Smyth (Barbaville and New Park)
William Smythe (1693-1773) of Barbaville was a younger son of the Right Rev William Smythe, Bishop of Kilmore of the Gaybrook family. In 1808 Ralph Smyth of Barbaville, Collinstown, county Westmeath, married Eliza daughter and heiress of Matthew Lyster of New Park, county Roscommon. At the time of Griffith's Valuation their eldest son William Barlow Smyth of Barbaville, held 3 townlands in the parish of Ballindoon, barony of Ballynahinch, county Galway, previously part of the Bunowen estate of the O'Neills. Pádraig Lane states that Smyth bought 2,796 acres from the O'Neills. A copy conveyance in the Joyce, Mackie and Lougheed collection documents the William Barlow Smyth's purchase of Bunowenbeg from the O'Neills in 1852. The collection includes a rentroll of the Smyth's estate at Callow, Dolan, Bunowenbeg and part of Ballyconnelly, dated 19 November 1877. William Barlow Smyth also held an estate in the parishes of Faughalstown and St Feighin’s, county Westmeath in the mid-nineteenth century, amounting to 2,108 acres in the 1870s. His county Galway estate was comprised of 2,449 acres and he owned 478 acres in county Meath. His cousin Captain Ralph Smythe of Newtown House, Drogheda, county Louth, owned 901 acres in county Westmeath (parish of Castletownkindalen), 549 acres in county Louth and 54 acres in county Meath. In 1886, William B Smythe was succeeded by his brother Henry Matthew Smythe. Henry Smyth of New Park, county Roscommon, married a Coote of Ballyfin and at the time of Griffith's Valuation held lands in the parishes of Kiltoom and Taghmaconnell, barony of Athlone, county Roscommon. In November 1860, over 1,800 acres in county Roscommon belonging to Henry Mathew Smyth were advertised for sale. The purchasers included Messers Gannon, Gaynor, Keogh and Meredith. On 9 June 1859 William Tuthill conveyed Drominagh to Frederick Smythe and in July 1870s Frederick Smythe put the estate up for sale in the Landed Estates' Court.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| New Park | Carrowmurragh | Kiltoom | Athlone | Kiltoom 15 | Athlone | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M987 485
OS Sheet: 48 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Castle Biggs/Drominagh | Drominagh Demesne | Terryglass | Borrisokane | Terryglass 19 | Lower Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R834 985
OS Sheet: 6 Discovery map: 53 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), O’Neill, 14 May 1852, Vol 15, MRGS 39/007, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Smyth, 13 Nov 1860, Vol 60, MRGS 39/030, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Smyth of Barbavilla Papers, include title deeds and accounts of the New Park estate. Collection List 120, MSS 41,563-41,603; National Library of Ireland
- New Park photos. 060/089; Irish Architectural Archive
- Smythe family of Barbavilla, family papers. The collection traces the family’s long connection with Westmeath, from their acquisition of extensive lands in the county in the late 17th century and the construction of their residence, Barbavilla House ca 1730. It also provides an overview of the family’s business transactions and the maintenance of the estate over the proceeding generations, through to 1929. MS 11198; Trinity College Dublin
- Estate of William B. Smyth at Callow, Dolan & Bunowenbeg, 1897. Small Private Accessions No 1/689. M.1458; National Archives of Ireland
- William Sloman, solicitor's papers include documents re the will of the Reverend John Smythe brother of William Smyth of Barbaville, 1857-1909. 457/925-932 ; Plymouth Archive Service, The Box
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Smythe, 5 July 1870, Vol 98 (9), MRGS 39/046, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Joyce, Mackie & Lougheed, auctioneers' collection, includes records relating to the Smyth family's estate in Co Galway, 19th century. Co 3497, M.1458; National Archives of Ireland
- Smythe of Barbavilla Papers contain the family and estate papers of the Smythe family of Barbavilla, Collinstown, Co. Westmeath 1621 - 1930. The papers relate to members of the Smythe family and the family estates in Westmeath, Louth, Meath, Cavan, Roscommon, Limerick, Dublin city and Drogheda and include deeds, legal papers, marriage settlements, wills and testamentary papers, leases, rentals accounts, maps and correspondence. 1621-1930. MS 41,563-41,603; MS 9940; MS 9981-9990; MS 9999; MS 11,688-11,701; MS 13,596-13,597; National Library of Ireland
- Maps of holdings in the estate in Co. Westmeath of William Barlowe Smythe of Barbaville, Collinstown, Co. Westmeath, drawn by John Bower, 1831, and 1836, with names of tenants and areas of holdings. Ms. 83; National Library of Ireland
- Leslie Papers contain some papers of Colonel and Agnes Lyster Smythe's Barbavilla estate in Collinstown, Co. Westmeath, dated 1937-1941. Includes rentals and accounts, grazing agreements, receipts and poor rate vouchers. MS 49,495/757-762; National Library of Ireland
- Maps (Longfield) of part of the estate of William B. Smythe in the County of Westmeath. Surveyed by Jonathan Cooley, John Bower and John Wilson. 1766-1840. 21 F. 80 (2-8); National Library of Ireland
- A map of part of Archerstown in the barony of Delvin and County of Westmeath the estate of William Smyth let to John Nugent ... Sept. 1786. 21 F 47 (32); National Library of Ireland
- A map of lands at Ballany, Ranaghan, Collinstown, Robinstown and Ballybeg, barony of Fore, including Barbavilla demesne, nd. Also maps of Collinstown and Barbavilla demesne. 21 F 48 (9), (10), (11); National Library of Ireland
- Farm account book of William Smythe, 1831-1848. Ms 7909; National Library of Ireland
- Monck Papers, A collection of estate and family papers generated by the family of Monck, Viscounts of Ballytrammon, county Wexford relating to their estates in counties Dublin, Kilkenny, Limerick, Meath, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow, 1667-1947. Include references to the Smyths of Barbavilla. Mss 26,813-26,974. See Manuscript Collection List 4.; 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: 299
- 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] : 420
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Athlone Union, 76
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 616 (Barbavilla, Benison Lodge, Loughpark); II, 215
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Roscommon: III, 80
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 374
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of names of proprietors and area and valuation of properties in counties in Ireland, held in fee or perpetuity or long leases at chief rents,'' 1876. (412) LXXX. 395: 149.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castletowndelvin Union, 61 (Barbavilla)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 60, 68
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 245
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 363
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 558-559
- LANE, Pádraig. The Encumbered Estates Court and Galway Land Ownership, 1849-58. In MORAN, Gerard (ed). ''History & Society''. Dublin: Geography Publications, 1996 : 395-419
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: II, 1164-1165 (Lyster)
- HOWARD, Joseph Jackson and CRISP, Frederick Arthur (eds). ''Visitation of Ireland''. Baltimore: reprint by Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1973: Vol V, 21-24
- ''Irish Times'': 14 November 1860
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Smythe Papers (from 1640), deposited by Mr. Smythe of Barbavilla, Co. Westmeath, in the National Library of Ireland, relating to the Smyth or Smythe family to Jane Bonnell wife of James Bonnell, to Robert Nelson and to lands in Co. Westmeath. No. 392
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: eport on the Smythe Papers (from 1621), the property of Mr H I L Smythe, Barbaville, now in NLI relating to the Barlow and Smythe families and to lands in Cos Louth and Westmeath. No 377
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): 30, 38