Harding (Co Limerick)
Samuel Harding, son of Brigadier Major Henry Harding of Harding Grove, held land in county Limerick in the mid 19th century. He and his brother Henry were made freemen of the city of Limerick in June 1813. Seoighe writes that Samuel Harding of Stoyle, born 1758, had four sons Henry, William, Joseph and Robert. In July 1850 the estate of Henry Joseph Harding at Steyle and Gurtnesudane, called Harding's Grove, was advertised for sale. Griffith's Valuation records Samuel Harding in the parish of Loghill, barony of Shanid. He married a [Letitia] Blennerhassett and they had at least two sons Henry and Joseph who died in Chicago in 1885 and 1886. Robert Harding of Cherrygrove had a daughter Mary Anne who married Hugh son of the Honourable George Eyre Massy in 1821.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherrygrove | Ballymacrory | Croom | Croom | Croom 16 | Coshma | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R530 377
OS Sheet: 31 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Rock Lodge | Kilteery | Kilmoylan | Glin | Fleanmore 77 | Shanid | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R166 497
OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 64 |
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| Janeville | Ardnamoher | Galbally | Mitchelstown | Riversdale 86 | Coshlea | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R832 282
OS Sheet: 50 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Harding Grove | Harding Grove | Bruree | Kilmallock | Rockhill 28 | Coshma | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R525 337
OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: 65 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Harding, 30 July 1850, Vol 2 (40), MRGS 39/001, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: I, 367 & 370 (Harding Grove), V, 71 (Rock 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 : 214 (Harding-grove), 338 (Rock Lodge)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Shanid, 56 (Kilteery): Barony of Coshma, 33 (Harding Grove), 37 (Ballymacrory): Barony of Coshlea, 58 (Ardnamoher)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 228 (Harding Grove), 637 (Janeville)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 161
Modern printed sources
- ''Limerick Chronicle'': 31 March 1885 & 5 Jan 1886
- SEOIGHE, Mainchín. ''From Bruree to Corcomohide''. The author, 2000: 104-108