Massy (Grantstown)
Like the Glenwilliam branch of the family the Massys of Grantstown descend from Reverend William Massy who died in 1822. His grandson Henry William Massy (1816-1895) of Grantstown Hall and Rosanna, county Tipperary held land in the parish of Kilfeakle, barony of Clanwilliam at the time of Griffith's Valuation. His estate at Donaskeigh, Grantstown and Killoge was advertised for sale in 1866. It was bought by Charles W. Massy. In the 1870s the Massys of Grantstown owned 707 acres in county Tipperary.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Grantstown Hall | Grantstown | Kilfeakle | Tipperary | Rathlynin 164 | Clanwilliam | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R960 389
OS Sheet: 59 Discovery map: 66 |
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| Rocklow | Rocklow | Rathcool | Cashel | Peppardstown 44 | Middlethird | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S196 367
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: 66 |
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Archival sources
- Papers relating to the properties of the Birch (and related families of Roe, Baillie and Massy) in Grantstown and Killoge, Co. Tipperary, 1676-1934. D. 20,784-817; M.3645; T.11,598-604 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Farm and stock account book of H.F. and B.L.M(assy?) of Rocklaw, Fethard, Co. Tipperary and New Court, Bray, 1865-1889. [Hugh Eyre Francis Massy of Newcourt, Bray, was a younger brother of Henry William Massy]. Ms. 3928; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Massy & Bennett, 4 May 1866, Vol 81 (4), MRGS 39/039, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Clanwilliam Barony, 97 (Grantstown)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 291 (Grantstown)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxviii, 223 (Grantstown)
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 791-792
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 146
- ''Irish Times'': Landed Estates Court Sale reports, 5 May 1866, p.3
- ''Irish Times'': Birdthistle, Elizabeth. Georgian estate in prized Tipperary. Thursday, 14 April 2022, Property, p.3