Ponsonby (Bessborough, Earl of )
The Bessborough estate held lands in the parishes of Fenagh and Kiltoghert, county Leitrim during the first half of the 19th century. However, this estate is not recorded as having land in county Leitrim in the 1870s. George Ponsonby married Mary Butler, daughter of 2nd Earl of Lanesborough, in 1781. The Lanesborough estate is also recorded as owning land in county Leitrim. Lord Bessborough is recorded as the proprietor of a large estate but having no residence in Leitrim in 1802. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Earl of Bessborough held land in the parish of Carrick, barony of Iffa and Offa East, county Tipperary, including part of the town of Carrick on Suir. In the 1870s the Earl of Bessborough owned 129 acres in county Tipperary, 23,967 acres in county Kilkenny and 10,578 acres in county Carlow.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Mount Richard | Ballyrichard | Carrick | Carrick on Suir | Carrick on Suir Rural | Iffa and Offa East | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S400 232
OS Sheet: 85 Discovery map: 75 |
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| Tinvane | Tinvane | Carrick | Carrick on Suir | Carrick on Suir Urban 30 | Iffa and Offa East | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S417 228
OS Sheet: 85 Discovery map: 75 |
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Archival sources
- Papers relating to Earl of Bessborough's estate in Leitrim including disputes with tenants, 1768-1836. D.20,179-86, 20,341-3, 20,759-767, M. 3260, 3366-85, 3619-21. ; National Archives of Ireland
- Map of the Earl of Bessborough's estate, county Leitrim, 1798. M. 3366-7. ; National Archives of Ireland
- Rentals & lists of tenants, Earl of Bessborough's estates. 1813. M.3370, 3374, 3382-4. ; National Archives of Ireland
- Letter describing grievences of tenants on Bessborough estate, 1817. M.3372. ; National Archives of Ireland
- Leases & tenants for three townlands. File 618. ; Leitrim County Library
- Ponsonby Estate Papers, Earls of Bessborough, (including rentals for Co Leitrim estates 1828-1840 & Cos Tipperary & Waterford 1826-1842), 1826-1864. Collection List 25; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- McPARLAN, James. ''Statistical Survey of the county of Leitrim''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1802. : 110
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Iffa and Offa East, 10 (Ballyrichard), 16 (Tinvane)
- 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] : 33
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 158
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.40.
Modern printed sources
- MOSLEY, Charles (ed). ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage''. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999: 263-266.
- ''Jnl. of the County Kildare Archaeological Society'': PONSONBY, Gerard (Capt). Bishopscourt and its owners. With a pedigree of the Ponsonby family and portraits of Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough and Rt. Hon. John Ponsonby, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. Note by Dermot Robert Wyndham Burke, 7th Earl of Mayo. Vol. VIII (1915-1917), 3-29
- WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto and Windus, 1885): p.81