College of Physicians, King's & Queen's
In the 1870s, the College of Physicians of Kildare Street, Dublin, owned over 3000 acres in county Waterford. The College was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Ballylaneen and Rossmire, barony of Decies-without-Drum at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The College's ownership of these estates was based on a bequest from Sir Patrick Dun in the early eighteenth century. The income from the estates was intended to fund the establishment of a medical school. Widdess notes that members of the Power family were agents for the College's estates for many years. Sir Patrick Dun had originally held these estates from the Duke of Ormond. The estates were sold to the Land Commission in the late nineteenth century.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisnageragh | Lisnageragh | Ballylaneen | Kilmacthomas | Knockmahon 44 | Decies without Drum | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S415001
OS Sheet: 24 Discovery map: 82 |
Archival sources
- Sir Patrick Dun's Trust Papers: material relating to the management of estates in county Waterford. RCPI/4; Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Archives
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 174
- 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] : 90
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Decies without Drum: 21 (Lisnageragh)