Benjamin Frend of Boskill, married Arabella Purdon of Tinerana, county Clare and left his estates to his second son, another Benjamin, who married a sister of the 1st Viscount Gort. In 1842 their eldest son, Benjamin Bunbury Frend, married Jane Bagwell of the Marlfield family and this couple lived at Rocklow and Ardsallagh in the parish of Rathcool, county Tipperary. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Benjamin Frend, senior, held at least eight townlands in the parishes of Caherconlish, Donaghmore and St Nicholas Parish, barony of Clanwilliam, county Limerick and a townland in the parish of Kilbonane, barony of East Muskerry, county Cork [leased to William Spillane]. George C. Frend held a townland in the parish of Donaghmore, county Limerick. Benjamin Frend of Boskill owned over a thousand acres in county Limerick in the 1870s while [his first cousin] Benjamin Frend of Paris owned 636 acres. The Frend family were resident in Moneygall, county Offaly in the 1970s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boskill | Templemichael | Caherconlish | Limerick | Caherconlish West 50 | Clanwilliam | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R688 492
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Landscape | Illaunyregan | Kiltenanlea | Kiltenanlea109 | Limerick | Tulla Lower | Clare |
OSI Ref: R638 616
OS Sheet: 63 Discovery map: 58 |
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| Rocklow | Rocklow | Rathcool | Cashel | Peppardstown 44 | Middlethird | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S196 367
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: 66 |
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| Ardsallagh | Ardsallagh | Rathcool | Cashel | Ardsallagh 40 | Middlethird | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S166 375
OS Sheet: 62 Discovery map: 66 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Frend, 2 Dec 1856, Vol 43 (8), MRGS 39/020, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Recovery suffered by George Frend of lands of Carrigkerrihy, Downemona etc, Co Limerick, other parties Richard Maunsell & Nicholas Smith, 2 Feb 1788. D 15,444; National Library of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association Survey file for parish of Caherconlish, barony of Clanwilliam, 1944. Limerick North East 8 ; Limerick Studies Department, Dooradoyle
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Clanwilliam, 31 (Templemichael)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 239-240 (Baskill), II, 492 (Rocklow)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 148, 162
- 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] : 172
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: II, 27-29 (Boskill House & Lodge)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 260 (Landscape), 338 (Rocklow)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 53
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 266 (Templemichael)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Middlethird Barony, 132 (Rocklow)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.I, Parish of Baptistgrange, p.298. Vol.VII, Parish of Rathcool, p.207.
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 451-452
- CUSSEN, Robert. Caleb Powell, High Sheriff of County Limerick, 1858, sums up his Grand Jury. In RYNNE, Etienne (ed). ''North Munster Studies: Essays in commemoration of Monsignor Michael Moloney''. Limerick: The Thomond Archaeological Society, 1967. : 415