Mansfield (Rathgormuck)
Walter Henry Mansfield was among the principal lessors in the parish of Rathgormuck at the time of Griffith's Valuation in 1850. Rathgormuck was formerly the property of his mother's family, the Woulfes of Carrick on Suir. G.L.P. Mansfield held townlands in the parish of Clashmore, barony of Decies-within-Drum at that time. George Patrick Lattin Mansfield had offered over 800 acres of his estate in the barony of Decies-without-Drum for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1851. The original 1770s lease was from the Osborne estate to John Fowler. The Freeman's Journal reported that the purchaser was Denis Keeffe, for over £5600. The representatives of Miss Mansfield were lessors in the parish of Modelligo, barony of Decies-without-Drum. By the 1870s, the estate held by the representatives of Capt. Walter Mansfield amounted to over 1200 acres in county Waterford while G.L.P. Mansfield, with an address in county Kildare, owned over 700 acres.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathgormuck Castle | Rathgormuck | Rathgormuck | Carrick-on-Suir | Glen 7 | Upperthird | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S341180
OS Sheet: Discovery map: 75 |
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| Graigavalla | Graigavalla | Rathgormuck | Carrick-on-Suir | Glen 7 | Upperthird | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S320154
OS Sheet: 3 Discovery map: 75 |
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| Ballynamultina House | Ballynamultina | Clashmore | Youghal | Clashmore 100 | Decies-within-Drum | Waterford |
OSI Ref: X132850
OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 82 |
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| Derriheen House | Kilderriheen | Affane | Lismore | Ballyhane 58 | Decies without Drum | Waterford |
OSI Ref: X105989
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 82 |
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| Glen Lodge (Glen Poer) | Glen Upper | Dysert | Clonmel | Gurteen | Upperthird | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S325220
OS Sheet: 2 Discovery map: 75 |
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Archival sources
- Rent ledger relating to property in Co. Waterford of John Mansfield, 1783 - 94. Mansfield Papers, Ms. 9633 ; National Library of Ireland
- Mansfield Papers, Ms. 9632 Rent ledger of the Woulfe and Mansfield families, relating to properties in Co. Tipperary and Co. Waterford, 1783 - 1811. ; National Library of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Mansfield, 4 February 1851, Vol 5, MRGS 39/002, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- O'Connor & Dudley, solicitor's collection includes papers re John Guerin v Patrick Mansfield, Co Waterford, 1854-1880s. Small Accs. Index 66, Co 1894, D.9117-9121; National Archives of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association Survey files: Barony of Upperthird; Waterford County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Upperthird: 59 (Graigavalla), 61 (Rathgormuck)
- 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] : 306
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 176
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Decies-within-Drum: 63 (Ballynamultina)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Decies without Drum: 6 (Kilderriheen)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: vol.I, 10 (Affane parish, Derriheen)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.298
Modern printed sources
- ''Analecta Hibernica'': AINSWORTH, J.F. Mansfield Papers (from 1565), the property of Mr. P. L. Mansfield, the Red House, Newbridge, (now in the National Library of Ireland) relating to the families of Mansfield and Lattin and to lands in counties. Kildare and Waterford. XX (1958), 92-125
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: Mansfield Papers. Collection List. No.77
- SMITH, Charles. ''The ancient and present state of the county and city of Waterford''. Third edition edited by Donald Brady. Wateford : Waterford County Council, 2008. : 45 (Ballynamultina)
- ''Freeman's Journal'': Encumbered Estates Court sale reports, 5 February 1851, p.4