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Shannon (Limerick)
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The Ordnance Survey Name Book for the parish of St Patrick's parish, Limerick city, records the purchase by Pierce Shannon of the townland of Corbally for £19,600. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Patrick A. Shannon is recorded as the immedicate lessor of much of this 321 acre townland. Other large residences located in the townland of Corbally at the time of Griffith's Valuation were Roseneath Cottage, Prospect Villa, Prospect House, River View, Geraldine Cottage, Albert Villa, Rose Villa and India Villa. Patrick A. Shannon also held land in the parish of Croagh, barony of Connello Lower and Pierce Shannon held land and properties in St Michaels and St Patricks parishes, Limerick city. In July 1856 the estate of Patrick Aloysius Shannon consisting of houses and premises in the city of Limerick and the fee simple lands of Corbally were advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates' Court. The rental gives details of the various residences on the Corbally property and includes a small lithograph of Corbally House and toll bridge. A summary of the lots is marked with the names of the purchasers. In the 1870s the representative of Pierce Shannon, Mallow Street, Limerick owned 628 acres in county Limerick.
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Russell (Mount Russell & Glanmore)
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In the late 18th century the Russells held an estate on both sides of the Limerick and Cork county border and had residences at Mount Russell, Kilmallock, county Limerick and Ballinaboulia (Glanmore), Charleville, county Cork. Michael Russell and his wife Deborah Sarsfield had a son Patrick who, in 1804, married Theresa Morrogh. Their son, James Russell of Mount Russell, married Maria, daughter of Pierce Shannon of Limerick, and had six sons and five daughters. The county Limerick estate of the Russells was in the parishes of Effin and Ballingaddy, barony of Coshlea and Mahoonagh, barony of Glenquin and their county Cork estate was in the parish of Ballyhay, barony of Fermoy. In July 1853 over 2,000 acres in the barony of Costlea, the estate of James Russell, was advertised for sale. Mount Russell was held on a lease from Chidley Coote to Michael Russell dated 1797. The Irish Tourist Association survey of the 1940s states that the property at Ballynaboola was part of a grant of land to Sir Henry Tynte in 1666 and that his descendants lived there until the end of the eighteenth century. Michael Russell of Glanmore married Marianne Clanchy and had two sons and two daughters. In the 1870s Patrick Russell owned 1,241 acres in county Limerick and his brother, Michael Russell of Glenmore, owned 450 acres in county Cork. Michael Russell and his wife Deborah also had a daughter Catherine who married Garret Maume and the estate of their sons, Garrett and Richard Russell Maume, 419 acres at Ballinoe in the barony of Upper Connello, was advertised for sale in April 1853.
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