Fennell
A Quaker family located in the Caher area of south county Tipperary from the mid 17th century. They were prosperous farmers and millers. Family members held land in the parishes of Caher, Tubbrid and Whitechurch, barony of Iffa and Offa West and in the parishes of Rathcool and Mora, barony of Middlethird, in the mid 19th century. In the 1870s Joshua R. Fennell of Garryroan owned 527 acres and the representatives of William Fennell, Newry, owned 931 acres in county Tipperary. Shares held by the trustees for sale under the will of George Fennell (23 Jan 1835) in the lands of Crohane Lower, barony of Slievardagh, held under a fee farm grant of 1852 were advertised for sale in July 1885.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Ballybrada | Ballybrada | Caher | Clogheen | Tubbrid 68 | Iffa and Offa West | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S065 206
OS Sheet: 81 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Cottage (Caher) | Caherabbey Lower | Caher | Clogheen | Caher 65 | Iffa and Offa West | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S054 265
OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Caherabbey House | Caherabbey Lower | Caher | Clogheen | Caher 65 | Iffa and Offa West | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S050 257
OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Caherabbey House Upper | Caherabbey Upper | Caher | Clogheen | Caher 65 | Iffa and Offa West | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S043 256
OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Rehill | Rehill | Shanrahan | Clogheen | Kilcoran | Iffa and Offa West | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R972 191
OS Sheet: 81 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Carrigataha | Carrigataha | Tubbrid | Clogheen | Tubbrid 68 | Iffa and Offa West | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S063 198
OS Sheet: 81 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Garryroan House | Garryroan | Whitechurch | Clogheen | Tubbrid 68 | Iffa and Offa West | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S015 218
OS Sheet: 81 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Maginstown | Maginstown | Mora | Cashel | Graigue 54 | Middlethird | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S142 303
OS Sheet: 76 Discovery map: 66 |
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| Ardsallagh | Ardsallagh | Rathcool | Cashel | Ardsallagh 40 | Middlethird | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S166 375
OS Sheet: 62 Discovery map: 66 |
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Archival sources
- "Photostat" copy of a register giving particulars of births, deaths and marriages of members of the Fennele family, Killcommonbeg, Co. Tipperary, 1626 - 1803. Ms. 10,947 ; National Library of Ireland
- S.Gordon & Son, solicitors' collection, include documents relating to property of the Fennell family in Co. Tipperary, with references to the families of Jackson, Ryall, Palliser and Gough, 1764 - 1843. Small Accs. Index 103, D.17,138-17,177; T. 7097-7098 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Land Judges’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Fennell, 17 July 1885, Vol 149 (32), MRGS 39/066, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Lucas Estate, Co Tipperary, leases & other deeds re lands in barony of Iffa & Offa (mainly Whitchurch), Co Tipperary & barony of Moyarta, Co Clare, involving members of the Lucas family of Limerick & Mount Lucas, King's Co (Offaly) & Tuthill, Villiers, Fennell family members etc, 17th-19th centuries . 999/762 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Fennell Papers, contact James Fennell, Burton House, Athy, Co Kildare.; Private Possession
- Fennell Papers, 99/62, D.17,162, D.17,167, D.17,173, T.7098; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Iffa and Offa West, 18 (Ballybrada), 20 (Caherabbley Lower), 21 (Caherabbey Upper), 140 (Garryroan)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 33 (Ballybrada), 85 (Cahirabbey House & Cahir-abbey-villa), 134 (Cottage), 333 (Reahill), 194 (Garry-roan)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 238-239 (Ballybrando), II, 552 (Rehill), 649 (Carrigataha)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 162
- 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] : 154
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Middlethird, 116 (Maginstown), 127 (Ardsallagh)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 217
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.II, Parish of Caher, pp.114, 134, 136. Vol.VIII, Parish of Shanrahan, p.98. Vol.IX, Parish of Tubrid, p.255.
Modern printed sources
- GOODBODY, Olive. ''Guide to Irish Quaker Records 1654-1860''. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1967: see index
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Fennell Papers (from 1626), the property of Lt. Col. W. J. Fennell, Burtown House; Athy, relating to the Fennell family, and to lands in Co. Tipperary. Report 404
- ''Tipperary Historical Journal'': AHERN, Michael. The Fennells of Cahir. (2004), 91-99