Yelverton
From the late 1780s the Yelvertons held an estate in the parish of Ballintober, barony of Carra, county Mayo, from the Cuffes. In 1876 the Yelverton estate amounted to 2,696 acres in county Mayo and 563 acres in county Tipperary where the family's principal residence was located at Belleisle, Roscrea. At the same time the Honourable Mrs P. Bingham [Pauline Bingham nee Yelverton] owned 574 acres in county Tipperary. Joseph Yelverton was granted 567 acres in the barony of Clanwilliam and 152 acres in the barony of Ikerrin, county Tipperary, under the Acts of Settlement. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Yelverton estate in county Tipperary was in the parishes of Dorrha and Lorrha, barony of Lower Ormond. The 4th Viscount Avonmore sold his counties Mayo and Tipperary estates in 1879. This family intermarried with the Binghams of Newbrook, county Mayo, a number of times. In 1814 Matthew Yelverton was resident at Meelick in the parish of Clonrush, barony of Leitrim, county Galway. At the same time the Honourable B. Yelverton was occupying a house at Shannon Grove, Banagher, county Galway. In the mid 19th century the Honourable Mrs Yelverton held land in the parish of Clonfert, barony of Duhallow, county Cork and in the 1870s the Honourable Maria Yelverton owned 795 acres in county Cork. The title Viscount Avonmore became extinct in 1910.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelrock Lodge | Moat | Ballintober | Castlebar | Killavally 67 | Carra | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M082 811
OS Sheet: 89 Discovery map: 31 |
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| Meelick | Meelick | Clonrush | Scarriff | Drummaan 132 | Leitrim | Galway |
OSI Ref: R754874
OS Sheet: 135 Discovery map: 59 |
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| Shannon Grove | Kilnaborris | Clonfert | Ballinasloe | Kilmacshane 17 | Longford | Galway |
OSI Ref: M970162
OS Sheet: 109 Discovery map: 53 |
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| Belle Isle | Lehinch | Lorrha | Borrisokane | Lorrha West 18 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: M873 040
OS Sheet: 3 Discovery map: 53 |
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Archival sources
- Land Judges' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Avonmore, 14 Mar 1879, Vol 135, MRGS 39/060, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Westport Estate Papers, rental of the estate of trustees of Viscount Avonmore for the year ending Nov 1919. MS 41,078/3; National Library of Ireland
- Aglionby Family Collection includes copy of Yelverton epitaphs of 1843, 1844, 1853, in Co. Tipperary, c.1850s. D AY 6/35 ; Cumbria Record Office
- Vandeleur Family (Wardenstown) Papers. Personal papers and family histories of the Yelverton family, Viscounts Avonmore. 1838-1965. MS 51,572/141-143; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castlebar Union, 36 (Moat)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 138, 158, 307
- 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] : 14, 485
- M'PARLAN, James. ''Statistical survey of the county of Mayo''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1802: 103
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 65 (Belleisle - Thomas Maunsell), 284, 352.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 136, 233
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 312 (Belle-Isle)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Lower Ormond, 89 (Lehinch)
- 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: 196 & 197 (Bellisle)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxiii, 262 (Belle Isle)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.VI, Parish of Lorrha, p.217
Modern printed sources
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 38 (Belle Isle)
- BURKE, Sir Bernard & BURKE, Ashworth P. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1907: 94-95
- CONWELL, J. J. ''Lickmolassy by the Shannon''. Galway: Gortanumera Historical Society, 1998. : 38
- WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto and Windus, 1885): p.37