Gray (Walderstown)
St. George Gray was among the principal lessors in the parish of Drumraney, barony of Kilkenny West, County Westmeath at the time of Griffiths Valuation. In the 1870s William H. Gray of Dorrington, Drumraney, was the owner of over 1200 acres in the county. O'Brien provides an outline of the history of this family, suggesting that they may originally have had Scottish ancestry and acquired their interest in this Westmeath estate by inheritance from John Dorrington Hackett.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Dorrington House | Walderstown | Drumraney | Ballymahon | Ardnagragh | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N138461
OS Sheet: 23 Discovery map: 48 |
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| Walderstown Lodge | Walderstown | Drumraney | Ballymahon | Ardnagragh | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N143464
OS Sheet: 23 Discovery map: 48 |
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Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballymahon Union, p. 10 (Walderstown)
- 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] : p.190
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.84
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: p.183 (Walderstown, Rural District of Ballymore, County Westmeath)
Modern printed sources
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): pp.98-99 (Dorrington House), 225 (Walderstown)