Clarke (Bushy Park)
Online sources suggest that David Clarke of Park House, Macclesfield, was involved in the cloth trade with India. He was the son of Jeremiah Clarke and was married to Jane Cooke, whose father left a large inheritance to his granddaughter, Sarah Alice Clarke. He was Mayor of Macclesfield in 1868 and a Justice of the Peace for county Tipperary in the 1870s. In the 1870s David Clarke of Bushy Park, Borrisokane and Park Lodge, Macclesfield, owned 5362 acres in county Tipperary and 760 acres in county Waterford while the representatives of Jeremiah Clarke of Ballyglasheen owning 2,011 acres. David Clarke bought the Nesbitt estate at Borrisokane in 1854 see http://www.igp-web.com/tipperary/estates/est_news.htm.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Bushy Park | Shesheraghmore | Borrisokane | Borrisokane | Borrisokane 7 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R913 932
OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 53 |
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| Fort Nisbitt | Liskinlahan | Borrisokane | Borrisokane | Borrisokane 7 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R928 928
OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 53 |
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| Fortmoy House Lower | Fortmoy | Aglishcloghane | Borrisokane | Aglishcloghane 16 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R922 998
OS Sheet: 7 Discovery map: 53 |
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Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 160
- 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] : 84
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 272
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 273 (Shesheraghmore)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.92