Coffey/Coffy (Westmeath)
In county Westmeath the name Coffey is associated with an old bardic family. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation Edward Coffey held the 558 acre townland of Clonkeen in the parish of Noughaval from William H Magan; William Coffey held the 666 acre townland of Croughal, parish of Churchtown also from William H Magan while Richard Coffey held the 508 acre townland of Newcastle, parish of Clonfad, from Charles B Marlay. In January 1873 members of the Coffey family, including Edward’s wife Sarah Jane, were selling 504 acres of Clonkeen in the Landed Estates Court. In the mid-1870s Richard Coffey of Newcastle, Tyrellspass, owned 508 acres in county Westmeath and 457 acres in King’s County (Offaly), while William Coffey of Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, owned 666 acres in county Westmeath.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Guilford House | Guilford or Davidstown | Clonfad | Mullingar | Clonfad 100 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N407393
OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 48 |
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| Newcastle | Newcastle | Clonfad | Mullingar | Ballykilmore 96 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N422395
OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 48 |
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Archival sources
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Coffey, 31 Jan 1873, Vol 109 (14), MRGS 39/050, (microfilm copy in UG); National Archives of Ireland
- Map of Croughal, in the barony of Rathconrath, Co. Westmeath, the estate of the late Christopher Coffy. Surveyed by David Carey. Folic sheet, coloured, with names of tenants, 1850. 21 F. 80 (26); National Library of Ireland
- Late 19th - 20th c. documents, including draft rentals, concerning disposal of the estates, in Dublin cities, King's Co., Westmeath, etc., of Richard Coffey, Richard Pilkington, etc. Ms. 15,412; 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: 82
- 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] : 89
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: 1, 361
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mullingar Union, 135 (Newcastle)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 306