Landed Estates
University of Galway

Wray

Rathcannon, parish of Athlacca, county Limerick, belonged to the Casey family in the mid 17th century and had passed by marriage to the Wray family baronets by the beginning of the 18th century. The Wrays leased Rathcannon to the Webbs and it later came into the possession of the Maunsell family.

No houses were found for this estate

Archival sources

  • Archives of the Earls of Buckinghamshire, accounts & rentals of C.E. Vandeleur for the Wray estate Limerick, 1875-1884. D-MH/(addn)/1/80 ; Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies
  • Long Family Papers, include draft award of arbitrator in dispute between Sir Bourchier Wrey of Tawstock House, Devon, his second wife Ellen (nee Thresher), & her two unmarried sisters, Dionysia & Mary of Bath & Thomas Rice Stephen, tenant of half the Mount Trenchard estate, 1778. 947/1136/2 ; Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office
  • Map of Ballingaddy Casey, Lissacharra & Garriketeene, Co Limerick, estate of Hon Sir Cecil Wray Bt, surveyed at request of Mr Fane Pery by Robert Colvill, 25 Nov 1731. D3189/2; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
  • Irish Tourist Association Survey file for parish of Dromin/Athlacca, barony of Coshma, 1943. Limerick North East 14; Limerick Studies Department, Dooradoyle

Modern printed sources