Massy (Kingswell)

Name	Description
Massy (Kingswell)	John Massy, son of Charles Massy and his wife Margaret Spread Cummins and grandson of the Reverend William Massy, was living at Kingswell, near Tipperary town, by the early 1860s. Kingswell was formerly a Sadlier home and was known by the name Sadleirswells. In the 1870s John Massy of Kingswell owned 1,303 acres in county Tipperary and 432 acres in county Limerick.
Sadleir (Sadleirswells)	The Sadleirswells branch of this county Tipperary family descend from Nicholas Sadleir of Golden Garden and Lachen, county Tipperary. His son Richard bought Kingswell and married Eleanor Toler. Their youngest son, Richard of Sadleirswells, married Frances Matilda Massy, daughter of the Honourable Eyre Massy and they had ten sons. Richard Sadleir held an estate in the parishes of Rathlynin, Templebredon and Tipperary, barony of Clanwilliam, county Tipperary, in the mid 19th century. In January 1854 the estates of his eldest son, Richard William Ralph Sadleir, in counties Tipperary, Kilkenny and Limerick, amounting to a total of 1,720 acres, were advertised for sale. The sale included Sadleir's-wells. See also Fitzmaurice v. Sadlier in ''Irish Equity Reports'' Vol. 12 (1850), p. 544