Hackett (Riverstown & Parsonstown)
The Hacketts of Moor Park, county Offaly and Riverstown, county Tipperary were a junior branch of the Hackett family of Gambonstown. Simpson Hackett (1763-1848) of Riverstown, county Tipperary, was a banker. In the mid 19th century his son, Thomas Hackett, held land in the parishes of Latteragh, barony of Upper Ormond, Aglishcloghane, Ballingarry, Dorrha, Finnoe and Loughkeen, barony of Lower Ormond. The 2,667 acre estate of Thomas Hackett of Moore Park in the barony of Lower Ormond, county Tipperary, barony of Longford, county Galway and barony of Clonlisk, King's County (Offaly) was advertised for sale in June 1856. In the 1870s Simpson Hackett of Moor Park, Parsonstown owned 1,789 acres in county Tipperary and 1,441 acres in King's County (Offaly) and Colonel [Thomas Bernard] Hackett of Riverstown owned 1,279 acres in county Tipperary.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Norwood | Ballynalick | Lisbunny | Nenagh | Kilkeary 110 | Upper Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R929 780
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 59 |
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| Riverstown | Ballyloughnane | Loughkeen | Birr | Riverstown 6 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: N052 036
OS Sheet: 5 Discovery map: 53 |
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| Roden House | Roden | Dorrha | Birr | Rathcabban 4 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: M958063
OS Sheet: 4 Discovery map: 53 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Hackett, 10 June 1856, Vol 40 (27), MRGS 39/019, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Rosse Papers, Birr, include box of vouchers and leases re estate of Colonel Simpson Hackett, 1863-1878. V/13; Private Possession
- Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of Robert Hackett and to his grandson, Thomas Hackett of Moor Park, Kings Co. and of Riverstown, Co. Tipperary, son and heir of Simpson Hackett of Riverstown, Aug. 6, 1856. Genealogical Office: Ms.108, pp.137-8 ; National Library of Ireland
- History of the Hackett family of Fethard, Co. Tipperary with abstracts of various wille by Lt. Col. W. P. Pakenham Walsh. M.1810; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Upper Ormond, 75 (Ballynalick)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 163
- 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] : 197-198
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Lower Ormond, 48 (Roden), 97 (Ballyloughnane)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 336 (Rivers-town)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 291 (Riverstown)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.VI, Parish of Lisbunny, p.128. Vol.VI, Parish of Loughkeen, p.174.
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.199
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 536-543
- ''Irish Times'': "Down to the river" Property Supplement, 20 June 2013.