Reference Source
BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912
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Estate Records Citing this Source
Found 149 estate records citing this source.
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| 780-782 | Wynne | The Wynne family established themselves in Sligo in the later 17th century. They went on to become o... |
| 369 | King (Drumsna) | The King family descend from the Reverend Edward King, Bishop of Elphin (1611-1639) who was granted... |
| 551 | Parke | According to O'Rorke, the Parkes received land under the Cromwellian settlement and established them... |
| 557 | Perceval | The Perceval family succeeded to lands in Sligo in the mid 17th when George Perceval married Mary Cr... |
| see under Phibbs | Fleming | McTernan states that the Flemings came into possession of lands in Sligo in the wake of the Cromwell... |
| 563 | Phibbs | The Phibbs family held estates in different parts of county Sligo, this branch settled at Doobeg in... |
| 198 | Duke | The Duke family were granted lands in Sligo in the mid 17th century through the patronage of Richard... |
| 14 | Armstrong (Chaffpool & Moyaliff) | These Armstrongs are a junior branch of the Armstrong family of Mount Heaton, county Offaly and desc... |
| 687-688? | Thompson | The Thompsons of Clonskeagh Castle, county Dublin owned land in the parish of Kilgarvan, barony of G... |
| 147, Crichton of Dirk Lodge | Crichton | Sir Alexander Crichton of Seal Grove, Kent married Frances Dodwell in 1800. She was the heiress of E... |
| 222 | Ffolliott | The ffolliott family held lands in the parish of Aghanagh since the early 18th century. At the time... |
| 131 | Cooper (Markree) | Edward Cooper was a soldier in Richard Coote [Lord Collooney]'s, regiment of horse. He is known in... |
| 562-563 | Phibbs (Tirerrill) | The Phibbs family owned several estates in the barony of Tirerril including that at Corradoo East.... |
| 446 | McTernan | The McTernans acquired the property at Heapstown, Kilmacallan parish, in the mid-nineteenth century.... |
| 751-752 | Weir | The Weir family held an estate close to Lough Arrow at Doonsheeheen centred on Lakeview House. They... |
| 355 (Jones) | Armstrong (Kilbracken) | In March 1858 William, Simon and John Armstrong offered for sale the lands of Kilbracken, barony of... |
| 114 | Clements | The Clements family in Ireland were descended from Daniel Clements, a Cromwellian officer, originall... |
| 385 | La Touche | The La Touche family owned extensive estates in Kildare and Wicklow as well as property interests in... |
| 518 | O'Beirne (Drumsna) | The O'Beirne estate was centred on Drumsna where they had a house at Jamestown. McParlan includes Mr... |
| 155 | Cullen | The Cullen family had held land in Leitrim, particularly in the Manorhamilton and Kinlough areas, si... |
| 353 | Johnston (Kinlough) | The Johnston family from Fermanagh purhased this land in Leitrim in the early 18th century. In 1802... |
| 488 | Montgomery | Hugh Lyons Montgomery was MP for Leitrim, 1852-57 and served as High Sheriff in 1840. In 1876 the Mo... |
| 642 | Slacke/Slack | Rev. William Slacke, with an address at Newcastle, county Down, owned over 2000 acres in Leitrim in... |
| 686 | Tenison/Tennison/King-Tenison | This branch of the Tenison family is descended from members of the family who settled in the north... |
| 698 | Tottenham | The Tottenham family's main properties were based in Leinster, especially in the counties of Wicklow... |
| 386 | Lawder/Lauder | The Lawders were a Scottish family who came to Ireland in the late 16th century marrying into landed... |
| 609 | Rowley (Co Leitrim) | The Rowley family inherited the Campbell estate at Mountcampbell through the marriage, in 1766, of C... |
| 733 | Waldron/Waldron Hamilton | A Leicestershire family who settled at Cartron near Carrick-on-Shannon on the county Leitrim/Roscomm... |
| 560-561 | Peyton (Laheen) | The estate at Laheen, which had previously been associated with the Reynolds family, came into the P... |
| 509-510 | Newton | The Newton family held an estate of over 1000 acres in county Leitrim in the 1870s. Andrew Newton is... |
| 560-561 | Peyton (Driney) | This estate, amounting to 1210 acres was the property of Rev. Walter Peyton, incumbrant of Billas, V... |
| 148 (Crofton of Lakefield) | Crofton (Mohill) | In the 1870s Sir Morgan Crofton held almost 10,000 acres in county Leitrim. the estate was centred o... |
| 764-765. | White (Cloone Grange) | Samuel White, son of Luke White of Luttrelstown, county Dublin, was MP for Leitrim and resided at Ki... |
| 31 | Barton | The centre of the Barton estate was at Waterfoot near Pettigo in county Donegal. Through marriages w... |
| 129 | Connolly | The Connolly family leased lands from the Johnston estate in Kinlough and there is some suggestion t... |
| 182 | Dickson | The Dickson family acquired lands in the Tullaghan area of the parish of Rossinver, county Leitrim,... |
| 712 | Tynte | In 1667 Henry Tynte was granted lands in counties Limerick and Cork. The Tynte family's estate was... |
| 363? | Kelly (Limerick) | James Kelly of Limerick is recorded as the owner of 1700 acres in county Leitrim in 1878. This may b... |
| 392-394. | Lefroy (Leitrim & Limerick) | Thomas Lefroy, residing at Ardmore, Bray, county Wicklow, is recorded as the owner of almost 1700 a... |
| 447. | Madden (Leitrim) | McParlan records Mr. Madden as a non-resident proprietor in county Leitrim in 1802. John Madden is r... |
| 533 | O'Hara | The O'Haras were the only Gaelic family to continue as major landowners in County Sligo up to modern... |
| 280-281. | Gregory | The Coole estate was purchased by Robert Gregory from the Martyns of Tullira in 1768 on his return f... |
| 21-22. | Bagot (Bagotstown, Ballyturin & Aghrane/Castlekelly) | This family were first established at Bagotstown, county Limerick in the 13th century. They later he... |
| 379-380. | Lambert (Cregclare) | In 1824 Walter Lambert, Creggaclare, Walter Lambert, Castle Lambert, Walter Lambert, Lambert Lodge,... |
| 423 | Lynch/Wilson Lynch (Renmore & Duras) | A Galway family who prospered in the 18th century as merchants and bankers. Patrick M. Lynch is rec... |
| 719-720. | Vandeleur (Co Galway) | In 1855 Thomas Vandeleur held extensive property in the parish of Athenry, barony of Dunkellin, coun... |
| 223 | Ffrench (Monivea) | The Monivea estate, barony of Tiaquin, county Galway, was acquired by the ffrenchs from the O'Kellys... |
| 358 | Joyce (Mervue) | The Joyces of Mervue, Corgary and Rahasane were all descended from a family of Joyces long establish... |
| 15-16. | Athy | The Athy family were one of the original Tribes of Galway. Their estate was mainly centred around th... |
| 465. | Martyn (Tulira) | In 1824 Edward Martyn is listed as a resident proprietor in county Galway. John Martyn was the owner... |
| 685. | Shawe-Taylor | Walter Taylor was granted almost a thousand acres in the barony of Kiltartan, county Galway in Febru... |
| 583. | Rathbourne | Richard Rathbourne/Rathborne was the lessor of several townlands in the parishes of Ardrahan and Kil... |
| 559-560. | Persse (Roxborough & Moyode) | The Persse family first received grants of land in counties Galway and Roscommon in the 1670s. Some... |
| 51-53. | Blakeney (Abbert) | Robert Blakeney, a member of a family of Elizabethan settlers, was granted lands at Castle Blakeney,... |
| 357-358. | Joyce (Rahasane) | The Joyce family of Rahasane were connected with the Joyces of Mervue and also of Corgary. They hel... |
| 86-87. | Burke (St. Cleran's) | John Hardiman Burke was in possession of the St.Cleran's estate in the 1850s. He had succeeded his f... |
| 651. | Smyth (Masonbrook) | The Smyths acquired property in and around the Loughrea area in the early 19th century. In 1828 they... |
| 159-160. | Daly (Castledaly) | This branch of the Dalys were descended from the Dalys of Killimer and also Dalysgrove, near Ahascra... |
| 159. | Daly (Dunsandle & Carnakelly) | The Daly family of Dunsandle derived from Daly of Carnakelly in the parish of Kiltullagh. They bough... |
| 619. | St. George (Tyrone House) | The St.George estate was centred on the house at Tyrone, parish of Drumacoo, barony of Dunkellin, bu... |
| 51 (Blake) | Blake (Cloghballymore) | Cloghballymore was originally a Kilkelly property but it was granted to the Ffrenchs in the later 17... |
| 562 (Phibbs) | Harlow/Harloe | The Harloe family had an estate at Rathmullen, barony of Corran, in the 17th and 18th centuries. T... |
| 440. | McDermott (Ramore/Rathmore) | James Anthony McDermott of Ramore married Mary Agnes Blake of Cregg Castle in the early 19th century... |
| 211-213. | Eyre (Eyrecourt & Eyreville) | Giles Eyre, Eyrecourt Castle and Thomas Knutford Eyre, Eyreville, are described as resident propriet... |
| 387. | Lawrence (Lawrencetown) | The Lawrence family are first recorded in east Galway in the late 16th century. A John Lawrence marr... |
| 704. | Trench (Clonfert) | John E. Trench was a significant landowner in the parish of Ballymacward, barony of Kilconnell and t... |
| 634-5. | Seymour (Galway) | The Seymour family first settled in east Galway in the late 17th century. The families at Ballymore... |
| 596. | Pollok (Lismany) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Allan Pollok was the owner of considerable property in various p... |
| 22. | Bagwell (Marlfield) | In 1749 William Bagwell, Member of Parliament for Clonmel married Jane daughter and co heir of John... |
| 27-28. | Barry (Gort) | Mrs. Barry of Cork is recorded as the owner of almost 600 acres in county Galway in the 1870s. This... |
| 51 | Blake (Ballinafad) | In the early 17th century a younger son of the Blake family of Ballyglunin, county Galway, acquired... |
| 269. | Goff | This family were descended from the Goff family of Kingstown, Dublin who had married into the Caulfi... |
| 433-434. | McCausland (Limavady) | The McCausland family of Drenagh or Fruit Hill, Limavady, county Derry, held almost 5000 acres in co... |
| 500-501. | Mulloy | In the later nineteenth century the Mulloy estate was centred on the demesne of Hughestown, county R... |
| 785. | Young (Castlerea & Sligo) | The Young family held lands in the parish of Drumcliff according to the 1749 Census of Elphin. In 18... |
| 624-625. | Wills (Castlereagh) | In 1703 two brothers, Caspar and James Wills, purchased part of the forfeited estate of King James I... |
| 451-452. | Pakenham | The Honourable and Reverend Henry Pakenham was the fifth son of Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron L... |
| 358-359 (Kane of Drumreaske) | Kane | John Kane, with an address at the Castle, Mohill, is recorded as owning over 2000 acres in county L... |
| 369. | King (Carrigallen) | The King estate was the subject of Chancery proceedings in the 1850s. John King, with an address in... |
| 317. | Tabuteau | B. M. Tabuteau was a principal lessor of property in the parish of Moore, barony of Moycarn, county... |
| 3. | Adamson (Glenfarne) | William Lawrence Adamson was born in Dublin in 1829. He was a solicitor and very successful busines... |
| 463 (Martin) | Digby (Tireragh) | The Digby family held land in various parts of Tireragh barony as well as property in the town of Sl... |
| 463 (Wood-Martin) | Webber (Cos Sligo & Limerick) | A family who were settled near the city of Cork in the early 17th century. Thomas Webber married Le... |
| 463 (Wood-Martin) | Grove | The Grove estate in Tireragh seems to have associated with the Grove family of County Donegal. James... |
| 180. | Devereux | Reverend Nicholas Devereux was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Killimordaly, barony of... |
| 375 (Knox of Rappa) | Knox (Mount Falcon) | An estate in the parish of Ballynahaglish, barony of Tirawley, county Mayo, previously belonging to... |
| 128. | Connellan | Hussey de Burgh records Peter Connellan as the owner of over 600 acres in county Galway in the 1870s... |
| 463-464. | Martin (later Wood-Martin) | The Martin family owned extensive property in Sligo town and surrounding area. Many served in politi... |
| 318. | Hibbert | The Reade estate at Woodpark, parish of Inishcaltra, passed to the Hibbert family through the marria... |
| 452. | Mahon (Killalaghtan) | In the 1870s John Mahon of Ballydonnellan is recorded as the owner of almost 1300 acres in county Ga... |
| 526-527 | O'Donoghue | The family were of ancient Gaelic origin who had forfeited much of their lands after the Desmond reb... |
| 443 | McGillycuddy | The McGillycuddy of the Reeks is an ancient title from the Gaelic tradition, believed to be descende... |
| 42 | Bernard/Morrogh-Bernard | According to Burke, Edward Murrough married Martha Bernard of the county Kerry family and their son... |
| 313-314 | Herbert (Muckross) | The Herberts were granted land in Kerry during the reign of Elizabeth I. Smith indicates that two me... |
| 521-522 | O'Connell | The O’Connells are an ancient Gaelic family, whom Burke claims had their origins in county Clare, be... |
| 53-54 | Bland (Derryquin) | The Blands were originally a Yorkshire family who settled in Kerry in the early 18th century. Franci... |
| 315 | Herbert (Cahernane) | The Herberts of Cahernane descended from the same family as those at Muckross. Smith indicates that... |
| 320-321 | Hickson (Corkaguiny) | Both James and Robert Hickson held lands in several parishes in the barony of Corkaguiny at the time... |
| 338 | Hussey (Corkaguiny) | Members of the Hussey family held property in several parishes in the parish of Corkaguiny at the ti... |
| 168-169 | Day | Though Burke suggests the Day family came from Suffolk O'Carroll states that their origin is somewha... |
| 190 | Donovan (Tralee) | Nicholas Donovan, of Denny St and Seafield, Tralee, was the owner of over 1200 acres in county Kerry... |
| 664 | Stokes | The Stokes family first settled in county Limerick in the seventeenth century but gained estates in... |
| 111-112 | Chute | It appears that this family owes its origins in county Kerry to George Chute, a soldier in the Engli... |
| 543-546 | Orpen (Glanarought) | Burke describes the Orpen family as claiming great antiquity. They settled in Ireland after the Crom... |
| 93-94 | Butler (Waterville) | The Waterville branch of the Butler family descended from Whitwell Butler who married into the Yield... |
| 532 | O'Grady (Lismoyle) | The O’Gradys were established in the Kilballyowen locality of county Limerick, from at least medieva... |
| 9 (Andrews of Rathenny), 628 (Saunders of Tullig) | Saunders (Kerry) | The representatives of A.L.Saunders, of Cloghjordan, county Tipperary, were the owners of over 2000... |
| 336-337. | Hurley/Hurly | Burke indicates that the Hurleys originated in county Limerick but acquired land and influence in Ke... |
| 32-33 | Bateman | The Bateman family were lessors in the parish of Killinny, barony of Corkaguiny and Ballincuslane, B... |
| 152-153. | Crosbie/Talbot-Crosbie (Ardfert) | Reverend John Crosbie, bishop of Ardfert in the early 1600s, was the common ancestor of the Crosbies... |
| 151-152 | Crosbie (Ballyheige) | Reverend John Crosbie, bishop of Ardfert in the early 1600s, was the common ancestor of the Crosbies... |
| 669 | Stoughton/Staughton (Kerry) | Thomas Stoughton was one of the principal lessors in the parishes of Caher and Dromod, barony of Ive... |
| 177-178 | Dennis (Clanmaurice & Baltinglass) | Thomas Stratford Dennis of Fortgranite, Baltinglass, county Wicklow, owned over 3500 acres in county... |
| 284 | Gun/Gunn | The Gun (sometimes spelt Gunn) family were descended from Reverend William Gun, of Limerick, but wer... |
| 45 | Blacker | The estate of St. John Blacker, of Ballylongford and Killylea, county Armagh, amounted to over 8000... |
| 452 | Mahony/Gun-Mahony | In the 1870s the estate of George Gun Mahony, of Kilmorna, Listowel, amounted to over 5000 acres in... |
| 397-398 (Leslie of Tarbert) | Gordon | The Gordons were among the leading Scottish gentry families, eventually acquiring the title Marquis... |
| 150 | Croker (Quartertown) | Major Henry Croker of Quarterstown, county Cork was the fifth son of John Croker of Ballynaguarde, c... |
| 775-777 | Wolfe | The Wolfe family were settled at Forenaghts and Bishopsland, county Kildare, since the late 17th cen... |
| 18 | Biggs (Bellevue) | Samuel Dixon [Dickson] Biggs held three townlands in the parish of Killeenagarriff, barony of Clanwi... |
| 182 | Dickson (Kildimo) | Burke's "Landed Gentry of Ireland" (1912) records members of the Dickson family living at Ballyhonog... |
| 132 | Cooper (Cooperhill) | Samuel Cooper of Cooper Hill, parish of Kilkeedy, county Limerick, died in 1779 aged 62 years, accor... |
| 566-567 | Plummer | A family from Wiltshire who first settled in county Cork and then moved to county Limerick. [An Edwa... |
| 109 | Chetwood/Chetwode | The Chetwodes were settled at Woodbrook, Portarlington, Queen's County (county Laois) in the 18th ce... |
| 658-661 | Stawell (Old Court & Crobeg) | This branch of the Stawell family, like the Kilbrittain family, trace their descent from Archdeacon... |
| 658-660 | Stawell (Kilbrittain) | Burke's "Landed Gentry of Ireland" (1912) traces the lineage of this family back to the 12th century... |
| 310-311 | Hennessy (Ballymacmoy) | A family who were established at Ballymacmoy, Killavullen, county Cork, by the mid 18th century. On... |
| 310 | Hennessy (Ballindeasig) | In the mid 19th century John C. Hennessy of Knocknaneffe House, county Cork married Mary Creagh daug... |
| 217-218 (Farmar) | Wakeham | The Parliamentary Papers refer to William Wakeham of Barry's Court, county Cork, who bought some of... |
| 217-218 | Farmar | This family were Elizabethan settlers who came to hold land in counties Cork, Tipperary and Wexford.... |
| 28 | Barry (Dunbulloge) | The fee simple estate of Mary Theresa Barry amounting to 4,993 acres mainly in the parish of Dunbull... |
| 580 | Bagwell Purefoy | The Bagwell Purefoys descend from Edward Bagwell, a grandson of John Bagwell of Marlfield, Clonmel,... |
| 396-397 | Lenigan (Castle Fogarty) | In 1788 James Fogerty of Castle Fogarty, near Thurles, county Tipperary, died childless and his sist... |
| 553-555 | Pennefather (Ballynera) | This branch of the Pennefather family descended from Thomas, second son of Kingsmill Pennefather, el... |
| 396-397 (Lenigan) | Fogarty | The O'Fogartys were a prominent family in the Thurles locality of county Tipperary in the mid 16th c... |
| 339-340 | Hutchinson (Timoney) | In 1681 James Hutchinson of county Tipperary, son of a Cromwellian soldier, married Jane Bennet and... |
| 772 | Willington (Killoskehane) | The Willingtons were settled at Killoshehane, county Tipperary, by the mid 18th century. James Will... |
| 603 | Roe (Loran Park) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Roe estate was in the parishes of Bourney, Killavinoge and T... |
| 326 | Holmes (Nenagh) | By the early 18th century the Holmes family were settled in counties Offaly and Tipperary. Daniel Gr... |
| 187-188 | Donnellan (Kilconnell) | The Donnellan family of Hillswood is connected with that of Ballydonelan. Burke states that the fami... |
| 187-188 | Donnellan/Donelan | An estate of over 3,000 acres in the baronies of Clonmacnowen and Kilconnell, county Galway, was gra... |