Tighe (Woodstock)
Richard Tighe settled in Dublin in the mid-17th century and acquired large estates in counties Carlow, Dublin and Westmeath. In 1765, his descendant William Tighe of Rossana, county Wicklow, married Sarah, only child of Sir William Fownes of Woodstock, county Kilkenny. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) their grandson, the Right Hon William Frederick Fownes Tighe of Woodstock, county Kilkenny, owned an estate of over 5,000 acres in county Westmeath, mainly in the parish of Castletowndevlin. Besides his estate in county Westmeath he owned 12,046 acres in county Kilkenny, 3,909 acres in county Carlow, 1,183 acres in county Tipperary and 591 acres in county Wexford in the 1870s. His mother was Marianne daughter and co heir of Daniel Gahan of Coolquil, county Tipperary and his wife Hannah Bunbury of Kilfeakle. Hannah Bunbury was a co heiress to her uncle Matthew Bunbury of Kilfeakle. Hussey also records his nephew Frederick E. Tighe as the owner of 590 acres in county Tipperary.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Twenty-seven deeds relating to the Tighe family of Woodstock, Co. Kilkenny and lands in Cos. Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny and Tipperary, 1722, 1785, 1810-53. D. 10723-49 ; National Library of Ireland
- Fifty deeds relating to Tighe of Dublin and lands in Cos. Tipperary, West-meath, Kilkenny, Carlow and Dublin. Other parties include R. Clayton, Col. F. G. Nugent, J. Campion, M. Wilde, J. Fetherston, J. T. O'Reilly, L. E. Foot, 1773, 1780, 1787, 1800-44. D. 9656 - 9705 ; National Library of Ireland
- Relating to properties in Mitchellstown, Muckeltown, Ellentown, Castletown, Clonmaskill, Sheepstown, Stowestown and Scurlogstown in co. Westmeath, and Kernanstown in co. Carlow, forming part of the settlement on the marriage of William Frederick Fownes Tighe and Lady Louisa Madelina Lennox, dau. of Charles, 4th Duke of Richmond. 28 Aug, 17 Dec 1838. GOODWOOD/306-308; West Sussex Record Office
- Rental of the estates of William Tighe in Cos. Westmeath, Carlow, Wicklow and Wexford, and in the city and county of Dublin, 1814-1827, 1825-1841, 1841-1851. Ms. 871, 872, 874; National Library of Ireland
- Survey of Rathconrath, etc., Co. Westmeath, the estate of Edward Tighe. By Scalé, Brownrigg and Sherrard. Eight oblong folio maps, coloured, and with table of reference, 1777. Ms. J. 37; National Library of Ireland
- "Observations on leases made by R. T. (i. e. Richard Tighe, M. P. for Belturbet) and others of his estate in the county and city of Dublin, counties of Carlow, Westmeath and Wexford." Abstract and summary of the property, 18th c. Ms. 9353; National Library of Ireland
- Deeds relating to Tighe of Dublin and lands in Co Westmeath, Kilkenny, Carlow, Wexford and Dublin, 1706-1777. D 9618-9655; National Library of Ireland
- Fifty deeds relating to Tighe of Dublin and lands in Cos. Tipperary, West-meath, Kilkenny, Carlow and Dublin. Other parties include R. Clayton, Col. F. G. Nugent, J. Campion, M. Wilde, J. Fetherston, J. T. O'Reilly, L. E. Foot, 1773, 1780, 1787, 1800-44. D 9656-9705; National Library of Ireland
- Leases of Brownstown and other lands in barony of Delvin, Co Westmeath, from Sir William King and John Nugent to Richard Tighe, 1672, 1674, 1675. D 9613-9615; 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: 171
- 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] : 444-445
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castletowndelvin Union, 1 (Addinstown); 11 (Clonmaskill)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 118 (Clonmaskill)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 310
Modern printed sources
- WHYTE, Thomas J. ''The story of Woodstock in Inistioge''. Dublin: Cappagh Press, 2007: All
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Tighe Papers (from 1684), the property of the late Mr. B. Tighe of Woodstock Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny, relating to the Tighe, Sweet, and Fownes families and to lands in Cos. Kilkenny, Dublin, Carlow, Westmeath and Wexford. Report No. 181 and No. 289
- KIRWAN, John (ed). ''Reminiscences of Marianne-Caroline Hamilton (1777-1861).'' Thomastown, county Kilkenny: OLL editions, 2009. : All
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): 15, 47