Parnell (Rathleague)

The O'Dwyers write that John Parnell, an ancestor of Charles S. Parnell, was a main tenant to the Archbishop of Cashel, holding a thousand acres in the parish of Emly, county Tipperary, in the mid 18th century. He lived at Rathleague House, near Portlaoise, county Laois. Parnell leased his county Tipperary lands to William Heffernan (1726-1810), who eventually became the main tenant.