Ievers (Castle Ievers)
George Ievers of Athlacca, county Limerick, was the sixth son of Henry Ivers, clerk of the King's Commissioners for settling quit rents at the end of the 17th century. He married a Seward of county Cork and his eldest son, Robert, resided at Castle Ievers. From Robert's third son, Richard, descend the Castle Ievers branch of the family and from his fourth son, George, the Mount Ievers family. Richard Ievers married Elizabeth Holmes and their son, Robert Holmes Ievers and two further generations of Robert Holmes Ievers lived at Castle Ievers. Richard Ievers, the second son of Richard and Elizabeth Ievers, lived at Greenpark. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Robert H. Ievers held land in the parishes of Grean, barony of Coonagh and Athlacca, barony of Coshma. The lands in the parish of Athlacca were held from Anthony B. St Leger, Lady Langford and William Maunsell. In the 1870s Robert Ivers of Castle Ivers owned 1,104 acres in county Limerick. Lands belonging to this estate were sold in the Landed Estates court in 1871 to Michael Murphy.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Castle Ievers | Tullerboy | Athlacca | Kilmallock | Athlacca 21 | Coshma | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R555 362
OS Sheet: 31 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Coolboy | Coolboy | Athlacca | Kilmallock | Athlacca 21 | Coshma | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R558344
OS Sheet: 39 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Greenpark | Uregare | Uregare | Kilmallock | Dromin 27 | Coshma | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R624 335
OS Sheet: 40 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Abbeyville | Monaster South | Monasteranenagh | Croom | Abbeyville 13 | Coshma | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R552 405
OS Sheet: 31 Discovery map: 65 |
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Archival sources
- Papers re the Ievers family of Cos Clare & Limerick, 1669-1870. M. 5992 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Ievers, 16 Apr 1861, Vol 61 (46), MRGS 39/031, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Ievers, 8 Nov 1870, Vol 99 (23) & 28 Feb 1871, Vol 100 (30), MRGS 39/047, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association Survey file for parish of Dromin/Athlacca, barony of Coshma, 1943. Limerick North East 14; Limerick Studies Department, Dooradoyle
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Coshma, 18 (Coolboy), 20 (Tullerboy), 86 (Uregare)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 99 (Castle-Jevers), 211 (Greenpark)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 84 & II, 341-342 (Castle Ivers), II, 227 & II, 453 (Greenpark)
- 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] : 233
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 150
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 264 (Coolboy-Cleary)
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 619-624
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 70 (Castle Ievers)
- SEOIGHE, Mainchín. ''Dromin Athlacca: The Story of a Rural Parish in Co. Limerick''. Áth Leacach: Glór na nGael, 1978 : 75-77
- ''Irish Times'': Landed Estates Court Sale reports, 1 March 1871, p.5