Ellis (Abbeyfeale)
The Ellis family were living in county Cavan in the 18th century. In 1770 Richard Ellis of Abbeyfeale, county Limerick and Drumnalee, county Cavan, married Mary Hilliard of county Kerry. Caleb Powell states in his list of Jurors that Richard Ellis sold his estate in county Cavan and purchased the Abbeyfeale estate in 1791 from a Mr Meredith and that his son Thomas added to the estate by purchasing a further 1,700 acres from Sir Robert Shaw. In 1804 Thomas Ellis, Member of Parliament for Dublin, married Dymphna Monsell of Tervoe. At the time of Griffith's Valuation their two eldest sons Richard and Cunningham held lands in the parish of Abbeyfeale, barony of Glenquin. In the 1870s Richard Ellis of Glensharone Abbey, Fuerty, owned 2,055 acres in county Limerick, while his younger brother Cunningham Ellis of Dublin owned 1,550 acres.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenasrone | Abbeyfeale West | Abbeyfeale | Newcastle | Abbeyfeale 90 | Glenquin | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R115 265
OS Sheet: 42 Discovery map: 72 |
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 148
- 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] : 146
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 268
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 168
- CUSSEN, Robert. Caleb Powell, High Sheriff of County Limerick, 1858, sums up his Grand Jury. In RYNNE, Etienne (ed). ''North Munster Studies: Essays in commemoration of Monsignor Michael Moloney''. Limerick: The Thomond Archaeological Society, 1967. : 414