Reference Source
BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886
Source Details
| Category | Modern printed sources |
|---|
Estate Records Citing this Source
Found 174 estate records citing this source.
| Reference | Estate Name | Estate Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vol I, 235 | Browne (Brownhall) | An estate established in the mid 17th century by royal grants to Edward Browne. This family of Bro... |
| I, 1011 | Jordan (Rosslevin) | The Jordans owned an estate in the barony of Gallen throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. At the t... |
| I, 1039 | Kirkwood (Glencarha) | The Kirkwoods owned an estate in the parish of Kilgarven, barony of Gallen, county Mayo. In 1876 Jo... |
| Vol II, 1389-1390 | O'Malley (Newcastle) | This branch of the O'Malley family of Burrishoole, held an estate of about 1,500 acres in the parish... |
| I, 55 | Atkinson (Rahans) | According to Burke's ''Landed Gentry'' the Atkinsons were Elizabethean settlers. On 5 July 1742 the... |
| I, 184-186 | Bourke (Carrowkeel) | The Bourkes were established at Carrowkeel in the parish of Addergoole, barony of Tirawley, Co Mayo,... |
| 1636-1637 | Scott | James R. Hope Scott bought lands in the parish of Ballintober, barony of Carra and in the parish of... |
| 307 | Carter (Castlemartin) | The Carter family of Castlemartin, county Kildare, inherited half the Shaen lands in the barony of E... |
| 362 | Clive (Croy Lodge) | By the time of Griffith's Valuation Reverend Archer Clive of Herefordshire, England, had bought some... |
| 362 | Clive (Rock House) | George Clive, Member of Parliament and barrister, of Perrystone Court, Herefordshire, built up an ex... |
| II, 1256 | Medlycott | The Burrishoole estate of approximately 70,000 acres was acquired by Thomas Medlycott, Chief Commiss... |
| 511 | Dickins | In 1876 the Dickins family from [Coolhurst, Surrey], England, owned nearly 8,000 acres in the barony... |
| Vol II, 244 | Lindsey Bucknall | The Lindseys were well established in north Mayo at the beginning of the 18th century. On 14 Dec 17... |
| Vol II, 1041 | Kirwan (Dalgan) | This junior branch of the Kirwans of Cregg Castle, county Galway, were merchants in the city of Galw... |
| II, 1257 | Meldon | James Dillon Meldon, a Dublin lawyer, bought part of the Glencorrib estate of Arthur Dillon Browne,... |
| Vol I, 184-186 | Bourke (Curraghleagh & Rahasane) | Isidore Bourke, a younger son of Joseph Bourke of Carrowkeel, county Mayo, had an estate in the pari... |
| I, 199 | Brabazon | This family were descended from Sir Anthony Brabazon of Ballinasloe Castle, a younger brother of Sir... |
| I, 492 | O'Reilly Dease | In the 18th century Richard Dease of Lisney [Lisanny], parish of Drumlumman, county Cavan and his wi... |
| I, 415 | Costello (Edmondstown) | The Costellos were settled at Castlemore, parish of Castlemore, barony of Costello, county Mayo, fro... |
| II, 1529-1530 (Rashleigh) | Rashleigh | Jane Elizabeth Pugh only daughter and heir of Arthur Pugh of Lissadrone married in 1869 Jonathon Ras... |
| II, 1305-1306 | Morell/Morrell | In the mid 1870s Frederick Joseph Morrell of Broughton, near Banbury, Oxfordshire, owned 1170 acres... |
| I, 469 | D'Arcy (Kiltullagh & Clifden Castle) | The D'Arcy family of Kiltullagh, parish and barony of Athenry, county Galway, was founded by Patrick... |
| I, 689-690 | Frewen | In 1850 Thomas Frewen of Brickwall House, Sussex, purchased two townlands in the parish of Omey, bar... |
| II, 1987-1988 | Wilberforce (Inishbofin) | In 1854 Henry William Wilberforce, a brother of the Reverend Robert Wilberforce of Ballynakill paris... |
| 1039-1040 | Kirwan (Blindwell) | Descended from a younger son of the Kirwans of Gardenfield, the Kirwans of Blindwell, built up a sub... |
| II, 1234 | Martin (Ross) | The Martin family were established beside Ross Lake in the barony of Moycullen, county Galway, from... |
| 1378-1379 | O'Flahertie (Lemonfield) | The O'Flaherties of Lemonfield are descended from the O'Flaherties of Aughnenure Castle near Oughter... |
| II, 1234 (Martin) & II, 1383 (O'Hara) | O'Hara (Lenaboy) | The O'Haras of Lenaboy had been established in the town of Galway since the early 18th century and m... |
| II, 1354-1355 | French (Portacarron) | Martin J. Blake wrote in ''The Tuam Herald'' that this family were descended from the Frenchs of Mon... |
| I, 154 | Blake (Kiltullagh, Frenchfort & Vermount) | The lands of Kiltullagh/Kiltolla, parish of Oranmore, barony of Dunkellin, county Galway, were grant... |
| I, 154 | Blake (Cregg Castle) | The Blakes of Cregg Castle, county Galway, were descended from the Blakes of Renvyle and Kiltolla an... |
| II, 1987-1988 (Wilberforce) | Wilberforce (Ballynakill) | Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill states in her book ''Kylemore Castle & Abbey'' that Reverend Robert Isaac... |
| I, 364 (Clowes) | Wilberforce (Ballynakill) | Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill states in her book ''Kylemore Castle & Abbey'' that Reverend Robert Isaac... |
| II, 1677 | Skerrett (Ballinduff) | The Skerretts owned an estate in the barony of Clare, county Galway, which was confiscated at the ti... |
| II, 1604 | St. George (Headford) | The St Georges were a Cambridgeshire family who were granted lands in the Headford area by the Cromw... |
| II, 1039-1040 (Kirwan) | Shee | Charles ffrench Blake Forster traces this family's lineage from O'Shee of county Tipperary, who late... |
| 506 | Dering | George Edward Dering of Lockleys, Hertfordshire, inherited the Dunmore, county Galway estate of his... |
| I, 522-523 (Dolphin) | Tighe (The Heath) | Robert Tighe was a prosperous merchant of Ballinrobe, barony of Kilmainemore, county Mayo, in the mi... |
| 186 | Bourke (Oory) | A branch of the Bourkes of Moneycrower or Bunacrower, later Earls of Mayo, settled at Oory [also spe... |
| II, 1274-1275 | Mitchell (Castle Strange) | Cornet Thomas Mitchell from Scotland settled at Castlestrange, county Roscommon in the mid 17th cent... |
| II, 1998-1999 | Williams | In the mid 19th century Lieutenant Colonel Thomas M. Peers Williams held an estate in the parishes o... |
| II, 1164 | Lyster (Lysterfield) | The Lyster estate was in the parishes of Cam, Kiltoom and Taghmaconnell, barony of Athlone, county R... |
| II, 1164-1165 (Lyster) | Smyth (Barbaville and New Park) | William Smythe (1693-1773) of Barbaville was a younger son of the Right Rev William Smythe, Bishop o... |
| II, 1164 | Lyster (Grange) | A branch of the Lysters resided at Grange, parish of Cam, barony of Athlone, county Roscommon in the... |
| I, 335-336 | Chichester | Charles Raleigh Chichester, a grandson of Charles Chichester of Calverleigh Court, county Devon and... |
| II, 1671 | Simpson (Clooncorick) | A family who settled in the Drumsna area of county Leitrim at the beginning of the 18th century. Mr.... |
| II, 1913-1914 (Waller of Allenstown) | Ormsby (Tobervaddy) | A branch of the Ormsby family was settled at Toberavaddy in the parish of Fuerty, barony of Athlone,... |
| II, 1913-1914 | Waller (Rookwood) | In 1778 Major Waller is recorded as resident at Rookwood and Kilmore. Robert Waller married Jane Or... |
| 66-67 (Bagot of Ballymoe) | Cuff | Sir James Cuff was granted the town and lands of Ballinrobe, barony of Kilmaine, county Mayo, under... |
| I, 578 | Ensor | Charles Ensor, whose address is given as Rostrevor, county Down, is recorded as owning over 1000 acr... |
| II, 1093 | Leonard | John Leonard of the Waterford family of that name, was granted over 600 acres in the barony of Kilco... |
| 184-186 | Bourke (Oldtown) | A branch of the Bourkes of Carrowkeel and Curraghleagh, Walter Bourke of Oldtown married Cecilia Cog... |
| 231 | Browne/Beale Browne | One source suggests that Thomas Beale Browne of Salperton, Gloucestershire and Crotta, county Kerry,... |
| I, 661 | Forbes (Raheen) | In the 1870s Major Forbes of "Rasheen" [Raheen] owned 820 acres in county Galway. This was William... |
| 624 | O'Grady (Kichreest) | The Right Honourable and Reverend William O'Grady is recorded as the proprietor of Kilchreest Glebe,... |
| I, 270 | Butler (Castlecrine) | The Butlers of Castlecrine, parish of Kilfinaghta, barony of Bunratty Lower, county Clare, descend f... |
| II, 1717 | O'Brien/Stafford O'Brien | In 1699 Henry O'Brien, second son of sir Donough O'Brien of Dromoland Castle, county Clare, married... |
| I, 762-763 | Jackson (Fanningstown) | Hamilton Llewellyn Jackson was descended from the Goulds of Upwey, Dorset, England and the Jacksons... |
| I, 271 | Butler (Ballyline/Millbrook) | This family is a branch of the Butlers, Lords Dunboyne, descended from Sir Theobald Butler, a lawyer... |
| 202-203 | Brady/Brady Browne | The Brady family in county Clare were descended from Hugh Brady, post-Reformation bishop of Meath. L... |
| II, 1613 | Sandes (Iraghticonnor) | Smith indicates that Lancelot Sandes was granted an estate in Kerry in 1667 under the Acts of Settle... |
| II, 1381 | O'Gorman (Belleview) | This branch of the O'Gorman family are descended from from James O'Gorman of Ennis, county Clare and... |
| II, 1473-1474 | Pocklington | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Major E. H. Pocklingon held an estate in the parishes of Feakle... |
| I, 230 | Brown (Mount Brown) | John Southwell Brown held an estate in the parishes of Croagh and Rathkeale, barony of Connello Lowe... |
| II, 1432-1433 | Peacocke (Barntick) | Burke records the purchase by George Peacocke of an estate in the barony of Pubblebrien, county Lime... |
| II, 1432-1433 | Peacocke (Fort Etna) | George Peacocke was granted over 1,500 acres in the barony of Pubblebrien, county Limerick in 1666.... |
| II, 854 | Hartopp | Edward Bourchier Hartopp of Dalby House, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, was the grandson of Edward... |
| II, 1490-1491 | Powell (Clonshavoy) | The Powells were established in county Limerick by the end of the 17th century. In 1703 Richard Pow... |
| I, 489-491 | Freeman | In the 1770s Edward Deane, son of Joseph Deane and Jane Freeman, inherited the estates of his mother... |
| I, 419-420 | Cox (Ballynoe) | Burke's (1886) records Robert Cox having received a grant of lands at Ballynoe, county Limerick, in... |
| II, 1784 | Synge (Dysert) | The Synges held lands in the parish of Dysert, county Clare, from the mid 18th century when Nicholas... |
| 554-555 | Fitzgerald/Foster Vesey Fitzgerald (Moyriesk) | This family of Fitzgeralds was originally Fitzgerald Fitzgibbon but the surname Fitzgibbon was dropp... |
| I, 403 | Coote (Ash Hill & Bearforest) | The Cootes of Ash Hill and Mount Coote, county Limerick, were descended from a younger brother of Si... |
| I, 590 | Evans (Knockaderry) | The Reverend Thomas Waller Evans was the second son of Thomas Evans of Miltown Castle, county Cork a... |
| I, 404 | Coote (Mount Coote) | Sir Philip Coote Knight of Mount Coote, county Limerick was a nephew of Charles, 1st Earl of Mountra... |
| I, 712-713 (Gascoigne), II, 1388-1389 (Oliver) | Gascoigne/Trench (Castle Oliver) | Richard Oliver of Castle Oliver, county Limerick, took the additional name of Gascoigne when he and... |
| I, 216 (Brockman) | Locke (Newcastle) | The Reverend Thomas Locke was located in the Newcastle area, barony of Glenquin, county Limerick in... |
| I, 266-267 (Bury) & II, 1412-1413 (Palliser) | Palliser | A family originally from Yorkshire, Reverend William Palliser became Archbishop of Cashel in 1694.... |
| 89 | Bernard | According to Burke, the first Francis Bernard settled in Ireland around the time of Elizabeth I. In... |
| I, 347-348 | Christmas | Thomas Christmas was granted land in county Waterford in 1666. His descendants lived at Whitfield C... |
| I, 231 | Browne (Clanmaurice & Iraghticonnor) | The estate of John Beale Browne of Crotta, barony of Clanmaurice, amounted to over 2000 acres in cou... |
| I, 898-899 | Hill (Graig) | The Hills, descended from a Cromwellian soldier, settled at Doneraile, county Cork. In the late 17t... |
| 1698-1699 | Smyth (Castle Widenham) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation Grice R. Smith held land in the parishes of Ardnageehy and Kilqu... |
| I, 659 | Foote (Gortmore) | Edward Foote was the third son of Richard Foote of Millfort, county Cork and a younger brother of He... |
| II, 339-340 | Chinnery | The Chinnerys came from Suffolk and settled in county Cork in the mid 17th century. John Chinnery o... |
| I, 644-645 | Fitzgerald/Penrose Fitzgerald (Corkbeg) | In 1667 Garrett Fitzgerald was granted the castle, town and lands of Kilcorkbegg alias Corkbeg with... |
| I, 511 | Dickin | In 1827 Thomas Dickin of Loppington House, Salop married Jane, granddaughter of the 2nd Lord Massy.... |
| I, 644-645 (Penrose Fitzgerald) | Stewart (Whitegate) | In the 1870s Thomas B. Stewart of Whitegate House, Midleton, county Cork, owned 1,510 acres in count... |
| II, 1996-1997 | Williams (Cappanagroun) | Francis E. Williams of Warwickshire purchased the estate of Daniel Mahony, over 3,800 acres in the b... |
| I, 477 | Daunt (East Carbery) | This branch of the Daunt family descends from William Daunt of the Tracton Abbey family, whom Burke... |
| II,1070-1071 | Leader (Ashgrove) | [Captain] Thomas Leonard Leader (1825-1891) bought the estate of Richard Ashe of Ashgrove, parish of... |
| I, 233 | Browne (Riverstown) | This family of Brownes, originally from Essex, settled in the city of Cork in the mid 17th century.... |
| I, 659 | Foote/Foott (Millfort & Carrigacunna) | The Foote family were living in county Cork by the early 18th century. Burke's ''Landed Gentry of Ir... |
| I, 796-797 | Gumbleton | The Gumbletons of counties Cork and Waterford are descended from the Gomeledon family of Kent. Richa... |
| I, 723-724 | Gibbs (Derry) | The Gibbs family of Cork city and Derry, county Cork, are possibly descended from Gibbes of Devon.... |
| II, 1517 | Putland | At the end of the 17th century the Earl of Clancarthy's estates which comprised most of Muskerry, co... |
| II, 1931-1932 | Ware (Woodfort) | The Wares were Elizabethan settlers in county Cork. Early generations married members of the Newman... |
| I, 335-336 | Nagle (Ballygriffin & Annakisha) | This family are descended from James Nagle (died 1678) of Annakissy or Annakisha, near Mallow, count... |
| I, 898-899 | Hill (Mountpleasant) | This county Limerick family were a junior branch of the Hills of Graig, near Doneraile, county Cork.... |
| I, 498-499 | Delacour | Of French origin this family settled in county Cork in the second half of the 17th century. In 1680... |
| I, 119 | Bennett (Coachford) | Francis Bennett, of Classes, Coachford and Greganes Manor, Roscarbery, was the owner of over 2800 ac... |
| II, 1419 | Parker (Green Park) | In 1779 John Robert Parker of Green Park, Youghal, county Cork married Catherine Uniacke of Kerminch... |
| I, 406-408 | Coppinger (Barryscourt) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation members of this county Cork family held land, particularly in th... |
| I, 704 | Garde | The Gardes were originally from Kent and settled in county Cork in the mid 17th century. In the 18t... |
| I, 982 | Jackson (Ahanesk) | This family was settled at Ballyduff and Glanbeg, county Waterford by the end of the 17th century.... |
| II, 1773 (Swan) | Atkin (Leadinton) | This Somerset family settled near Youghal, county Cork, in the late 17th century. The Reverend John... |
| I, 119 | Bennett (Bennett's Court) | The Bennetts were established in county Cork by the mid 17th century and were seated at Ballymore by... |
| I, 865-866 | Hayman | A family from Somerset who settled in Youghal, county Cork in the mid 17th century. In 1700 Samuel... |
| II, 1496 | Praed | In Griffith's Valuation Berkeley [Bulkeley] J.M. Praed is recorded as holding land in the parishes o... |
| I, 714 | Gaskell | This family are descended from William Penn founder of the state of Pennsylvania, United States of A... |
| II, 2018 | Wise (Rostellan) | In the 1870s Joshua P. Wise of Rostellan, Middleton, county Cork, is recorded as owning 1,122 acres... |
| I, 554 | Durdin | A family settled in the vicinity of Carrigtuohill near Cork city from the mid 17th century. Alexand... |
| I, 689-690 | Frewen (Cork) | Thomas Frewen [of Brickwall House, Northiam, Sussex] was one of the principal lessors in the parishe... |
| I, 825-827 | Hamilton (Cork) | James Hamilton, residing in Dublin, owned over 2000 acres in county Cork in the 1870s while Rev. Han... |
| I, 212 | Briscoe | Henry Briscoe born in 1753 was a Justice of the Peace for counties Tipperary, Kilkenny and Waterford... |
| 300-301 | Carleton (Co Tipperary) | The Carletons were located in the Clonmel area of county Tipperary from the late 17th century. In 17... |
| 495 | Deeds | The Reverend Julius Deeds, and Miss Neville, Marden Vicarage, Steeplehurst, Kent owned 1,595 acres i... |
| 622-623 | Fell | Richard Latham Fell of Ulverstone, Lancashire and Fell Fort, Watergrasshill, Fermoy, county Cork, ow... |
| 764-765 | Grace (Co Tipperary) | The Grace family were located in counties Kilkenny and Tipperary in the 16th century and had strong... |
| II, 1066 | Lawlor | Denis Lawlor was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Knockane, barony of Dunkerron North,... |
| II, 1168 (McCall of Daldowie) | McCall | The McCalls descend from Samuel McCall, a merchant located in Glasgow in the early 18th century. In... |
| I, 396-397 | Cooke (Cordangan) | This branch of the Cooke family were descended from Peter Cooke, a younger brother of Thomas and Edw... |
| II, 1564 (Roche of Granagh Castle and Ryehill) | O'Meagher/Meagher | The O'Meagher family were well established in county Tipperary by the 16th century. At the time of G... |
| II, 1139-1140 | Lovett | In the early 18th century Robert Lovett of Liscombe, Buckinghamshire held a property at Kingswell, c... |
| I, 562 (De Montmorency of Castle Morres) & II, 1497 (Pratt of Cabra Castle) | de Montmorency (Ebor Hall) | The Viscounts Mountmorres were descended from the Morres family, landowners in Co Kilkenny from the... |
| I, 502 | de Montmorency | Captain Harvey J.de Montmorency is recorded in Griffith's Valuation as holding the townlands of Cloo... |
| I, 249-250 | Bunbury (Kilfeakle) | This branch of the Bunbury family descend from Mathew Bunbury of Kilfeacle, county Tipperary, fifth... |
| 249-250 | Bunbury (Lisbryan) | The Bunbury family of Lisbryan, barony of Lower Ormond, county Tipperary, descend from Thomas Bunbur... |
| I, 875 | Hemsworth | The Hemsworth family descend from the Reverend Thomas Hemsworth of Abbeville, county Tipperary, rect... |
| 640-641 | Firman | Thomas Firman of Selby, Yorkshire and of Dublin city inherited the estates of Richard Pierson. His... |
| I, 253-254 | Burke (Elm Hall) | This family descend from John Burke and his second wife, Lucinda Plunkett of Bettyfield, county Rosc... |
| II, 1624 | Saurin | The Saurins of county Tipperary were a Huguenot family who came to Ireland in the early 18th century... |
| I, 149 | Blackett | The Blacketts were a Northumberland family with their seat at Wylam, Newcastle on Tyne. In 1852 Mon... |
| I, 600 | Eyre (Uppercourt) | Thomas Joseph Eyre of Uppercourt, Freshfort, county Kilkenny, was the fourth son of John Lewis, Coun... |
| I, 678-679 | Maxwell | In the mid 19th century Lady Farnham held an estate in the parishes of Dromineer and Monsea, barony... |
| I, 858 | Hassard (Waterford) | Mrs. Anne Hassard was the owner of over 300 acres in county Waterford in the 1870s as well as over 2... |
| I, 1035-1036 | Bloomfield | The Bloomfield family were originally settled at Eyre Court, county Galway, in the early 18th centur... |
| 296 | Carew/Pole Carew | In 1901 Lady Beatrice Frances Elizabeth Butler eldest daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Ormonde marrie... |
| 1591-1592 | Rushbrooke | In the 1870s Frederica Rushbrooke of Ringmen, Queenstown, county Cork, owned 1,261 acres in that cou... |
| II, 1962-1963 | Weston | In 1827 Roper Weston of Lane House, Dorset, England, married Elizabeth daughter of John Purcell of K... |
| I, 916-917 | Hood | John Hood bought the townlands of Lissaniska and Togher, parish of Robeen, barony of Kilmaine, count... |
| I, 918 | Hope | The Hope family of Amsterdam were merchants and bankers. In the early 19th century Thomas Hope sett... |
| I, 6 (Adams) | Coote (Raconnell) | Thomas Coote acquired his estates in counties Cavan and Monaghan under the will (9 June 1800) of Cha... |
| I, 829 | Hamilton (Cornecassa) | In the mid-19th century James Hamilton of Cornecassa (Cornkessagh), county Monaghan, held lands in t... |
| I, 824 | Hamilton (Fyne Court) | The Hamiltons of Fyne Court, Somerset, descend from Andrew Crosse of Fyne Court who in 1809 married... |
| I, 858 | Hassard (Gardenhill & Tuam) | The Hassards were granted land in county Fermanagh at the end of the 17th century settling at Garden... |
| I, 1411 | Pallas/Palles | Burke records this family as of Italian origin. Andrew Pallas/Palles was located at ‘Cloncavat’,... |
| 807 (Haig of Pen-ithon, Wales) | Haig | ‘The Reports of Cases Heard and Decided in the House of Lords’, Volume 8, contains the details of a... |
| 1630-1631 | Sitator/Sclater | A Colonel Sitator of unknown address owned 2,944 acres in county Cavan in the 1870s.Sitator may be t... |
| II, 1662 | Le Fanu | The Reverend Thomas Sheridan, born in 1687, married Elizabeth daughter of Charles McFadden of Quilca... |
| 147-148 | Blacker (Booterstown) | The Blackers were settled at Carrick in county Armagh from the 16th century. In the 1850s the Revere... |
| II, 1701 | Sneyd | Nathaniel Sneyd (c. 1767-1833), wine merchant, was the son of Edward Sneyd of Dublin. The family ori... |
| II, 1833-1834 | Townsend (Honington Hall) | Frederick Townsend (1822-1905) was a botanist and MP for Stratford-on-Avon. He inherited Honington H... |