Lawrence (Nenagh)
The Lawrence collection of papers in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, give details of a legal disput over the estate of Thomas Lawrence of Nenagh, county Tipperary and include documents relating to the marriage of Thomas Lawrence and Mary, daughter of Southwell Moore of Ashgrove, county Tipperary, and the will of Thomas Lawrence 1811 by which he left annuities to be paid out of the lands of Sheseragh Derravoher. Mary Lawrence, daughter of Thomas, married George Baker of Ballydavid in 1809. By the 1870s Mrs Margaret Flin held a perpetual fee farm rent issuing out of these lands "Seseraghderivoher, otherwise Sheseraghkeale, otherwise Springforth" and her interest was advertised for sale in April 1877. A house named Springfort is marked in the north of the townland of Sheseraghkeale on the 25 inch to the mile map.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summerville | Nenagh North | Nenagh | Nenagh | Nenagh West Urban 90 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R874 795
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 59 |
Archival sources
- Lawrence Papers, title deeds, agreements, legal papers and correspondence concerning the Lawrence family estate in [? Sesseragh ?] Derravoher [Shesheraghkeale, parish of Nenagh, barony of Lower Ormond], Co Tipperary, associated families Lee and Flinn, 1772-1860. D2871; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Flin, 20 Apr 1877, Vol 127 (47), MRGS 39/057, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol. VII, Parish of Nenagh, p.111.