Fetherston (Co Limerick)

At the time of Griffith's Valuation Robert Fetherston held land in the parishes of Clonelty, barony of Glenquin and Bruree, barony of Connello Upper, county Limerick. In February 1855 his 565 acres at Ahalin, barony of Glenquin, on which there was a "neat cottage residence suited for a gentleman's family", were advertised for sale. This residence was sold to Mr J.D. Fitzgerald Member of Parliament for £2,350. In June 1861 284 acres of Ahalin was readvertised.

Associated Families

Fetherston (Co Limerick)

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Bruree House	Garroose	Bruree	Kilmallock	Bruree 25	Connello Upper	Limerick	OSI Ref: R550 296 OS Sheet: 39 Discovery map: 73

Archival sources

Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Fetherston, 1 Feb 1855, Vol 32 (30) & Vol 33 (20), MRGS 39/014 & 39/015 (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Fetherstone, 14 Oct 1851, Vol 11 (19), MRGS 39/005, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Fetherston, 6 June 1861, Vol 62 (5), MRGS 39/031, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
William D. Mockler, 59 South Mall, Cork, solicitor's collection re property in Cork Co & City, 1667-1920, includes lease of Garrane, parish of Bruree, Oliver Dowlin to Robert Fetherson, 1804. Small Accs Index 87, D.15430; National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: Parish of Bruree, I, 350-370
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 228 (Bruree House)
LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 3 (Ahilin) & 77 (Brewery, Charleville)

Modern printed sources

''Irish Times'': 7 June 1861, p.3
''Freeman's Journal'': Incumbered Estates Court sale reports, 2 February 1855, p.4