Fitzgerald (Ballinaparka)
At the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas Fitzgerald held land in the county Tipperary parishes of Ballybacon and Newcastle, barony of Iffa and Offa West. In December 1856 he married Catherine Odell of Carriglea, county Waterford. He died soon afterwards as his county Tipperary estate was put up for sale in March 1858 by his devisee-in-trust, Sir John Nugent Humble, Baronet, the grandfather of his wife. In 1851, Thomas J. Fitzgerald was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Aglish and Kilmolash, barony of Decies-within-Drum, county Waterford. In the 1870s Thomas Fitzgerald of Ballinapark owned 2,372 acres in county Waterford.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanakill (Decies) | Shanakill | Aglish | Dungarvan | Dromore | Decies-within-Drum | Waterford |
OSI Ref: X119896
OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 81 |
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| Ballynaparka House | Ballynaparka | Kilmolash | Dungarvan | Keereen 35 | Decies-within-Drum | Waterford |
OSI Ref: X122918
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 82 |
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| Lackendarra House | Lackendarra | Kinsalebeg | Youghal | Kinsalebeg 101 | Decies-within-Drum | Waterford |
OSI Ref: X137819
OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: 82 |
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| Seaview (Decies) | Rathnameneenagh | Ringagonagh | Dungarvan | Ringville | Decies-within-Drum | Waterford |
OSI Ref: X286858
OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: 82 |
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Humble & Fitzgerald, (Co Tipperary estate), 19 Mar 1858, Vol 50 (63), 5 Nov 1858, Vol 53 (36), MRGS 39/024 & 39/027, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Humble & Fitzgerald, (Co Tipperary estate),16 Nov 1860, Vol 60 (48), MRGS 39/030, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Baker, Ringwood & Gordon, solicitors' collection, includes assignment of lands in Decies without Drum, Fitzgerald to Moeran, 9 Oct 1874. Small Accs. Index 105, D.21,729 ; National Archives of Ireland
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] : 161
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Decies-within-Drum: 12 (Shanakill), 73 (Ballynaparka), 82 (Lackendarra), 111 (Rathnameneenagh)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.I, Parish of Ballybacon, 195-197, 202. Vol.VII, Parish of Newcastle, p.124
Modern printed sources
- ''Jnl of the Waterford and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society'' : REDMOND, Gabriel O'C. Notes on the history, antiquities, archaeological remains and legends of the western end of the County Waterford. With pedigrees of the Families of Fitzgerald of Knockmoane and Quarry of Johnstown. I (1895), 147-161, 254-64.
- ''Jnl of the Waterford and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society'' : REDMOND, Gabriel O'C. The FitzGeralds of Farnane. With an elegy in Irish on the Family, together with an English translation, and note by W. H. Grattan Flood. XIII (1910), pp. 112-21, 168-75, XIV (1911), pp. 26-39, 72-84, XV (1912), pp. 161, 168-76.