Bouchier/Bourchier (Co Clare)
Estate(s)
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Bouchier/Bourchier (Co Clare) | Thomas Bouchier/Bourchier, a soldier from Northamptonshire, settled in county Tipperary, at the beginning of the 18th century and his descendants intermarried with a number of families from county Clare, such as the McNamaras and McMahons. During part of the 18th century the Bourchiers resided at Elm Hill, near Broadford, county Clare. By the early 19th century their main residence was Killiney Castle, county Dublin. John Bourchier held land in the parishes of Killadysert and Kilmihil, barony of Clonderalaw and Carran, barony of Burren at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. In the 1870s John Bourchier of Nenagh, county Tipperary, owned 2,252 acres in county Clare. |