Willington (Killoskehane)
The Willingtons were settled at Killoshehane, county Tipperary, by the mid 18th century. James Willington married Mary Carden and died in 1750. They had three sons, John of Killoskehane, James of Newhouse and Jonathan of Castlewillington. In 1815 John Willington of Killoskehane married Sarah, daughter of Christopher Ormsby, a member of the Ormsby family of Ballinamore, county Mayo. They had three sons who had all died unmarried by 1863. In the mid 19th century the estate was located in the parishes of Killoskehan, barony of Ikerrin and Ballymackey, Kilkeary and Latteragh, barony of Upper Ormond. The Willington estate at Killoskehane, amounting to 2,541 acres in the baronies of Ikerrin and Eliogarty, was advertised for sale in November 1853 and again in June 1854. Five lots were again advertised in March 1855. The mansion house, demesne and plantations (1,305 acres) at Killoskehane was advertised again in May 1864. Edward D. Martin held over 1,500 acres at Killoskehane in 1906.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Killoskehane | Killoskehane | Killoskehane | Roscrea | Borrisnafarney 113 | Ikerrin | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S045 698
OS Sheet: 28 Discovery map: 59 |
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| Rapla | Rapla North | Kilruane | Nenagh | Nenagh Rural 88 | Upper Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R888 825
OS Sheet: 15 Discovery map: 59 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Willington, 8 Nov 1853, Vol 24 (34) & 27 June 1854, Vol 29 (46), MRGS 39/010 & 39/013, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Willington, 6 March 1855, Vol 34 (4), MRGS 39/015, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Pedigree of the Willington family in Ireland. Ms. 19,775 ; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Dwan, (Lower Coohane), 12 Dec 1862, Vol 66 (102), MRGS 39/033, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Willington, 13 May 1864, Vol 72 (74), MRGS 39/036, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Thirty-four deeds, including a few wills, relating to the Freeman family of Kilcullen, Co. Kildare, and the Willington, Fishbourne and White families, 1802-44, 1864. D. 13,069-13,102 ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Ikerrin, 51 (Killoskehane)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 153 (Killoskehane Castle)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 327 (Rapla)
- 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: 192 (Killaskehan)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 369 (Willington)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.V, Parish of Killoskehane, p. 279.