Smith (Ardcrony and Donegal)
Eleanor Smith held the townland of Ardcrony, parish of Ardcrony, barony of Lower Ormond, county Tipperary, in the mid 19th century. At the time of Griffiths Valuation, Elizabeth Smith was the lessor of over 1100 acres in the parish of Inver, County Donegal. In the 1870s Mrs Eleanor Smith of Kingstown, county Dublin, owned 882 acres in county Tipperary. In April 1868 the estate of the Reverend William Magee and William Fenwick trustees of the marriage settle of Reverend Charles Smith (deceased) and Elizabeth (Magee) his wife, situated in the barony of Banagh, county Donegal (1185 acres) and at Ardcroney, barony of Lower Ormond, county Tipperary, (870 acres) was advertised for sale. The county Tipperary lands were held on a lease from the Bishop of Killaloe dated 1862. In January 1872 the Irish Times reported that the sale of some of this estate had been adjourned owing to the bidding of £16,000 not deemed to be sufficient.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Magee, Fenwick, Smith, 24 Apr 1868, Vol 89 (30), 7 May 1869, Vol 94 (35) & 19 Jan 1872, Vol 105 (16), MRGS 39/043, 39/045 & 39/049, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives 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: 170
- 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] : 416
Modern printed sources
- ''Irish Times'': Landed Estates Court sale reports, 20 January 1872, p.5