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McMahon (Clenagh)
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In the mid 18th century Stanilaus McMahon of Clenagh, county Clare held an estate of over 10,000 acres in the baronies of Bunratty Lower and Clonderalaw, county Clare. He married Lucinda, daughter of Sir Walter Esmonde, baronet. They had two children, Donat who became an abbé in Paris and Jane, who, in 1777, married William Coppinger of Barryscourt, county Cork. The McMahon estate was heavily encumbered and by the marriage settlement of 1777 the Abbé Donat McMahon handed his estate over to the management of his brother-in-law. At the time of Griffith's Valuation William Coppinger, son of William and Jane, held land in the parishes of Killadysert and Kilfiddane, barony of Clonderalaw. See http://www.copinger.org.uk/2William14.html
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Coppinger (Barryscourt)
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At the time of Griffith's Valuation members of this county Cork family held land, particularly in the barony of Barrymore. The Coppingers were descended from Stephen Coppinger, Mayor of Cork, who died in 1600. In 1777 William Coppinger of Ballyvolan and Barryscourt, county Cork married his cousin Jane, sister and heiress of Donat McMahon of Clenagh, parish of Kilmaleery, barony of Bunratty Lower, county Clare and had two sons and two daughters. Thomas Henry Coppinger was also a member of this family. In the 1850s their eldest son, William Coppinger of Barryscourt, county Cork and Ballylean, county Clare, held six townlands in the parish of Killadysert, one townland in the parish of Kilfiddane, barony of Clonderalaw, county Clare and four townlands in the parish of Carrigtohill and a townland in the parishes of Caherlag, barony of Barrymore and St Annes Shandon, barony of Cork, county Cork. Over 6,800 acres in the baronies of Clonderalaw and Islands, county Clare, were advertised for sale in April 1853. The Coppingers also held some property in the Cashel locality, county Tipperary. William Coppinger died unmarried in 1862 and all his estates passed to his nephew, Morgan John O’Connell, son of Elizabeth Coppinger and John O’Connell of Grenagh, county Kerry, a brother of Daniel O’Connell of Derrynane. The Coppingers of Rossmore were a junior branch of the Barryscourt family.
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Butler (Doon & Thornpark)
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The Butlers of Doonemulvihill, county Clare and Thornpark, county Galway are descended from James Butler of Doonemulvihill and his wife, an O'Hogan of Cragmoher, county Clare. From Peter Butler, the third son of this couple, descend the Butlers of Bunnahow. In 1798 Henry Butler of Millbrooke, county Clare, son of James and Theresa Butler of Doone and Millbrooke, county Clare, married Ann daughter of Xaverius Blake of Oran Castle, county Galway and Doonmacreena, county Mayo. Their eldest son, James Blake Butler, lived at Glenwilliam. Their second son, Xaverius Blake Butler of Thornpark, is recorded as the owner of over 300 acres in county Galway in the 1870s. He also held over 150 acres in county Limerick and at the time of Griffith's Valuation, a house at North Richmond St, Dublin. In 1906 James Blake Butler owned over 200 acres of untenanted land at Carrowmoneash.
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