Pennefather (Knockeevan)
A junior branch of the Pennefather family of New Park, county Tipperary, descended from Major William Pennefather, Member of Parliament for Cashel 1771, second son of Richard Pennefather of New Park. William married Ellen Moore of Mooresfort, county Tipperary and they had two sons, Richard and Edward, who both became eminent lawyers. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Honourable Baron [Richard] Pennefather held an estate in the parishes of Newchapel, barony of Iffa and Offa East and Knockgraffon and St Patricksrock, barony of Middlethird. In 1836 Richard's son, also named Richard, married Lady Emily Butler, sister of the Earl of Glengall. In 1852 she married, as her second husband, Colonel H. A. Hankey. Edward and Reverend William Pennefather, sons of Edward, younger brother of Baron Richard, held land in the parishes of Molough, Caher and Tubbrid, barony of Iffa and Offa West in the mid 19th century. In the 1870s Edward G. Pennefather of Bray, county Wicklow, owned 479 acres in county Tipperary. Miss Mary Pennefather of Kingstown, Dublin, who owned 772 acres in county Tipperary at the same time, may have been Edward G. Pennefather's sister.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Greenmount (Molough) | Greenmount | Molough | Clogheen | Tullaghmelan 63 | Iffa and Offa West | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S139 157
OS Sheet: 88 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Burgesland House | Burgesland | Molough | Clogheen | Tullaghmelan 63 | Iffa and Offa West | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S131 151
OS Sheet: 88 Discovery map: 74 |
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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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| Knockeevan/Darling Hill | Knockeevan | Newchapel | Clonmel | Lisronagh 80 | Iffa and Offa East | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S171 286
OS Sheet: 77 Discovery map: 74 |
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Archival sources
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Pennefather, (Ballybrada & Crannagh), 16 Apr 1867, Vol 84 (80), MRGS 39/041, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Stanhope of Chevening Manuscripts, include accounts, wills, sale details & other records relating to the Co Tipperary estate of the Pennefather, Hankey & Stanhope family, 19th & 20th centuries. U1590 ; Kent History and Library Centre
- S. Gordon & Son, solicitor's collection, includes papers relating to the estates of the Pennefather family in Cos Tipperary, Wicklow, Kildare, Cork & Wexford, 18th & 19th centuries, divided into sections. Associated families Bunbury, Denroche, Dunscombe, Green & Mulcahy. Small Accs. Index 103, D. 17,597-17,736: T. 7150-7172, M.2090-2175 ; 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), 50 (Burgesland), 51 (Greenmount),
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 168
- 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] : 364
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 428 (Darlinghill)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 148 (Darling-hill)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Iffa and Offa East, 87 (Knockeevan)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.II, Parish of Caher, p.135. Parish of Molough, p.303. Vol.IX, Parish of Tubrid, p.244.