Fitzgerald (Muckridge)
Basil O'Connell writes that Richard Fitzgerald of Muckridge, barony of Imokilly, county Cork bought Rathkeevin, parish of Rathronan, barony of Iffa and Offa East, county Tipperary. Richard Fitzgerald married in 1804 Catherine Helen Nagle of Garnavilla, near Caher, county Tipperary. They had a large family of whom the eldest Richard Albert Fitzgerald was Member of Parliament for Tipperary 1845-1847. He left an only son whose descendants settled in France.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Muckridge House | Muckridge Demesne | Youghal | Youghal | Youghal Rural 339 | Imokilly | Cork |
OSI Ref: X086 796
OS Sheet: 67 Discovery map: 81 |
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Archival sources
- Photocopies of wills of Richard Nagle of Garnavilla, 1812; Richard Fitzgerald of Muckridge, 1839; Albert Fitzgerald, c 1840 & Land Commissions dealings with estate of Richard Edwin Fitzgerald at Rathkeevin in barony of Iffa & Offa East, Co Tipperary, 1890s. 999/668; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 300
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 728
Modern printed sources
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': O'CONNELL, Basil. The Nagles of Garnavilla. (Appendix F - Fitzgeralds of Muckridge). III, No 1 (1956), 17-24