Massy (Riversdale & Ballinacurra)
Many townlands in the parish of Galbally, barony of Coshlea, county Limerick, were part of the estate of the Barons Massy. The 1st Baron died at Stagdale Lodge in 1788. In the 19th century Hugh Massy of Riversdale, a grandson of the 2nd Baron Massy, held an estate in the parish of Galbally. He married Mary Anne only daughter of Robert Harding of Cherry Grove, county Limerick. In the 1870s Hugh Massy with an address at Ballinacurra House owned 2,309 acres in county Limerick. He died in 1881.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Riversdale | Lissanarroor | Galbally | Mitchelstown | Riversdale 86 | Coshlea | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R843 284
OS Sheet: 50 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Stagdale Lodge | Lissanarroor | Galbally | Mitchelstown | Riversdale 86 | Coshlea | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R841 287
OS Sheet: 50 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Ballinacurra House | Ballinacurra Hart | St Michaels | Limerick | Limerick South Rural 59 | Pubblebrien | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R562 549
OS Sheet: 13 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Mount Prospect | Mount Prospect | Mogeely | Fermoy | Curraglass 135 | Kinnatalloon | Cork |
OSI Ref: W973 925
OS Sheet: 46 Discovery map: 81 |
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Archival sources
- Diary of William Henry Massy, 17 Feb 1839-1 Jan 1842. Fr. John Leonard Limerick Collection; University of Limerick: Special Collections and Information Services, Glucksman Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Coshlea, 75 (Lissanarroor)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 637 (Riversdale & Stagdale)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: III, 201 (Riversdale)
Modern printed sources
- LYNCH, Michael. ''Behold Aherlow: The Glen from Bansha to Galbally''. The author, 2002: 94-95
- MOSLEY, Charles (ed). ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage''. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999: II, 1878-1882
- HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 276 (Mount Prospect)