Landed Estates
University of Galway

Ryan (Gortkelly)

This family of Ryans held land from the Ryans of Inch, Thurles, county Tipperary. The Ryan of Inch Papers in the Boole Library contain leases dated 1746, 1781 and 1814 from members of the Ryan family of Inch to three generations of Ryans of Gortkelly, John, Andrew and John. In the mid 19th century Andrew Ryan held 3 townlands from Peter Graham in the parish of Upperchurch, barony of Kilnamanagh Upper, county Tipperary. In the 1870s Andrew Ryan of Gortkelly Castle, Borrisoleigh, owned 906 acres in county Tipperary. In December 1877 the estate of Andrew Ryan of Gortkelly was advertised for sale, comprised of over 900 acres in the barony of Kilnamanagh Upper.

Associated Families

Houses

Name Townland Civil Parish PLU DED Barony County Map Ref  
Gortkelly Castle Gortkelly Upperchurch Thurles Gortkelly Kilnamanagh Upper Tipperary OSI Ref: S016 608
OS Sheet: 40
Discovery map: 59

Archival sources

  • Ryan of Inch Collection, 1656-1964. BL/EP/R ; University College Cork, Boole Library Archives
  • Grehan Family Papers 1779-1975, BL/EP/G/ http://booleweb.ucc.ie/documents/Grehan.pdf ; University College Cork, Boole Library Archives
  • Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Ryan, 11 Dec 1877, Vol 130 (33), MRGS 39/059, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
  • Land Judges’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Ryan, 2 July 1878, Vol 133 (15), MRGS 39/059, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources