Landed Estates
University of Galway

Tandy


Estate(s)

Name Description
Tandy Mary Tandy is recorded as one of the principal lessors in the parishes of Clonrush and Inishcaltra, barony of Leitrim, county Galway at the time of Griffith's Valuation. She also held three townlands in the parish of Inishcaltra, barony of Tulla Upper, county Clare.The Tandy family, including the United Irish leader, Napper Tandy, were associated with this estate in Mountshannon from the 18th century. In the 1870s Mary Tandy held over 4500 acres in county Galway and 404 acres in county Clare. The property later became associated with the George and Wakely families, family connections of the Tandys. It was sold to the Congested Districts' Board in 1915.
Wakely James Wakely was the owner of over 1900 acres of untenanted land at Mountshannon, barony of Leitrim, county Clare, in 1906. Over 2,780 acres of tenanted land belonging to James Wakely in county Clare was vested in the Congested Districts' Board in June 1915 and the sale of a further 1,610 acres of untenanted land had been agreed in 1909.
Tandy (Longford) In the 1870s Mrs. Mary Tandy, with an address in Carlow, was recorded as the owner of over 700 acres in County Longford. At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s this estate, which was the subject of a case in the Court of Chancery, was among the principal lessors in the parish of Killoe, barony of Granard. The rental of an estate in the parish of Killoe, whose owner was Reverend Philip Smith, but with a charge of income for Mary Tandy, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in February 1858. The sale also included over 100 acres in the parish Mostrim, barony of Ardagh.