O'Byrne
John Byrne of Mullinahack, county Dublin, a partner in the firm of that name, married Elizabeth Byrne of Allardstown, county Louth and had a son Edward Henry O'Byrne of Allardstown and Corville, county Tipperary. In 1828 he married a French woman Gertrude de Rey and they were the parents of John Count O'Byrne. Count O'Byrne married in 1864 Eleanor Von Hubner daughter of the Austrian Ambassador to France and Rome. In the mid 19th century Edward H. Byrne held a townland in the parish of Twomileborris, barony of Eliogarty, county Tipperary and in the 1870s his son Count O'Byrne of Corville, Roscrea, owned 2,753 acres in county Tipperary and 1,125 acres in county Louth.
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corville | Corville | Corbally | Roscrea | Roscrea 120 | Ikerrin | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S154 884
OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 60 |
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Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 167
- 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] : 344
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxv, 180