Clarke (Meeldrum)
In 1667 Captain Thomas Clarke was granted Killbegg and other lands amounting to over 500 acres in the barony of Moycashel, county Westmeath. In 1798 Thomas Clarke (died 1816) married Catherine Tracy. Their son James Clarke was a Dublin solicitor and at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) was the immediate lessor of the townland of Cloonymurrikin, 205 acres in the parish of Ardnurcher, county Westmeath, while Mrs James Clarke held the townland of Meeldrum in the parish of Kilbeggan in fee. In the mid-1870s Maria Clarke of Meeldrum, Kilbeggan owned 337 acres in county Westmeath.
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeldrum | Meeldrum | Kilbeggan | Tullamore | Lauree 105 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N305368
OS Sheet: 37 Discovery map: 48 |
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Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 82
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 85
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Tullamore Union, 217 (Meeldrum)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 51
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 284
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 365