Cripps

This family held land in county Limerick in the 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1866 Lenihan wrote that the Cripps were then represented by John Gleeson, a solicitor of Limerick, who had married the daughter of the 'late' Alderman John Cripps, the last make representative of the family.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Kilpeacon	Kilpeacon	Kilpeacon	Croom	Kilpeacon 6	Smallcounty	Limerick	OSI Ref: R561 472 OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 65
Cahernarry House	Cahernarry (Cripps)	Cahernarry	Limerick	Ballysimon 45	Clanwilliam	Limerick	OSI Ref: R623 520 OS Sheet: 13 Discovery map: 65
Cherrygrove	Ballymacrory	Croom	Croom	Croom 16	Coshma	Limerick	OSI Ref: R530 377 OS Sheet: 31 Discovery map: 65
Fort Elizabeth	Garrane	Monasteranenagh	Croom	Garrane 18	Pubblebrien	Limerick	OSI Ref: R536 424 OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 65

Archival sources

C. Deane Oliver Collection, deeds, testamentary & legal documents re estates of families of Cripps of Calmony, Cahirnary & city of Limerick; Oliver of Clonodfoy, Co Limerick & Aldworth of Newmarket, Co Cork. Small Accs Index 1/634, T.3880-1, D.12012-28 & Co 2473-5 ; National Archives of Ireland
Milward, Jones, Mayne & Knapp Collection, includes Encumbered Estates' Court Rental for Edward Crips Villliers estates in Cos Limerick, Kilkenny & Clare, 16 july 1850. M.5188; National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

Modern printed sources

LENIHAN, Maurice. ''Limerick; its History and Antiquities, Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Military from the Earliest Ages''. Dublin: Hodges, Smith and Co, 1866: 224