Gascoigne/Trench (Castle Oliver)
Richard Oliver of Castle Oliver, county Limerick, took the additional name of Gascoigne when he and his wife became the successors to the Gascoigne of Parlington estate in Yorkshire. Richard Oliver Gascoigne died in 1843 and was succeeded by his two daughters. In 1850 Mary Isabella married the Honourable Frederic Charles Trench, a first cousin of the 2nd Baron Ashtown. In 1852 her sister Elizabeth married Frederic Mason Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown, of Woodlawn, county Galway, as his second wife. They had no children. Griffith's Valuation records the county Limerick estate of Elizabeth O. Gascoigne and her brother-in-law, Frederic Charles Trench, as situated mainly in the parish of Kilflyn, Kilfinnane and Particles but also in the parishes of Athneasy, Ballingarry, Darragh, Emlygrennan, Kilbreedy Major, and Knocklong, barony of Coshlea. In the 1870s Lord Ashtown owned over 11,000 acres in county Limerick while the Honourable F.C.T. Gascoigne of Parlington, Yorkshire, who had taken the additional name of Gascoigne, owned 7,766 acres in county Limerick. In June 1875 an estate on the Shannon estuary at Killocally, barony of Shanid, amounting to 727 acres was bought in trust for Colonel Gascoigne from Charles H. Minchin.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Oliver | Castleoliver | Particles | Kilmallock | Particles 39 | Coshlea | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R663 194
OS Sheet: 56 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Martinstown | Martinstown | Athneasy | Kilmallock | Emlygrennan 34 | Coshlea | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R669 286
OS Sheet: 48 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Ballynahinch | Ballynahinch | Knocklong | Kilmallock | Emlygrennan 34 | Coshlea | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R698 287
OS Sheet: 48 Discovery map: 73 |
Archival sources
- Family & estate papers of the Gascoigne family of Parlington, 12th-20th centuries. ; West Yorkshire Archive Service: Leeds
- Castle Oliver Papers, records relating to the Oliver & Silver families of Castle Oliver & to properties in Cos Limerick, Kerry, Cork, Waterford, Leitrim & Kilkenny, including records of the Corporation of Kilmallock, 17th-19th centuries. D 18,854-19,056, MS 8482, MS 9089-9091, MS 9449-9451, MS 10,930-10,944; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Bowles & Minchin, 10 June 1875, Vol 119 (30), MRGS 39/054, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Gascoigne Papers: 20 volumes of rentals & accounts of the Gascoigne estate in Co Limerick, 1826-1846. MSS 9429-9448; National Library of Ireland
- Volume of 38 maps of the estate of the Misses Gascoigne, situated in Co Limerick, with lists of tenants, 1845. 21 F 122; National Library of Ireland
- Rent ledgers of the estates of Lord Ashtown in Co Limerick, 1839-1882. MSS 5823-5827 ; National Library of Ireland
- Estate records relating to the Ashtown’s Castle Oliver estate, accounts ledger 1875-1889; workmen’s time book, 1913-1921; account books for years ending 30 April 1886 & 1889, William Uniacke Townsend and Charles Eyre Townsend for Lady Ashtown; unused account book. LM1999.0001-0005; Limerick City Museum
- Irish Tourist Association Survey file for parish of Glenroe/Ballyorgan, barony of Coshlea, 1943. Limerick North East 18 ; Limerick Studies Department, Dooradoyle
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Coshlea, 4 (Martinstown), 147 (Ballynahinch) & 155 (Castle Oliver)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 89 (Martinstown), II, 457 (Castle Oliver)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 100 (Castle Oliver - George Fosbery)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 147 (Cleary), 149 (Gascoigne)
- 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] : 177
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: V, 278 (Castle Oliver)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 265
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.181
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: I, 712-713 (Gascoigne), II, 1388-1389 (Oliver)
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 73-74 (Castle Oliver), 203 (Martinstown)
- GLIN, Knight of, GRIFFIN, D. J. & ROBINSON, N.K (eds).'' Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland''. Dublin: Irish Architectural Archive/Irish Georgian Society, 1989. : 101 (Castle Oliver)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Oliver Papers, No 395
- LARSEN, Ruth M. (ed.) ''Maids and Mistresses: Celebrating 300 Years of Women and the Yorkshire Country House''. York: 2004: 64-76
- WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto and Windus, 1885): p.32