Sadleir (Holycross)
This branch of the Sadleir family descend from Richard, seventh son of Clement Sadleir of Ballintemple and his wife Grace Chadwick. A descendant, Richard Moore Sadleir, was a bankrupt by the mid 1870s and his estate in the barony of Clanwilliam, county Tipperary was advertised for sale in December 1875 and April 1876. The purchasers of some lots at the 1875 sale included Messer. Gordon and Fitzgerald, the latter in trust. R.M. Sadleir of Curragh, Kildare, owned 843 acres in county Tipperary in the 1870s. In the mid 19th century Richard Sadleir held land in the parishes of Rathlynin, Templebredon and Tipperary, barony of Clanwilliam and Monsea, barony of Lower Ormond.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Sadleir, James, Deering, Brangan, 3 Dec 1875, Vol 121 (43) & 28 Apr 1876, Vol 123 (31), MRGS 39/055 & 39/056, (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: 170
- 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] : 402
Modern printed sources
- ''Irish Times'': Landed Estates Court sale reports, 4 December 1875, p.6