Brereton (Rathurles)
This branch of the Brereton family was originally established in county Offaly. Thomas Brereton was living at Clonanchy, county Tipperary, by the mid 18th century and his descendants were resident at Rathurles, near Nenagh, county Tipperary, from the late 18th century. In 1817 Thomas Brereton of Rathurles married Maria Sadleir of Castletown, county Tipperary. At the time of Griffith's Valuation members of the Brereton family held land in the parishes of Dorrha, Finnoe, Knigh and Terryglass, barony of Lower Ormond. On 2 December 1870s an annuity and premises in the town of Nenagh belonging to members of the Brereton family plus the lands of Brookwatson and Wellington were advertised for sale. In the 1870s landowners in county Tipperary included the representatives of John Brereton of Parsonstown, King's County (Offaly), who owned 689 acres, Simpson H. Brereton of Clongowna, Rathcabbin, who owned 522 acres and Thomas Sadleir Brereton of Birr Barracks, Parsonstown, who owned 672 acres.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Rathurles | Rathurles | Kilruane | Nenagh | Ballygibbon 108 | Upper Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R907 802
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 59 |
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| Clongowna House | Clongowna | Dorrha | Birr No 2 | Rathcabban 4 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: M989 084
OS Sheet: 2 Discovery map: 53 |
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| Oldcourt | Oldcourt | Finnoe | Borrisokane | Finnoe 9 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R864 930
OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 53 |
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| Brook Watson | Nenagh North | Nenagh | Nenagh | Nenagh West Urban 90 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R867 808
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 59 |
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| Wellington | Wellington | Knigh | Nenagh | Nenagh Rural 88 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R871 809
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 59 |
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Archival sources
- Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of Thomas Brereton of Ratharles, Co. Tipperary, and to his grandson, Thomas Edwin Sadleir Brereton of Dean's Bridge, City of Armagh, only son of Lt. Col. John Sadleir Brereton, Dec. 21, 1940. Genealogical Office: Ms. 111f, fol.188 ; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigrees and other genealogical data compiled by Alfred Molony and relating mainly to the Brereton, Blood and Blount families. Genealogical Office: Ms. 451 ; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Brereton, 2 Dec 1870, Vol 99 (49), MRGS 39/047, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Brereton, 2 Dec 1870, Vol 99 (50), MRGS 39/047, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Brereton Papers, stock book & labourers' acconts, 1887-1897. TL/F/23; Tipperary Studies Research Library (Archives), Thurles
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Upper Ormond, 70 (Rathurles)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 332 (Rathurles)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 484 (Clongowna - Rev Mr Troke), II, 204 (Rathurlys),
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 159
- 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] : 52
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Lower Ormond, 40 (Clongowna), 58 (Oldcourt)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.II, Parish of Dorrha, p.197, Vol.III, Parish of Finnoe, p. 309. Vol.V, Parish of Kilruane, p.313.