Massy (Suir Castle)
Francis Hugh Massy of Suir Castle, county Tipperary, (born 1755) was the fourth son of the the 1st Baron Massy. His son, also named Francis Hugh, married Anne Bomford Molloy (c.1820s) and in the 1850s held land in the parishes of Magorban, barony of Middlethird, Killardry and Reclickmurry and Athassel, barony of Clanwilliam, county Tipperary. Lands belonging to Francis Massey of Suir Castle in the barony of Middlethird, county Tipperary and an undivided moiety of lands in the barony of Dunkellin, county Galway, were advertised for sale in May 1852. The estate of Francis Massy of Suir Castle amounted to 506 acres in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Suir Castle House | Ballyvada | Relickmurry & Athassel | Tipperary | Ballycarron | Clanwilliam | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S008 345
OS Sheet: 68 Discovery map: 66 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Massey, 7 May 1852, Vol 15 (11), MRGS 39/006, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Clanwilliam Barony, 131 (Ballyvada)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 166
- 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] : 310
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 112 (Suir Castle)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxxiii, 300 (Suir Castle)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 207 (Suir Castle)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.VIII, Parish of Relickmurry & Athassel, p.34