Lenigan (Castle Fogarty)
In 1788 James Fogerty of Castle Fogarty, near Thurles, county Tipperary, died childless and his sister Elizabeth, who had married William Lenigan of Zoar, county Kilkenny, inherited the Fogarty estate. At the time of Griffith's Valuation James Lenigan's estate was located in the parishes of Ballycahill and Moyaliff, barony of Kilnamanagh Upper. In the 1870s James Lenigan owned 1,604 acres in county Tipperary. Penelope Elizabeth Marie Lenigan, daughter of James, left the estate to her cousin, John Vivian Ryan, son of John Denis Ryan of the Inch family and his wife Anna Elizabeth Lenigan. John Vivian Ryan took the additional name of Lenigan in 1878.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Fogarty | Castlefogarty | Ballycahill | Thurles | Ballycahill 127 | Kilnamanagh Upper | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S055 594
OS Sheet: 40 Discovery map: 66 |
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| Mountalt | Mountalt | Ballycahill | Thurles | Ballycahill 127 | Kilnamanagh Upper | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S058 585
OS Sheet: 40 Discovery map: 66 |
Archival sources
- Papers of Dr Martin Callanan include documents relating to this family, Collection List 94. MS 11,421 (5); National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Lanigan also Lenigan of Ballykiefe, of Grange both in Co. Kilkenny, of Zoar and Castle Fogarty (also Garranroe), Co. Tipperary, c.1720 -- 1828. Genealogical Office: Ms.170, pp.203-9 ; National Library of Ireland
- General ledger of Thomas Lenigan of Castlefogarty, Co. Tipperary including many entries relating to rent payments and other estate transactions, 1812 - 1822. Ms. 2295 ; National Library of Ireland
- Accounts relating to the estates of T. Lenigan in the Thurles and Thomastown areas of Co. Tipperary, 1819-23. Ms. 777 ; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of royal licence to John Vivian Ryan to take the name of Lenigan in addition to and after the name Ryan, Nov. 27, 1878. Genealogical Office: Ms.153, pp.307-12 ; National Library of Ireland
- Papers relating to property of the Lenigan family in and near Thurles, Co. Tipperary, especially the Castle Fogarty estate, with references to families of Armstrong, Evans and Fogarty, 18th-19th centuries. D.23,432-500; M.5302-42; T. 12,780-5 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Ryan of Inch Collection, 1656-1964. BL/EP/R ; University College Cork, Boole Library Archives
- Lenigan Papers, collection of 17 photographs (copies) of Castle Fogarty, 1868. TL/F/11; Tipperary Studies Research Library (Archives), Thurles
- File includes photocopies of family trees re Lenigan and Fogarty families. TL/A/11 ; Tipperary Studies Research Library (Archives), Thurles
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Kilnamanagh Upper, 1 (Castlefogarty), 3 (Mountalt)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 126 (Castle Fogarty & Montalt)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 98 (Castle Fogarty), 294 (Mount-alt, Thomas Ryan)
- 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] : 267
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 165
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 280 (Castlefogarty)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxiv, 129 (Castle Fogarty)