Dyas (Heathstown)
At the time of Griffith's Valuation (publ. 1854) Richard Dyas held two townlands in the parish of Killua, county Westmeath. In 1876 Jacob Dyas of Heathstown owned 793 acres in the county although Hussey de Burgh two years later records his acreage as 1,143. Jacob's daughter Ruth became quite a well known Irish tennis player at the end of the 19th century.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heathstown House | Heathstown | Killua | Castletowndelvin | Killua 36 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N666649
OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 42 |
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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: 83
- 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] : 143
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castletowndelvin Union, 33 (Heathstown)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 155
Modern printed sources
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Lynch Papers (from 1746), belonging to or in the custody of Mr. J. J. Lynch, solicitor, Kells, relating to the Dyas, O'Reilly and Lynch families and to lands in Cos. Meath, Down, Dublin, Mayo, Sligo, Westmeath and Louth. No. 189