Tuite (Sonna)
This family were established at Sonnagh from the early 17th century. Oliver Tuite of Sonna was created a baronet in June 1622. The 7th Baronet was murdered at Sonnagh in 1783. Hugh Tuite of Sonna was the third son of the 6th Baronet and his wife, Mary Morgan of Cottlestown, County Sligo. Their son, Hugh Morgan Tuite, was a landowner in six county Westmeath parishes at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854), principally those of Kilmacnevan, Templeoran and Rathconrath. His only son Joseph owned 7,391 acres in county Westmeath and 2,307 acres in county Longford in the 1870s while his grandson Henry, a minor, owned 1,490 acres in county Westmeath. Lands in county Longford held in fee and the life interest of Joseph Tuite in thousands of acres in county Westmeath were for sale in the Landed Estates Court in July 1876. In 1876, Sir Mark Anthony Henry Tuite, baronet, of Sonagh, county Westmeath, is recorded as the owner of one townland in the parish of Kilruane, county Tipperary. The Sonagh estate in county Westmeath amounted to over 7000 acres at the same time. Hugh Morgan Tuite was among the principal lessors in the parish of Mostrim, County Longford, at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Kilruane House | Ballymacue | Kilruane | Nenagh | Ballygibbon 108 | Upper Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R893824
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 59 |
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Archival sources
- Pedigree of Tuite, of Sonagh, county Westmeath, barts, 1642-1808. Genealogical Office Mss. 171, pp.473-474. ; National Library of Ireland
- Includes will of Sir Joseph Tuite, Bt, of Sonnagh, Co. Westmeath, under the terms of which he leaves considerable sums of money and [more unusually for a will] considerable landed property in Cos Westmeath and Longford. The document is endorsed 'Sir Joseph Tuite's cancelled will'. 22 February 1725-[1726]. MIC667/1; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Tuite, 8 July 1876, Vol 125 (19), MRGS 39/057, (microfilm copy in UG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Tuite, 19 July 1877, Vol 129 (30), MRGS 39/058, (microfilm copy in UG); National Archives of Ireland
- A map of Sir Henry Tuite's estate in the County of Westmeath. Surveyed by Garrett Hogan. Large vellum sheet, coloured in outline, 1730. 21 F. 80 (25); National Library of Ireland
- Lease by Sir Henry Tuite of Bonnaugh, Co Westmeath to Richard Cuffe of Dublin, of part of lands of Kilpatrick, Co Westmeath, 2 Nov 1677. D 9783; National Library of Ireland
- Letters patent to Edward Tuite of the site of the late priory of Mullingar, with lands, tenements and other appurtenances and with manorial rights in the premises (to be made the manor of Tuitestown), 29 Aug 1639. D 9774; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Tuite of Marston, Sonnagh Bts and Tuitestown and Stydalt, 1172-1808. GO Ms 112, 14-15; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Tuite of Sonagh Bts, 1642-1840. GO Ms 171, 473-474 and GO Ms 174, 79; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Tuite of Tuitestown, Co Westmeath, c 1330-1750. GO Ms 159, 156-157 and GO Ms 161, 95; National Library of Ireland
- Miscellaneous mid-19th century letters and accounts concerning the affairs of Hugh K Tuite, Sonna, with associated papers. Ms 15,351; National Library of Ireland
- A map of the lands of Ballyhug in the barony of Moygoish and County of Westmeath part of the estate of Hugh Tuite. Surveyed by J.L. November 1812. Names of tenants and acreage of holdings shown. 21 F 48 (15); National Library of Ireland
- Maps of lands at Sonna demense, Balroe, Cartron, Kildallan, Kilpatrick, Gaddrystown, Balleagney and Ballysallagh [Tuite] in the barony of Moygoish and County of Westmeath. Names of tenants and acreage of holdings shown. 21 F 48 (17) and (18); National Library of Ireland
- A map of Ballegny in the barony of Moyashel and Magheradermon and County of Westmeath part of the estate of Sir George Tuite, Bart and surveyed in January 1775 by James Campbell. Table of reference showing tenants and acreage of holdings. 21 F 48 (13); National Library of Ireland
- Testamentary settlement by Andrew Tuite, Monilea, Co. Westmeath affecting the lands of Moneylea, par. Rathconnell, bar. Moyashel and Magheradenon, and Lissanocle, par. Drumraney, bar. Kilkenny West, both in Westmeath. Witness’s oath sworn in Chancery, 2 Oct. 1716. 15 Nov. 1713. 999/220/; National Archives of Ireland
- Documents and genealogical notes relating to Tuite family, Granard, Co. Longford, 1752-1858. M.6895.; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage....privy councillors and knights''. London: Harrison, 1894. : 1404
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 87 (Westmeath), 171 (Tipperary)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxix, 246 (Kilruane)
- 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] : 452
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 612
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 358
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 66
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mullingar Union, 29 (Sonna); 238 (Springfield)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Granard Union, p.15 (Lissanure), p.31 (Dalystown)