O'Dwyer (Co Tipperary)
By his will dated 1780 William Lyster otherwise O'Dwyer, a Dublin barrister, left his estate at Tullahedy and Garrane, county Tipperary, to his nephew Morgan O'Dwyer. In a codicil dated 1789 he left his lands at Gurteen, Grange, Corbally and Kilfacton in the baronies of Lower Ormond and Owney and Arra to Morgan O'Dwyer for life. Morgan O'Dwyer married a Miss Hickman, daughter of Poole Hickman of Kilmore, county Clare, in 1803. Griffith's Valuation records John O'Dwyer holding land in the parishes of Kilmore, barony of Upper Ormond and Monsea, barony of Lower Ormond, county Tipperary. The lands of Tullaheady and Garrane (1,282 acres), parish of Kilmore, barony of Upper Ormond, the estate of Edward Dowling, assignee of John O'Dwyer, were advertised for sale in May 1855. http://www.dwyerclan.com/
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tullahedy | Tullahedy | Kilmore | Nenagh | Nenagh Rural 88 | Upper Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R835 775
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 59 |
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Dowling & O’Dwyer, 8 May 1855, Vol 34 (52), MRGS 39/016, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Upper Ormond, 59 (Tullahedy)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.V, Parish of Kilmore, p.71.
Modern printed sources
- ''Clare Journal'': 25 July 1803
- ELLIS, Eilish & EUSTACE, P. Beryl. "Registry of Deeds Dublin Abstracts of Wills, Vol III, 1785-1832''. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1984: 242 (Will of William Lyster otherwise O'Dwyer)