Dease (Turbotstown)
The Dease family resided in the Turbotstown locality of county Westmeath for centuries and were related to prominent families such as the Plunketts and Nugents. In 1820, Gerald Dease of Turbotstown,(born 1790), married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Edmund O’Callaghan of Kilgory, county Clare. He died in 1854. In the mid-1850s Gerald Dease held an estate, principally in the county Cavan parish of Drumlumman but also in the parishes of Ballintemple and Crosserlough. In 1876, his grandson, Gerald, a minor, owned 4,647 acres in county Cavan and 2,315 acres in county Westmeath.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of Gerald Dease, High Sheriff of Cavan 1837, descended from Richard Dease, Commissioners of Musters 1583-1584 and to his grandson Major Gerald Dease, son of James Arthur Dease, all of Turbotstown, Co Westmeath, 19 Sep 1911. GO MS 111a: 63.; National Library of Ireland
- Box of family settlements and related papers, mainly of the Nugents of Farren Connell, but including a deed whereby (it seems) Robert Nugent becomes Protestant trustee for the estate of the Roman Catholic Dease family of Turbotstown, Co. Westmeath, 1751, and /draft draft settlements of the estates of [Thomas Nugent, 6th] Earl of Westmeath, 1756, and of Robert [Craggs] Nugent [later Earl Nugent] of Gosfield [Essex], 1762. [33 items]. 1703-1799. D3835/B/5; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Pedigree of Dease of Turbotstown, 1743 c.1820. GO Ms.171, pp.471-2; National Library of Ireland
- Lease made between Jasper Dease, Turbotstown, county Westmeath, esquire, and Cornelius O'Reilly, Orangefield, county Cavan, esquire, in respect of the town and lands of Corrigaghmilla, Orangefield alias Magheraboy, Whitepark and Gortrassna, barony of Clonmahon, county Cavan, containing 296 acres, 3 roods and 14 perches plantation measure and 67 acres, 1 rood and 7 perches of bog. Lease to run for term of 99 years at annual rent of £127.9.8 sterling. 31 August 1782. P017/0023; Cavan County Archives Service, Small Private Collections
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 120
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Granard Union. p.23 (Turbotstown)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: : p.184 (Turbotstown, Rural District of Glore, County Westmeath
- 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: 249 (Tarbetstown)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 139
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Nugent Papers, property of Lady Nugent, Farrenconnell, Mountnugent, Co Cavan, No 166.
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): pp.222-223 (Turbotstown House), 138 (Levington Park)