Westropp (Ballynolan & Ardcanny)
The Reverend Thomas Westropp held an estate in the parishes of Stradbally and Killeenagarriff, barony of Clanwilliam, county Limerick, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He was rector of Ardcanny and Prebendary of Limerick. He was a son of the Reverend Thomas Westropp, rector of Doonass, county Clare and his wife Eliza Stacpoole of Cragbrien and a descendent of Thomas Westropp of Mellon and his wife Elizabeth Bury. He married three times and in the 1870s owned 581 acres in county Limerick.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballynolan | Ballynolan | Kildimo | Rathkeale | Kildimo 127 | Kenry | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R426 538
OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Curraghbridge | Curraghbridge | Adare | Croom | Adare North 1 | Kenry | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R452 475
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 65 |
Archival sources
- Probate of will of Rev Thomas Westropp of Ardcanny, Co Limerick, 1 Feb 1876. 999/575/71; National Archives of Ireland
- Bantry Papers, include legal documents re the Spread estate at Ballycannon, barony of Cork, 19th century. Also reference to the Westropps of Ballynolan. IE BL/EP/B/311-316 ; University College Cork, Boole Library Archives
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 473
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 154
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: IV, 47 & 60 (Ballynolan)
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 104 (Currabridge)