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The 1st Duke of Ormonde was one of the largest estate owners in Ireland at the beginning of the 18th century. Some of the Ormonde estate in county Tipperary was sold in the early years of the 18th century to pay off debts. In the mid 19th century the Marquess of Ormonde's county Tipperary estate was in mainly in the baronies of Iffa and Offa East and Lower Ormond but also in the baronies of Slievardagh, Clanwilliam, Eliogarty and Upper Ormond. In 1769 John, 17th Earl of Ormonde, married Lady Frances Wandesforde, daughter and sole heir of John, Earl of Wandesforde, and his wife, Agnes Elizabeth, daugher of John Southwell of Enniscouch, county Limerick. The 17th Earl died in 1795 and his wife in 1830. The Countess of Ormonde held land in county Limerick at the beginning of the 19th century. A map of her estate at "Gurtnacrehy", [Gortnacreha, parish of Cloncagh?], parish of "Kilneedy" [Kilmeedy], barony of Connello Upper is held in the Limerick City Museum. Another document in this repository refers to her tenants at Ballinlina [Ballinlyny?, parish of Kilscannell, barony of Connello Lower] and Ardbohill [parish of Rathkeale, barony of Connello Lower]. At the time of Griffith's Valuation "Lady Ormond" is recorded as holding land in the townland of Ballinlongig, parish of Dromcolliher, barony of Connello Upper. The Countess estates passed to her fourth son, Charles and his descendants who took the name of Wandesforde. In the 1870s the Marquess of Ormonde of Kilkenny Castle owned 15,765 acres in county Tipperary and over 12,000 acres in county Kilkenny.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Carrick Castle | Town Parks | Carrick | Carrick on Suir | Carrick on Suir Urban 30 | Iffa and Offa East | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S405 216
OS Sheet: 85 Discovery map: 75 |
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| Cregg | Cregg | Newtownlennon | Clonmel | Carrick on Suir Rural | Iffa and Offa East | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S414 253
OS Sheet: 79 Discovery map: 75 |
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| Ballyknockane | Ballyknockane | Temple-etney | Clonmel | Kilcash | Iffa and Offa East | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S287 276
OS Sheet: 78 Discovery map: 75 |
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| Clermont House | Clermont | Kilruane | Nenagh | Ballylusky 13 | Upper Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R920 855
OS Sheet: 15 Discovery map: 59 |
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| Shanbally Castle | Garrandillon | Shanrahan | Clogheen | Burncourt 70 | Iffa and Offa West | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R970 156
OS Sheet: 86 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Arranhill | Tombrickane | Borrisokane | Borrisokane | Borrisokane 7 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R889 959
OS Sheet: 7 Discovery map: 53 |
Archival sources
- A Map of Part of the Lands of Gurtnacrehy, Situated in the County of Limerick, and Parish of Kilneedy, The Property of the Countess of Ormond, Surveyed by John Leahy, 1805. LM1996.1182 ; Limerick City Museum
- Letter to the Dowager Countess of Ormond, from her tenants of Ballinlina (Ballinlyny?) and Ardbohill (Ardbohil) for an abatement of rent because of the poor season & unsettled conditions, 16 Feb 1822. LM2003.0016; Limerick City Museum
- Archive of the Portman Family of Buxted Place, includes mortgage by William Worth of Dublin, esq., to James Duke of Ormond for £2000 - of the townes, lands, tenements & hereditaments of Drominargill, Killasseraght and Gorteeragh in the barony of Duhallow, co. Cork, the Townes & lands of Knocknesmuttance, east Ballyspillane, Downkittle, Corbally & Ballynemoth West Ballynemoth Cahirgall in the North Liberties of Cork City, 24 Apr 1695. SAS/PN/1386; East Sussex Record Office
- Particulars and conditions of sale of several very valuable fee-simple estates and tythes in the County of Tipperary (the Rt Hon. The Earl of Ormonde and Ossory situate in the several baronies of Iffa and Offa, Clanwilliam, Kilnemanagh and Upper and Lower Ormonde), 1815. 99/56/10/; National Archives of Ireland
- Ormond Family Papers, Collection List 17, Mss 2301-2562 & 11,044-11,073; National Library of Ireland
- Abstract of title of Walter, Earl of Ormonde, to various lands in Ireland, with counsel's opinion, 1811. D. 23,888; National Library of Ireland
- Ormonde Papers (Additional), Collection List 176; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Iffa and Offa East, 21 (Town Parks), 93 (Cregg), 143 (Ballyknockane)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 277 (Carrick Castle), II, 204 (Claremont - F. Evans)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 48, 80, 155-157, 235
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Upper Ormond, 67 (Clermont)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 167
- 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] : 357
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 284 (Garrandillon)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxii, 315 (Ballyknockane)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.II, Parish of Borrisokane, p.16. Vol.V Parish of Kilruane, p. 310 [Claremount].
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard & BURKE, Ashworth P. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council and Knightage''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1932: 1834-1838
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: Ormonde Manuscripts & Duke of Ormonde's Papers, Special Lists 38 & 244
- FLOOD, John and FLOOD, Phil. ''Kilcash 1190-1801''. Dublin: Geography Publications, 1999: All
- ''Tipperary Historical Journal'': BARNARD, Toby. Clonmel and the Dukes of Ormonde: Deference, Defiance and Independence. (2007), 32-44
- ''Tipperary Historical Journal'': MANNING, Conleth. Properties in Carrick-on-Suir granted to the Duke of Ormond in 1668. (2008), 7-20