Dalton (Grenanstown)
In 1666 Peter Dalton, gentleman, was granted 2,476 acres in the barony of Upper Ormond, county Tipperary, including waste mountain in the parish of Dollow. Edward Dalton was created a Count of the Holy Roman Empire by the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria on 25 April 1777. He was married to Mary, daughter of John MacCarthy of Springhouse, county Tipperary. Their eldest son, Peter Count Dalton, resided at Grenanstown, county Tipperary. In 1796 Peter married Rosalia, daughter of Nicholas Barnewall, Baron Trimblestown, and they had two sons, Edward and Nicholas, and a daughter, Henrietta, who married Henry Eustace. Their son Henry succeeded his maternal uncle in the 1870s. In the mid 19th century Count Dalton held land in the parishes of Ballymackey, Ballynaclogh, Dolla and Kilkeary, barony of Upper Ormond, county Tipperary. In the 1870s Count Dalton owned 1,375 acres in county Tipperary.
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Grenanstown | Grenanstown | Ballymackey | Nenagh | Kilkeary 110 | Upper Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R943 760
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 59 |
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Archival sources
- Pedigree of Maria MacCarthy, wife of Edward Dalton, c.1650 -- 1772. Genealogical Office: Ms.161, pp.86-8 ; National Library of Ireland
- Typescript copies of poems and letters by Richard D'Alton Williams, 1838-1841. Originals held in St Patrick's College, Carlow. Microfilm P 7115 ; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Dalton, previously Daton of Kilmadaly, Co. Kilkenny, of Grenanstown and Knockelly, Co. Tipperary, c.1550 - c.1830. Genealogical Office: Ms.170, pp.145-9 ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Upper Ormond, 23 (Grenanstown)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 161
- 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] : 113
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 100 (Grenanstown)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 69
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 159 (Grenanstown)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.I, Parish of Ballymackey, p.257