Reference Source
MOSLEY, Charles (ed). ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage''. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999
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Estate Records Citing this Source
Found 136 estate records citing this source.
| Reference | Estate Name | Estate Description |
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| I, 1456-1457 | Houstoun | In 1851 Captain William Houstoun began to lease over 40,000 acres in the barony of Murrisk, county M... |
| II, 2640-2644 | Browne (Westport) | A very large estate in county Mayo, much of it formerly Bourke property, was acquired by Colonel Joh... |
| II, 2089 | Toler | The Earl of Norbury held land in various parts of Ireland including counties Sligo, Mayo and Clare,... |
| I, 578-579 | Bingham (Newbrook) | This estate was founded by John Bingham of Foxford, county Mayo, younger brother of Sir Henry Bingha... |
| II, 1776-1777 | Bingham | The Binghams were military commanders sent to Connacht in the 16th century, where they settled in th... |
| I, 1056-1057 | ffrench (Claremont) | Gonville ffrench was a younger brother of the 3rd Baron ffrench of Castle ffrench, county Galway. H... |
| 990-993 | Crichton (Erne) | The Earls of Erne owned property in several western counties including Sligo and Mayo. This was acqu... |
| 2693-2694 | Staples | The Staples family baronets held land in a number of Irish counties, Queen’s County, Derry, Tyrone,... |
| 1576-1578 | Browne (Neale) | A family established at The Neale, county Mayo, from the 16th century which they were regranted alon... |
| 720-722. | Crofton (Mohill) | In the 1870s Sir Morgan Crofton held almost 10,000 acres in county Leitrim. the estate was centred o... |
| 719-720. | Crofton (Sligo) | The Croftons acquired land in the 17th century from the McSweeneys which had previously been part of... |
| 1628-1629. | Butler (Lanesborough, Earl of) | "Miss Butler" of Belturbet, is listed as owning land in Leitrim in the 1870s. The Butler family were... |
| 263-266. | Ponsonby (Bessborough, Earl of ) | The Bessborough estate held lands in the parishes of Fenagh and Kiltoghert, county Leitrim during th... |
| II, 1786-1788 | Lynch Blosse | A Galway family who lost most of their estates in that county under Cromwell but received extensive... |
| I, 850-853 | Dillon | The Dillon family held a large estate on the border of counties Mayo and Roscommon. They were descen... |
| I, 828-830 | Vesey | In December 1698 John Vesey, Archbishop of Tuam from 1679 to 1716, bought almost 750 acres in the Ho... |
| I, 798-800 | de Montmorency | Captain Harvey J.de Montmorency is recorded in Griffith's Valuation as holding the townlands of Cloo... |
| II, 2168-2169 | Browne (Castlemagarret) | The Brownes of Carrowbrowne, parish of Oranmore, county Galway, had estates in the counties Galway,... |
| I, 283-285 | Blake (Menlo) | The Blakes, raised to the peerage as baronets in 1622, were established at Menlough on the bank of t... |
| I, 1249-1255 | Guinness | Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness of the famous brewing family began to purchase Connacht estates for sale i... |
| I, 542-547 (Charlemont) | Clements & Caulfield | The Rosshill estate in the parishes of Ross, Cong and Ballinchalla, barony of Ross, county Galway, w... |
| I, 1574 | Morris (Spiddle) | In 1684, George Morris who had served in the army of King James II married Catherine Fitzpatrick and... |
| 576-578. | Trench (Garbally) | Burke indicates that the Trenches originated in France but settled in the North of England. Frederic... |
| 123-130. | Trench (Woodlawn) | The Trench family at Woodlawn were one of a number of Trench families who came to prominence in coun... |
| II, 1825-1826 | Mahon (Castlegar) | The Mahons were settled at Castlegar from the early 18th century. In 1711 the Earl of Clanricarde l... |
| I, 1056-1057 | ffrench (Castle ffrench) | Originally known as Clogher and purchased by the ffrenches from the O'Kellys in 1636. Confiscated b... |
| I, 1056-1057 | ffrench (Ballinamore) | The Honourable Martin ffrench was a younger brother of Sir Thomas ffrench, 3rd Baron. Martin ffrenc... |
| I, 542-547 | Caulfeild (Hon Henry) | In the mid 19th century the Honourable Henry Caulfeild, second son of the 1st Earl of Charlemont, ow... |
| I, 786-788 | French /ffrench (Frenchpark) | Patrick French fitzStephen of Galway is recorded as the earliest member of the family to be associat... |
| I, 786-788 | French (Errit Lodge) | In the mid 19th century the Right Honourable Fitzstephen French of Erritt Lodge, Member of Parliamen... |
| I, 542-547 | Caulfeild (Dunamon) | The Dunamon estate was held under a lease for 500 years from John King, Lord Kingston to Thomas Caul... |
| I, 717-719 | Crofton (Mote Park) | The senior branch of the Crofton family settled at Ballymurray, county Roscommon in the 16th century... |
| I, 542-547 | Caulfeild (Colamber Manor) | In 1828 Col William Caulfeild [of Benown, Glassan, Athlone, Co. Westmeath] was a member of the Grand... |
| I, 517-519 | Handcock (Moydrum) | The Handcocks were settled at Moydrum Castle, near Athlone, in county Westmeath from the late 17th c... |
| I, 1591 | King (Drumsna) | The King family descend from the Reverend Edward King, Bishop of Elphin (1611-1639) who was granted... |
| II, 2980-2983 | Nugent (Earl of Westmeath) | In April 1678 Richard Nugent, Earl of Westmeath, was granted an estate of over 11,000 acres in the b... |
| II, 2980-2983 | Nugent (Pallas) | In 1677 Thomas Nugent was granted an estate of 3,250 acres in the baronies of Leitrim and Longford,... |
| II, 2640-2644 | Browne (Newtown) | Arthur Browne, a younger son of John Browne of Westport 1st Earl of Altamont was given an estate in... |
| II, 2640-2644 | Browne (Mount Browne) | George Browne held 3 townlands in the parish of Kiltrustan, barony and county of Roscommon at the ti... |
| 47-49. | Keppel (Albemarle, Earls of) | The Earls of Albemarle held over 2500 acres in Leitrim in 1876. George Thomas Keppel, later Lord Al... |
| 377-378. | Bromhead | Baronets Bromhead of Thurlby Hall in Lincolnshire held land in Sligo by virtue of a marriage in 1823... |
| II, 1694-1696 | Levinge (Co Roscommon) | The Levinges of New Park, county Roscommon and Levington Park, county Westmeath were a junior branch... |
| II, 2742-2743 | Stronge | In the 1870s John Calvert Stronge of Mount Temple, Clontarf and Tynan Abbey, county Armagh, solicito... |
| I, 542-547 | Battersby (Lough Bawn) | The Battersby family were settled in county Meath at the beginning of the 18th century. George Batte... |
| II, 2261-2263 (Windsor Clive, Earl of Plymouth) & 2304-2308 (Clive, Earl of Powis) | Clive (Croy Lodge) | By the time of Griffith's Valuation Reverend Archer Clive of Herefordshire, England, had bought some... |
| II, 2261-2263 (Windsor Clive, Earl of Plymouth) & 2304-2308 (Clive, Earl of Powis) | Clive (Rock House) | George Clive, Member of Parliament and barrister, of Perrystone Court, Herefordshire, built up an ex... |
| 714. | Stewart (County Tyrone) | Sir John Marcus Stewart, of Ballygawley, county Tyrone, is recorded as the owner of over 600 acres i... |
| II, 2640-2644 | Browne (Claremount) | There are references in the will of the 1st Earl of Altamont to the purchase of part of the Bell est... |
| II, 1750-1756 | Pakenham | Henry Pakenham, born 1611, was granted lands in county Wexford and at Tullynally, county Westmeath i... |
| II, 1898 | McMahon (Kilfenora) | This family were mainly based in Dublin where they followed legal, military or diplomatic careers.... |
| II, 2150 | O'Loghlen | The Burren area in county Clare was the territory of the O’Loghlens until its confiscation in the mi... |
| I, 645-646 | Burton (Buncraggy & Carrigaholt) | Samuel Burton of Buncraggy, county Clare, married Margaret Harris and died in 1712. From their elde... |
| I, 645-647 | Conyngham | Of Scottish descent, Henry Conyngham, member of parliament for county Donegal, supported the William... |
| 1494-1502 | O'Brien/Stafford O'Brien | In 1699 Henry O'Brien, second son of sir Donough O'Brien of Dromoland Castle, county Clare, married... |
| I, 898-903 | Butler (Knappogue) | The Lords Dunboyne of the 19th century were descended from James Butler of Cragnagowra, county Clare... |
| I, 916-917 | Quin/Wyndham-Quin | Thady Quin (1645-1726) of Adare, county Limerick, had two sons from whom descend the Earls of Dunrav... |
| 1491-1502 | O'Brien (Dromoland) | The introduction to the Inchiquin Papers in the National Library of Ireland records that, in about 1... |
| 798-800 (de Montmorency) | Henchy (Moynoe) | The Henchy family were established in county Clare from the early 18th century and descend from Pete... |
| 78-79 | White (Cahiracon) | The Whites of Woodlands, county Dublin, Rathcline, county Longford, Lareen, county Leitrim, Cahircon... |
| 1491-1502 | Smith (Cahermoyle) | At the beginning of the 19th century William Smith, an attorney, had an estate in the western part o... |
| 1491-1502 | O'Brien (Cahermoyle) | William Smith O'Brien was born at Dromoland, county Clare in 1803. He was the second son of Sir Edw... |
| I, 832-836 | Courtenay | The introduction to the Devon rentals at the Limerick City Archives states that "the Devon Estate in... |
| II, 2285-2290 | Bentinck/Bentick | In the 1870s A.H.F.C. Bentick of the Carlton Club, London, is recorded as owning 1,509 acres in coun... |
| II, 1734-1736 | Hare (Listowel) | The Hare family had come to Ireland after the Cromwellian settlement and acquired property initiall... |
| II, 2669-2670 | Southwell | The Southwell family were established in county Limerick in the early 17th century. Their estate in... |
| I, 202-203 | Barrington (Glenstal) | The Barringtons settled in Limerick city at the end of the 17th century, Benjamin Barrington was she... |
| I, 490-493 | Evans/Evans-Freke | John Evans, of Welsh descent, settled in the city of Limerick in the early 17th century. In 1666 Geo... |
| II, 1971-1973 | Spring-Rice | Smith indicates that the Spring family were originally from Lavenham in Suffolk and settled in Kerry... |
| II, 2046 | Deane | Matthew Deane came to Ireland in the mid 17th century and purchased lands in county Cork. He was ma... |
| II, 1959-1960 (Monck) | Wilson (Caherconlish) | Sir Ralph Wilson, knight, was granted 830 acres in the barony of Clanwilliam, including Caherconlish... |
| I, 1187-1188 | Gough (Limerick) | The Gough family were originally from Wiltshire and descend from Reverend Hugh Gough, brother of R... |
| I, 1187-1188 | Gough | The Goughs were a Wiltshire family members of whom settled in the south of Ireland in the 1620s. Sir... |
| I, 123-130 | Trench (Cangort) | William Trench of Cangort Park, Shinrone, county Offaly, born 1760, was the fourth son of Frederic T... |
| II, 1635-1637 | Petty-Fitzmaurice (Marquess of Lansdowne) | This estate owes its origins to Sir William Petty, renowned cartographer, mathematician and scientis... |
| 161-164 (Bagot) & 860-861 (Doneraile) | St. Leger (Limerick & Cork) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Anthony Butler St Leger held an estate in the parishes of Adare... |
| II, 2283-2285 | Damer/Dawson Damer | The Damer family, who held estates in Dorset and Somerset, supported Cromwell and, after the Restora... |
| I, 1398-1400 | Holmes | The Holmes family, who were granted the title Baron Heytesbury in 1828, held estates in counties Lim... |
| II, 2304-2308 | Clive (Co Clare) | Robert Clive, known as "Clive of India", bought an estate in county Clare from the Dublin banker Hen... |
| II, 1878-1882 | Massy | The Massy family are descended from a Cromwellian soldier Captain Hugh Massy who was granted 3,055 a... |
| II, 1732-1733 | Lysaght (Mountnorth) | At the end of the 17th century Nicholas Lysaght, a supporter of William III, married Grace, daughter... |
| II, 1878-1882 | Massy (Riversdale & Ballinacurra) | Many townlands in the parish of Galbally, barony of Coshlea, county Limerick, were part of the estat... |
| II, 1709-1711 | Pery | Sometime in the mid 17th century Susanna Sexton, eventually heiress to the Sexton estates in county... |
| II, 2421-2422 | Roberts (Britfieldstown) | A family settled in county Cork from the early 17th century, Francis Roberts was granted Britfieldst... |
| II, 1878-1882 (Massy) & 2948-2955 (Waterford) | Massy Beresford (Limerick) | In 1878 Hussey de Burgh records Reverend John Massy Beresford of St Huberts, Linaskea, county Ferman... |
| II, 2721-2722 | Rous | Dr Malcomson writes that Juliana Warter Wilson, daughter of Edward Wilson of Bilboa, county Limerick... |
| II, 1878-1882 | Dawson/Massy-Dawson (Ballynacourte) | In 1666 John Dawson was granted an estate of over 2,900 acres in county Tipperary including the cast... |
| II, 3076-3077 | Beecher/Becher | Burke's ''Irish Family Records'' and Smith both indicate that the Beechers were originally a Kent... |
| I, 916-917 | Goold/Verschoyle Goold | The Goold estate was mainly in the parishes of Rathronan (10 townlands) and Ardagh, barony of Shanid... |
| I, 860-861 | St. Leger | A Norman family who first established connections with the Province of Munster in the mid 16th centu... |
| I, 1417-1419 | Hoare (Annabelle) | Two Hoare brothers, Edward and Abraham, came to Ireland in the Cromwellian army and obtained large g... |
| I, 1048-1049 | Roche (Trabolgan) | The Roches were established at Trabolgan, Whitegate, county Cork, from the mid 17th century. In 1703... |
| I, 815-820 | Stanley | Thomas P. Power writes how the Stanleys acquired their Irish estates through the marriage, in 1747,... |
| I, 783-785 | Southwell (Co Cork) | In 1666 Robert Southwell was granted lands in the liberties of Kinsale, county Cork and in the baron... |
| I, 233-236 (Bedford) & 783-785 (de Clifford) | Russell | In 1853 the Dalgan estate was bought by the Duke of Bedford for Lady de Clifford, who was the wife o... |
| II, 2869-2873 | Annesley | Arthur, 1st Earl of Anglesey, was granted large tracts of lands in counties Tipperary, Kerry, Waterf... |
| I, 83-85 | Annesley/Grove Annesley (Annes Grove) | A junior branch of the Annesley family which bore the titles Viscount Glerawly and Earl of Annesley,... |
| I, 764-765 | Greenall | Sir Gilbert Greenal was created Baron Daresbury in 1927. He was a member of the wealthy Greenall fa... |
| II, 2046-2047 | Benn-Walsh (Lord Ormathwaite) | The Benn-Walsh family, Walsh baronet and Baron Ormathwaite, had their principal seats in Cumbria and... |
| II, 2940-2943 | Warren (Warren's Court) | Robert Warren, an army officer, established himself in the East Carberry area of county Cork in the... |
| I, 1026-1027 | Falkiner | Caleb Falkiner, a merchant of Cork, married Ruth, daughter of Edward Riggs and had a son, Riggs Falk... |
| I, 837-841 | Cavendish | In 1753 the Cavendish family, Dukes of Devonshire, inherited the Lismore estate, mainly located in c... |
| I, 6-7 | Abercromby | This Scottish family were located in Banffshire. In 1886 their seats were recorded as Forglen House... |
| II, 2878-2880 | de Moleyns (Lord Ventry) | Smith indicates that Frederick Mullins was granted lands in Dingle, which he named Burnham after the... |
| I, 304 (Boles of Moyge) | Boles/Bowles (Cork) | In 1666 Richard Boles was granted 924 acres at Moyge in the barony of Orrery and Kilmore, county Cor... |
| II, 1920-1922 | Brodrick (Midleton) | Sir St John Brodrick of Wandsworth, Surrey, came to Ireland in the mid 17th century and was granted... |
| I, 828-830 | De Vesci | In his introduction to the Collection List (No 89) of the De Vesci archive in the National Library o... |
| 861-863 | Hely Hutchinson | The Hutchinsons were established at Knocklofty, barony of Iffa and Offa West, county Tipperary, from... |
| I, 1470-1471 | Putland & Hulse | In the mid 19th century Mrs. Putland and Sir Charles Hulse jointly held a large estate in the parish... |
| II, 2174-2175 | Osborne (Newtown Anner & Beechwood) | The Osbornes were established in county Waterford from the early 17th century and were granted lands... |
| II, 2878-2880 | de Moleyns (Fermoy) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Reverend William de Moleyns held in fee the townland of Glan... |
| I, 1370-1371 | Hemphill | The Hemphills are descended from the Reverend Samuel Hemphill, described as a "distinguished Presbyt... |
| II, 2462-2464 (Rowley) | Honner | In 1666 Lieutenant Colonel John Honor was granted 2,164 acres in the barony of East Carbery, county... |
| II, 1878-1882 (Massy) | Robbins | Frances, daughter of the 1st Baron Massy, married George Robbins of Hymenstown, county Tipperary, in... |
| II, 1878-1882 | Massy (Suir Castle) | Francis Hugh Massy of Suir Castle, county Tipperary, (born 1755) was the fourth son of the the 1st B... |
| I, 579-582 | Meade | A family of Gaelic extraction located originally in county Cork, who by the mid 18th century held la... |
| I, 495-496 | Carew (Woodinstown) | The Carews of Woodinstown, county Tipperary, were a branch of the Carew family, Barons of Castle Bor... |
| I, 1342-1346 | Maude | Robert Maude [of Yorkshire] was granted over 10,000 acres in counties Tipperary, Cork and Meath in 1... |
| II, 2105-2106 | Agar | The Agar family held estates in both Ireland and England and were mainly associated with county Kilk... |
| II, 2169-2170 | Fitzmaurice | Lord George Hamilton was created Earl of Orkney in 1696. He married Elizabeth Villiers and was succe... |
| II, 2089 | Toler | Otway Fortescue Toler was a younger brother of Hector, 3rd Earl of Norbury. In the mid 19th century... |
| II, 2236-2241 | Petre | In the mid 19th century Richard F. Power held two townlands in the parish of Aghnameadle, barony of... |
| II, 2448-2550 | Parsons | The Parsons were a family of Elizabethan settlers. Richard Parsons settled as Birr in the early 17t... |
| II, 1694-1696 | Levinge (Co Tipperary) | At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Godfrey Levinge is recorded as the holder of land i... |
| II, 1694-1696 | Levinge (County Cork) | The rental of over 100 acres at Tullyland, barony of East Carbery, the property of Richard Hugh Levi... |
| I, 383-385 (Brookeborough) | Brooke (Cole Brooke) | In 1765 Francis Brooke married Hannah Prittie, sister of the 1st Lord Dunalley. Their son Henry was... |
| I, 931-932 | Tollemache | In the 1870s Arthur F. C. Tollemache with an address Ham House, Petersham, owned 2,124 acres in coun... |
| I, 298 | Blunden | In 1667 Overington Blunden gent was granted lands in counties Kilkenny, Offaly, Waterford and Tipper... |
| I, 1132-1134 | Gethin | Under the Restoration settlement Richard Gethin, created a baronet in 1665, was granted a large esta... |
| I, 632-634 | Colthurst | In 1702 Nicholas Colthurst of Ballyally, county Cork, purchased over 1,000 acres from the trustees f... |
| II, 1878-1882 | Massy (Cahervillahowe) | Robert George Massy of Avondale, county Dublin, was a grandson of the 1st Baron Massy by his second... |
| I, 1592-1595 | de Courcy (Baron Kingsale) | Lord Kingsale's estate was among the principal lessors in the parish of Ringrone, baronies of Cource... |