Holmes (Moycashel)
By the beginning of the 18th century this family were settled at Garryduff, barony of Moycashel, county Westmeath. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation [publ. 1854] the Holmes estate was located in the parishes of Ardnurcher, Kilbeggan and Durrow, county Westmeath. The proprietor in the 1870s was Robert William Arbuthnot Holmes who is recorded as owning 1,298 acres in the county.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Waterstown House | Waterstown | Kilkenny West | Athlone | Glassan 7 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N094460
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Moycashel | Moycashel | Ardnurcher or Horseleap | Tullamore | Lauree 105 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N310342
OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: 48 |
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Archival sources
- Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of Richard Holmes of Prospect, Garryduff and Moycashel, Co Westmeath and to his grandson, Robert William Arbuthnot Holmes, Treasury Remembrancer, eldest son of Robert Holmes of Moycashel, 30 Apr 1902. GO Ms 111, 118-119; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 84
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Athlone Union, 30 (Waterstown); Tullamore Union, 195 (Moycashel)