Darby
The Darby family lived at Leap Castle, King's County (Offaly) and married members of the Lovett family in the 18th century. Admiral [Sir Henry D'Esterre] Darby died in 1823 and was succeeded by his brother, John Darby of Leap Castle, who had two sons, William Henry of Leap Castle and George of Markley, Member of Parliament for East Sussex. Admiral Darby is recorded in Griffith's Valuation as the holder of three townlands in the parish of Rathnaveoge. In the 1870s Reverend Christopher Darby of Kells, county Kilkenny, owned 76 acres and Horatio Darby of Castletown, Parsonstown, owned 131 acres in county Tipperary.
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Lisduff | Lisduff | Rathnaveoge | Roscrea | Bourney West 116 | Ikerrin | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S063 811
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 59 |
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Archival sources
- S. Gordon & Son, solicitor's collection, includes papers relating to the estates of the Pennefather family in Cos Tipperary, Wicklow, Kildare, Cork & Wexford, 18th & 19th centuries, divided into sections. Associated families include Darby. Small Accs. Index 103, D. 17,597-17,736: T. 7150-7172, M.2090-2175 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Papers and photocopies re Darby family of Markley purchased 1819 with pedigrees. Additional Manuscripts, Catalogue X, AMS6146-6149 & AMS6320 & AMS6344 ; East Sussex Record Office
- Horatio Darby Estate, deeds and correspondence with the Puruis family, Lisareen, King’s Co. 1867-1900. Also J.C. Darby correspondence, 1915. Boxes 42 & 62; Roscrea Heritage Society Centre, Damer House, Roscrea
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Ikerrin, 56 (Lisduff)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 161
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.118
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland''. London: Colburn & Co, 1852: I, 306
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Minchin Papers (from 1681), the property of Lt. Col. R. G. Minchin, Moneygall, Co. Tipperary, now in the National Library of Ireland, relating to the Darby, Kinaban, Lovett and Minchin families and to lands in Co. Tipperary. Report No 369
- MONTGOMERY HITCHCOCK, F.R. ''The Midland Septs and the Pale, an account of the early septs and later settlers in King's County''. Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1908: 303