Blunden
In 1667 Overington Blunden gent was granted lands in counties Kilkenny, Offaly, Waterford and Tipperary and from him descend the Blundens of Castle Blunden, county Kilkenny. John Blunden was created a baronet in 1766. John Blunden held an estate in the parish of Kilvemnon, barony of Slievardagh, county Tipperary in the mid 19th century. It was advertised for sale in January 1855 and amounted to over 600 acres. John O. Blunden of Mullinahone owned 87 acres in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turtulla | Turtulla | Fertiana | Thurles | Thurles Rural | Eliogarty | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S135 568
OS Sheet: 41 Discovery map: 66 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Blunden, 12 Jan l855, Vol 33 (4) & 9 Mar 1855, Vol 34 (10), MRGS 39/015, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 159
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 188
- 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: 111
Modern printed sources
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Blunden Papers (from 1744), the property of Sir W. Blunden, Castle Blunden, Kilkenny, relating to the Blunden family and to lands in Cos. Kilkenny, Tipperary and Wicklow. Report No 71
- MOSLEY, Charles (ed). ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage''. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999: I, 298