Parsons (Cragbeg)

Richard Parsons of Craigbeg, county Limerick, married Elizabeth Fosbery of Kildimo. In 1795 their son Richard married his cousin, Barbara Fosbery of Curraghbridge, and had 15 children. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Richard Parsons held land in the parish of Kilkeedy, barony of Pubblebrien. In November 1851 his lands at Carrigogunnell, barony of Pubblebrien, amounting to 746 acres were advertised for sale. The Freeman's Journal reported that the sale was adjourned due to insufficient bidding.

Associated Families

Parsons (Cragbeg)

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Cragbeg	Cragbeg	Kilkeedy	Limerick	Clarina 55	Pubblebrien	Limerick	OSI Ref: R497 519 OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 65

Archival sources

Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Parsons, 11 Nov 1851, Vol 11 (52), MRGS 39/005, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 136

Modern printed sources

PINE, L.G. (ed). ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. 4th ed. London: Burke's Peerage, 1958.: 293-294 (Fosbery)
''Freeman's Journal'': Incumbered Estates sale reports, 18 July 1851,p.5