Grant (Kilmurry)
The Grant family were originally settled in county Waterford. They were established at Kilmurry, parish of Leitrim, county Cork, by the end of the 17th century. Successive generations of Thomas Grants descended from Thomas Grant and his wife, Elizabeth Campion of Leitrim, who married in 1748 and lived at Kilmurry. By the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas St John Grant held an estate in the parish of Leitrim which in the 1870s amounted to over a thousand acres in county Cork. He also owned 1,217 acres in county Waterford, including the parish of Leitrim, barony of Coshmore and Coshbride, and property in the Barony of Gaultiere.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Kilmurry | Kilmurry South | Leitrim | Fermoy | Leitrim 147 | Condons & Clangibbon | Cork |
OSI Ref: W886 995
OS Sheet: 36 Discovery map: 81 |
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| Prospect House (Gaultiere) | Farranshoneen | Ballynakill | Waterford | Ballynakill 77 | Gaultiere | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S627109
OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 76 |
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| View Mount | Farranshoneen | Ballynakill | Waterford | Ballynakill 77 | Gaultiere | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S629107
OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 76 |
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| Mount Pleasant (Gaultiere) | Grantstown | Ballynakill | Waterford | Ballynakill 77 | Gaultiere | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S630102
OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 76 |
Archival sources
- An early history of the Grants of Waterford and Kilkenny by Alan P. Grant, M.D., July, 1972. Ms. 16,691; National Library of Ireland
- Letters to or by members of the family of Grant, and other documents concerning them, 1800-1836. Ussher Papers, Ms. 10,177 ; National Library of Ireland
- Two hundred and eighty-six deeds relating to the families of Ussher, Grant, Paul, Keily, Musgrave, Taylor, Osborne and Finlay and to lands in Co. Waterford, including marriage settlements and wills, 1562 - 1913. Ussher Papers, D. 13,423-13,708 ; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of the Grant family; Irish Genealogical Research Society Library
- Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Kilworth; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 256 (Kilmurry)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Condons & Clangibbon Barony, 112 (Kilmurry South)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 134 (Cork), 175 (Waterford)
- 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] : 189
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 236
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Gaultiere: 5 (Farranshoneen & Grantstown)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, 157-8 (Parish of Ballynakill, Mount Pleasant, King)
Modern printed sources
- HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 227
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: 1862-1863: I, 587
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: GRANT, A.P. The Grant Families of County Tipperary. 2nd Series, LXXVII (1972), 65-75