Hone (Tipperary)
In 1878 Nathaniel Hone of St Dondough’s Park, Malahide, county Dublin, owned 200 acres in county Cavan, 1,058 acres in county Dublin, 226 aces in King’s County (Offaly), 1,618 acres in county Meath and 1,687 acres in county Tipperary. He was a son of Joseph Hone of Dublin city, county Tipperary and King's County (Offaly), merchant. A Joseph Howan/Howen held land in the parishes of Bourney and Rathnaveoge, barony of Ikerrin, county Tipperary in the mid-19th century. Nathaniel Hone was a director of the Bank of Ireland. In 1883 Bateman records Mrs. Hone as having succeeded to this property, which included over 1600 acres in county Tipperary, in 1880. Griffith’s Valuation records Nathaniel Hone as holding one townland in the parish of Kilbride, barony Clanmahon, county Cavan.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Nineteenth century legal papers, accounts, etc., in cases involving Joseph Hone and other members of the Hone family, including some reference to the Eustace St. Meeting House. Ms. 13,728 ; National Library of Ireland
- Business and other correspondence of members of the family of Hone, Dublin, 19th c. Ms. 13,729 ; National Library of Ireland
- 41 deeds, mainly 19th c., relating to members of the families of Langford, Bayly, Hoey, Hone, Wall, etc., and their estates and affairs. D. 23,810-23,841 ; National Library of Ireland
- 73 deeds relating to properties in Dublin (including Grafton St. and Eustace St., many relating to the meeting house there) and Clonygowan, King's County, and to the Armstrong, Bamber, Damer, Maquay and Hone families. c. 1712-mid-19th c. D. 23,686-23,758 ; National Library of Ireland
- Nathaniel Hone Esquire to Ms. Jane Mahon. Copy of fee farm grant of lands of Gortnacressy, Co. Tipperary, 1858. Box 67; Roscrea Heritage Society Centre, Damer House, Roscrea
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 164
- 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] : 222
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.225