Minnitt (Annaghbeg, Co Tipperary)
The Minnitts were established at Mount Minnitt, county Limerick at the end of the 17th century but moved to Annaghbeg in county Tipperary in the early 18th century. Daniel Grace gives a detailed history of this family in his book on the parishes of Monsea and Killodiernan. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Joshua Minnett held land in the parishes of Dromineer, Killodiernan, Knigh and Monsea, barony of Lower Ormond, county Tipperary, while Mary Toler Minnett and William Minnett held land in the parishes of Killodiernan and Cloghprior respectively. The Ordnance Survey Name Books contain a detailed account of archaelogical artefacts unearthed by William Minnet at Blackfort prior to 1840. Pierce Moore held the townland of Killard from the Minnitts at this time. In the 1870s Joshua R. Minnett of Annaghbeg owned 1,063 acres in county Tipperary.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountminnett | Mountminnett | Ballybrood | Limerick | Kilmurry 52 | Clanwilliam | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R701 449
OS Sheet: 23 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Annaghbeg | Annaghbeg | Dromineer | Nenagh | Monsea 87 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R827 848
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 59 |
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| Blackfort | Blackfort | Killodiernan | Nenagh | Knigh 86 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R848 852
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 59 |
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| Killodiernan | Glebe | Killodiernan | Nenagh | Knigh | Ormond Lower | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: 835871
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: |
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Archival sources
- Pedigree of Minnitt of Mount Minnitt, Co Limerick & Knigh Castle, Aghabeg [Co Tipperary] & Rathkeal, Co Limerick & Castle Martyr, Co Cork, 1674-1838. GO MS 178:145-151; National Library of Ireland
- Minnitt Papers, contact Robert John Minnitt of Sutton, Sussex, England.; Private Possession
- Map of Killard, property of Mrs Moore [held from the Minnetts], with tenants' names, Jan. 1819. 16 I. 17 (23); National Library of Ireland
- Bellew of Mount Bellew Papers, contain information about the Killard property of the Moore family. Collection List 33, MSS 27,284 & MSS 27,286-7; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 166
- 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] : 318
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Lower Ormond, 51 (Annaghbeg), 72 (Killodiernan)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 5 (Annaghbeg)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 505 (Annabeg), II, 150 (Blackfort)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.III, Parish of Dromineer, p. 222 & 226. Vol.V, Parish of Killodiernan, p.121.
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 407
- ''Jnl. of the Kilkenny and South East of Ireland Archaeological Society''.: PRENDERGAST, John P. Tradition re Caleb Minnett of Tipperary who was murdered in 1707. Ser. 2, Vol. I, Pt. 1, (1856), pp. 154-155
- GRACE, Daniel. ''Portrait of a Parish, Monsea & Killodiernan, Co Tipperary''. Nenagh: Relay Books, 1996: 135-139