Dancer
Sir Thomas Dancer, an alderman and Mayor of Waterford city, was created a baronet in 1662. In 1668 he was granted 1,180 acres in the barony of Lower Ormond, county Tipperary. His grandson, also named Thomas, was High Sheriff of county Tipperary in 1741 but died without male heirs. He was succeeded by his grand nephew Sir Amyrald Dancer who, in 1804, married one of the three co heiresses of Philip Going of Monaquil. In the mid 19th century their son, Sir Thomas Dancer, 6th Baronet, held land mainly in the barony of Ormond parishes of Modreeny and Terryglass but also in the parishes of Upperchurch, barony of Kilnamanagh Upper and Templedowney, Upper Ormond. Sir Thomas Dancer of Queen's Square, Bath, owned 604 acres in county Tipperary in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northland | Ballyhasty | Modreeny | Borrisokane | Cloghjordan 14 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R960 886
OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 53 |
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| Modreeny House | Eminiska | Modreeny | Borrisokane | Mertonhall 15 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R950 893
OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 59 |
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| Hilton | Hilton | Modreeny | Borrisokane | Mertonhall 15 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R948 888
OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 59 |
Archival sources
- Copy of certificate of arms being Dancer, quartering Searle and Going, to Sir Thomas Barnard Dancer, Bart., of Modreeny, Co. Tipperary, June 1, 1844. Genealogical Office: Ms.107, p.294 ; National Library of Ireland
- Fine and recovery of property in Dungannon, Carrickfergus, etc. Earl of Donegal, 1st part, Visct. Mountjoy and Sir T. Newcomen, 2nd part, T. Dancer, Modereeny, Co. Tipperary and W. Westgarth, Dublin, 3rd part, June, 1688. D. 389 (13) ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Deeds for Bath and Batheaston, include settlement and associated papers on the marriage of John G. Annesley of the Junior United Service Club, Pall Mall (later of The Cottage, Batheaston), and Emily M. Dancer, daughter of Sir Thomas Dancer of Tipperary and Queen's Square, Bath, 1877-1888. DD\X\CRT/2 ; Somerset Archive and Record Service
- Lease by Amyrald Dancer, Hilton, Co Tipperary, to the Rev Frederick Trench of Newtown, Co Meath, of Clash, parish of Modreeny, Co Tipperary, 8 Feb 1861. 99/56/10/20/8; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 311 (North-land)
- 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] : 114
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Lower Ormond, 114 (Eminiska), 115 (Hilton)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 375 (Modreeny & Hilton)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 170
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 369 (Moderenny)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.VI, Parish of Modreeny, p.291, 298.