Rice (Marlhill)
In the 1870s Anne Rice of Marlfield, New Inn, county Tipperary, owned 673 acres in county Tipperary. The Bagwell entry in "Burke's Irish Family Records" refers to the marriage of William Bagwell of Eastgrove and Mary, daughter of C. Spring Rice of Marlhill, county Tipperary in 1881. Helena Bertha Grace Rice (Lena Rice 1866-1907), the only Irish woman to have won the women's single tennis title at Wimbleton, was a member of this family. She had two brothers Henry and Spring and a number of sisters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Rice
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlhill | Marlhill | Ardfinnan | Clogheen | Derrygrath 61 | Iffa and Offa West | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S164 213
OS Sheet: 82 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Scart | Scart | Tubbrid | Clogheen | Burncourt 70 | Iffa and Offa West | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S048 182
OS Sheet: 81 Discovery map: 74 |
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 387
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 169
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Iffa and Offa West, 129 (Scart)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 649 (Scart)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.IX, Parish of Tubrid, p.254