Fitzgerald/Purcell Fitzgerald (Little Island)
This family claimed ancient ties with the original Fitzgeralds who came to Ireland in the twelfth century. At the beginning of the nineteenth century Mary Frances Fitzgerald, the heiress to the estate married John Purcell and the family became known as Purcell Fitzgerald. John Purcell Fitzgerald was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Lisnakill, barony of Middlethird, and Ballynakill, barony of Gaultiere, county Waterford, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In the 1870s, he had an address in Manchester but was the owner of over 2200 acres in county Waterford. In the 1880s Bateman records Mrs. Purcell Fitzgerald of Boulge Hall, Woodbridge, as the owner of over 2700 acres in county Waterford as well as property in the counties of Lancashire, Suffolk and Sussex in England.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Ballygunner Castle | Ballygunnercastle | Ballygunner | Waterford | Balynakill 77 | Gaultiere | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S644088
OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 76 |
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| Little Island Castle | Little Island | Ballynakill | Waterford | Ballynakill 77 | Gaultiere | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S642117
OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 76 |
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| Ballycar (Cove) | Cove | St. John's Without | Waterford | Waterford Rural 78 | Gaultiere | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S620113
OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 76 |
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| Glenville Cottage (Gaultiere) | Cove | St. John's Without | Waterford | Waterford Rural 78 | Gaultiere | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S624113
OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 76 |
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| Williamstown House | Williamstown | Ballynakill | Waterford | Ballynakill 77 | Gaultiere | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S618097
OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 76 |
Archival sources
- Pedigrees, reports and miscellaneous information on family of FitzGerald Purcell of The Island, 1066-1900. Genealogical Office: Ms. 812 (27) ; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of royal licence to John Fitzgerald of Boulge Hall, Co. Suffolk, that he may reassume the name Purcell in addition to and before that of Fitzgerald and quarter the arms of Purcell, Jan. 4, 1858 Genealogical Office: Ms.152, pp.283-5 ; National Library of Ireland
- Maps of the estate of John Purcell Fitzgerald situate in the baronies of Gaultiere and Middlethird, Co. Waterford. Surveyed by A. U. Roberts. Oblong quarto volume containing 37 coloured maps, 1860. Manuscript maps: 16 F. 6 ; National Library of Ireland
- Descent of Purcell FitzGerald of The Island, Co. Waterford, Dermot, King of Ireland 1072, from Gilbert, 1st Earl of Clare c.1150, William de Warren, Earl of Surrey, William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby, Otto of Windsor, etc., with Caracciolo descendants, also family of Gossip, c.1750 1941. Genealogical Office: Ms.182, pp.571-5 ; National Library of Ireland
- 18th-19th cent: deeds and estate papers. HB56 ; Suffolk Record Office: Ipswich Branch
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 160
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 174
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Gaultiere: 1 (Balygunnercastle), 5 (Little Island), 50 (Cove)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 303 (Little Island)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, 157-8 (Ballynakill Parish)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.166
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 191-192
- 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. : 68 (Williamstown)