Brassey

Description

Thomas Brassey was father in law to Matilda Brassey, sister of 5th Baron Clanmorris.

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Estate(s)

Name	Description
Brassey	Thomas Brassey bought 2,592 acres on Achill island, barony of Burrishoole, county Mayo, part of the estate of the O'Donels of Newport for £2,333 in the early 1850s.
Achill Mission	The O'Donel estate on the island of Achill was bought by Trustees of the Achill Mission in association with Thomas Brassey, William Pike and Samuel Holme, who each paid £2,333.6s.8d. for small estates on the island in the early 1850s. The Mission's share was 23,452 acres for which they paid £10,500 . In 1876 the Mission is recorded as holding 19,155 acres, valued at £1,011 in county Mayo. By March 1916 the Achill Mission had accepted an offer from the Congested Districts' Board for the purchase of their estate, which the Board took over in 1921.
Brassey, McCormack and Wagstaffe (Raphoe North)	Hussey de Burgh records Messers Brassey and [Walstaff] as the proprietors of almost 3000 acres in County Donegal in the 1870s. Campbell et al. identify the second partner in the estate as William Wagstaffe. They were instrumental in the reclamation of land in the area where the river Swilly joins Lough Swilly in the mid -19th century, commencing between the late 1840s up to 1859. This massive engineering project added two new townlands to the parishes of Burt and Newtowncunningham, Blanketnook and Inch Levels. At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s, William McCormack was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Allsaints and Burt, barony of Raphoe North, County Donegal. Local sources suggest Brassey and Wagstaffe later bought out McCormack's share.