Palmer (Roscrea)
In the mid 19th century Sandford Palmer held the townland of Camlin, 637 acres in the parish of Corbally, barony of Ikerrin, county Tipperary from the Earl of Portarlington. 70 acres of Camlin held on a lease from Sandford Palmer to Patrick, John and Rody Keshan dated 1824 was advertised for sale in May 1868. It was described as the estate of Thomas and Joseph Stephen Ryan, trustees of the will of Rody Keshan. In the 1870s Sandford Robert Palmer of Ballinlough, Roscrea, owned 637 acres in county Tipperary and 1,856 acres in King's County (Offaly). Henry Sandford, son of Sandford Palmer and Mary Catherine daughter of Edward Hoare Reeves succeeded to the property in 1877.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Ryan, 29 May 1868, Vol 89 (63), MRGS 39/043, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
- Rent-ledger and miscellaneous accounts of the estate of Henry Palmer, co. Offaly, 1794-1812. Ms. 14,284 ; National Library of Ireland
- Estate and family papers relating to the families of Kettlewell of Co. Waterford, Palmer of Co. Offaly and Westby of Co. Wicklow, 17th - 20th c. (unsorted collection); National Library 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: 168
- 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] : 361