De Burgh (Dromkeen)
This family of Bourke originally from county Mayo settled at Dromkeen in county Limerick in the 15th century. In 1726 Thomas Burgh of Dromkeen, son of the Reverend Richard Burgh, married his cousin Mary Burgh of Oldtown, county Kildare and they had a son Richard who died in 1762 and left his estate to his cousin Walter Hussey later Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland. Richard's sister Mary married Philpot Wolfe of Forenaghts, county Kildare, and appears to have inherited land in county Limerick. Walter Hussey de Burgh held land in the parish of Dromkeen, barony of Clanwilliam, county Limerick, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. His estate appears to be connected to that of the Balfes. His son, John Hamilton Hussey de Burgh, married Louisa Townsend, of Shepperton, county Cork and is associated with property in that county. Members of this family were still residing at Dromkeen in the 1970s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Dromkeen | Ballybeg | Dromkeen | Limerick | Kilmurry 52 | Clanwilliam | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R732 464
OS Sheet: 24 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Dromkeen House | Dromkeen North | Dromkeen | Limerick | Kilmurry 52 | Clanwilliam | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R727 475
OS Sheet: 24 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Glandore Castle | Aghatubrid More | Kilfaughnabeg | Clonakilty | Kilfaughnabeg 319 | East Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W222355
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Kilfinnan Castle | Kilfinnan | Kilfaughnabeg | Clonakilty | KIlfaughnabeg 319 | East Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W228349
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
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Archival sources
- Map of estate of Rev Richard Burgh in barony of Clanwilliam, Co Limerick, 1735. M.1111c; National Archives of Ireland
- Pedigree of various Burke families, including Burke of Glynsk, Keelogues, Dunamon Castle, Co Galway & Castleconnell & Dromkeen, Co Limerick, 814-1911. GO MS 169: 175-229 ; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Burgh of Bert, Co Kildare, of Dromkeen, Co Limerick, Earls of Ulster & Cornwall, c 1050-1818. GO MS 170:1-4; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Burgh & de Burgh of Oldtown, Bert, Donore, Co Kildare & Dromkeen, Co Limerick, c 1050-1850. GO MS 93:110-119; National Library of Ireland
- Worcester Record Office: Copy of petition of Elizabeth J. Hussey de Burgh, Louis C Hussey de Burgh, both of Dublin, Mrs Anna M.Ker nee Hussey de Burgh & others to Lord Chancellor re estate in Drumkeen, (Co Limerick), with related papers, 15 Sept 1863. Microfilm P 1533 ; National Library of Ireland
- Worcester Record Office: rentals of estates of Gortnadrummin, Drumkeen North, Drumkeen, Co Limerick & Rathconnelly, Co Roscommon, proportion of Mr & Mrs Berington, 1864-1865. Mss. 705:24/1813-14,1817. Microfilm P 1532; National Library of Ireland
- Berington Papers, include rentals & estate papers relating to the estates of the Balfe family in cos Roscommon, Galway and Limerick, c 1840-1890. MSS 705:24/1795-1857. [Microfilm copy at NLI, P.1532-3]. ; Worcestershire Record Office
- Foster/Massereene Papers, include legal notes relating to William Burgh's claim to the estate of John Langton in Co. Limerick 1735 & a rental of William Burgh's estate in the Cos of Carlow, Kildare, Limerick, Armagh and the City of Dublin, 1 Jan 1768. D207/19/57 & 118; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- T.U. Sadlier Collection, includes documents re Wolfe family of Forenaghts, Co Kildare, including maps re Dromkine, Co Limerick, which by 1769 set to Richard Bourke by Philpott Wolfe, 18th century. Small Accs Index 1/661, M.1111; National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates Court Rentals (O'Brien), Ranclaud, 28 May 1851, Vol 7, MRGS 39/003, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
- Genealogical papers relating to the Burgh or De Burgh family of Drumkeen, Co. Limerick, and the Foster family of Dunleer, Co. Louth, including Chief Baron Anthony Foster and John Foster, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. c.1420-c.1673. T2519/1; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Pedigree of the De Burgh family, Dromkeen, Co Limerick, from 10 cent. to 1959. T2602/12 ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Clanwilliam, 57 (Ballybegg)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: 1, 506 (Dromkeen)
- 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, 284 (Dromkeen)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 131
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (West) Barony: 147 (Aghatubrid More), 150 (Kilfinnan)
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 343-344
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 109 (Dromkeen)
- ''Jnl. of the Royal Society of Antiquaries Ireland'': BARRY, J.G. The Bourkes of Clanwilliam. XIX (1889), 192-