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Head
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The Head family descend from Michael Head, Sheriff of the city of Waterford in 1672 and Mayor in 1684. His son, John, married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Samuel Wade of Derry, county Tipperary. Their two grandsons were Michael, of Derry Castle and John, of Ashley Park. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Reverend John Head, Dean of Killaloe (third son of Michael), held three townlands in the parish of Ballynaclogh, barony of Upper Ormond, county Tipperary while William H. Head, held an estate in the barony of Lower Ormond, parishes of Dorrha, Lorrha, Modreeny and Templeachally. In 1815 Reverend John had married Susan, daughter of Edward Hawke Darby of the Leap Castle family. The estate of Edward Head at Ballykinash and Turlough, barony of Upper Ormond was advertised for sale in July 1864. Ballykanash was advertised again in February 1877. The Irish Times reported the purchase of this lot by Adam Mitchell for over £4000. In the 1870s Henry Darby Head of Ballyquiveen, Nenagh, owned 941 acres in county Tipperary. John Head of Ashley Park, married Phoebe Toler, sister of the 1st Earl of Norbury, and had a son, Lieutenant General Michael Head of Modreeney House, who was succeeded in 1827 by his only child, William Henry Head of Derrylahan Park, Parsonstown. William H. Head bought the Walsh estate in the late 1850s and built Derrylahan Park in 1862. Some of his property was sold in the Landed Estates Court in June 1869. It was purchased in trust by Mr.Mitchell. William H. Head owned 2,330 acres in county Tipperary in the 1870s.
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Brindley
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In the mid 19th century John Brindley held land in the parishes of Ballynaclogh (from the Very Reverend Dean Head) and Kilmore (from Lord Dunalley), in the barony of Upper Ormond, county Tipperary. Samuel Brindley also held land in the parish of Kilmore from Lord Dunalley. The Brindleys were engaged in the grain milling industry.
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Leeson
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Robert Leeson was associated with properties in mid and south Kerry at the time of Griffith's Valuation and earlier. He was one of the principal lessors in the parishes of Castlelisland and Kilcolman at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It would seem that the Leeson connection came through inter-marriage with descendents of the Markham and Marshall families. In 1795 the Honourable Robert Leeson, a younger son of the 1st Earl of Milltown, married Grace, daughter of Michael Head of county Tipperary. Their son, Robert Leeson, married a niece of John Markham Marshall and inherited lands in counties Kerry and Tipperary. Griffith's Valuation records the Honourable Robert Leeson holding land in the parish of Kilmore, barony of Upper Ormond and Robert Marshall Leeson holding land in the parishes of Finnoe and Knigh, barony of Lower Ormond. The estate of Robert Marshall Leeson in county Tipperary, amounting to about 900 acres was advertised for sale in April 1856. The Freeman's Journal reported that one lots was purchased in trust by Mr. Mills and the second by Mr. Ryan.
Robert Marshall Leeson held townlands in the parishes of Ballyloughloe and Tyfarnham, county Westmeath at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). His estate in county Westmeath, with those in counties Kilkenny, Meath, Wexford and King’s County (Offaly), amounted to over 7,000 acres were advertised for sale in May 1854. The county Westmeath lands contained about 867 acres. http://www.odonohoearchive.com/ballymacadam-castle-towards-a-history-of-a-geraldine-stronghold/
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Walsh (Walsh Park)
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John Adams Walsh had a son, Charles Walsh of Walsh Park, county Tipperary, who married Sarah Simpson and had a son, John. The estate of Charles Walsh at Derrylaghan was worth £1,000 in the 1770s (Kilboy Papers). In 1795 John Walsh married Eliza, daughter of Jonathan Willington of Rapla, county Tipperary. The representatives of their son, Jonathan Walsh, held land in the parishes of Dorrha and Lorrha, barony of Lower Ormond, in the mid 19th century. The estate of John Adams Walsh of Walsh Park in county Tipperary amounting to 1,323 acres was advertised for sale in April 1857 and houses and premises in the town of Burrisokane in April 1858. The Freeman's Journal reported that the latter were purchased in trust by Reverend Mr. Lloyd. The estate was bought by the Heads who built Derrylahan Park in the townland of Walshpark in 1862.
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