Landed Estates
University of Galway

Egan (Sharragh)

Griffith's Valuation records Howard N. Egan holding land in the parishes of Dorrha, Kilbarron and Lorrha, barony of Lower Ormond, county Tipperary. In June 1853 the estate of Howard Nethercoat Egan and Terence Cornelius John Egan at Sharragh, barony of Lower Ormond, was advertised for sale being the residue of their estates. The Freeman's Journal reported that it was purchased by Frederick Hamilton. In July 1858 part of the lands of Sharragh, parish of Dorrha, the estate of Terence Cornelius John Egan, Thomas Gerrard Hemsworth, Henry Hemsworth and Patrick Meara, 240 acres in the barony of Lower Ormond, was advertised for sale. Howard N. Egan formerly of Sharragh, county Tipperary, died on the 11 April 1870, aged 67 years and was buried in Mount Jerome cemetery, Dublin.

Associated Families

No houses were found for this estate

Archival sources

  • Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Egan, 24 June 1853, Vol 21 (47), MRGS 39/010, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
  • Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Egan, Hemsworth & Meara, 2 July 1858, Vol 53 (10), MRGS 39/027, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
  • Agreement between Eyre Evans of Portrohane, Co. Dublin and Howard Egan of Feltrum, Co. Dublin concerning lands in the Barony of Upper Ormond, Co. Tipperary, March 4, 1734. D. 19,842 ; National Library of Ireland
  • Deed of mortgage on lands in the Baronies of Eliogarty and Lower Ormond Co. Tipperary, between Howard Egan of Anamedle Co. Tipperary and Julia Blossett of Dublin March 24, 1735. D. 19,844 ; National Library of Ireland
  • Deeds relating to property of the Egan family in Co. Tipperary, 18th c. Ellery Pres. ; National Archives of Ireland
  • Encumbered Estates’ Court Sale Rental of Rathnaganna, about 1,400 acres in barony of Lower Ormond, estate of Howard N. Egan & Terence C.J. Egan, 13 May 1853. TL/F/33; Tipperary Studies Research Library (Archives), Thurles

Modern printed sources