Blayney
The representatives of Lord Blayney, London, owned 1,561 acres in county Tipperary and 421 acres at Carrickfergus in the 1870s. The Castle Blayney estate in county Monaghan was purchased from the last Lord Blayney in 1853 by Henry Thomas Hope. The 12th and last Baron Blayney died in 1874.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Cathcart & Hemphill, solicitors' collection (1960), includes rental of estates in Cos Tipperary & Limerick, for sale 30 June 1875. M.5408; National Archives of Ireland
- Blayney family pedigree from 1760. M.3566; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 158
- 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] : 39
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.44